Columbia’s Ruba Say, the rocker known for impassioned performances in local rock clubs, died July 16. A performer around the Midlands and surrounding states with a rotating cast of bandmates, known as ...

There is a legendary space in the Columbia music scene where Ruba Say exists as a sort of alternate reality rock god everyone knows and loves — or at least puts up with. There’s no arguing the man’s ...

On cue, the kids in “ComMUSICation” choral music director Ryan LaBoy’s class take 10 seconds at the beginning to “wiggle and giggle” — a joyous release of unbridled energy. Then it’s down to business.

Vocalist and composer Ruba Shamshoum represents the crest of a new wave in Irish creative music. A Palestinian, and a recent graduate of Newpark’s jazz programme, she is plugged into the diversity and ...