Megah Music signee Nabilla Gomes. Credit: Nabilla Gomes Official YouTube Sony Music Entertainment Indonesia has announced the launch of new label Megah Music, dedicated to the country’s popular genre ...

The origins of Indonesia's dangdut folk music may be disputed, but its emergence in the West Java city of Bandung in the ...

Music has a wide variety of genres available for anyone to enjoy. Amidst all the popular choices, ONE Championship fighter Sunoto has shared his unique preference for Dangdut music. Dangdut is a genre ...

A melting pot of cultures, Indonesia is very fortunate to be blessed with a mix of Melayu, Indian, Arab, Chinese and European music, now known as dangdut. The popularity of the genre has reached far ...

EVEN before they enter the Asmoro bar, a nightclub in central Jakarta, patrons can hear the music. A regular beat—dang, dut, dang, dut—spills out, only slightly muffled, onto the street. Inside the ...

Share the best of The Jakarta Post with friends, family, or colleagues. As a subscriber, you can gift 3 to 5 articles each month that anyone can read—no subscription needed! n the early 2000s, Dangdut ...

JAKARTA: With full makeup and glitzy outfit, Netha Salsabila used to mesmerise the audience when she performed dangdut, Indonesia’s folk pop music famous for its upbeat melodies. The 32-year-old, who ...

Dangdut singer Julia Perez gyrating to her popular song on TV show Dahsyat Pounding music sent vibrations through the car seat as we approached the grand stage in the small East Jakarta neighbourhood.

The bizarre death of a singer in Indonesia became international headlines in recent days. Irma Bule lost her life on Sunday after being bitten by a venomous king cobra she brought on stage as a prop ...

Dangdut music is an integral part of Indonesian life. The world's most populous Muslim nation even wants to register it as part of its musical heritage with Unesco. But there are concerns it has ...