Music of Kuwait
| Arab music | |
|---|---|
| Algeria | Bahrain |
| Egypt | Iraq |
| Islamic | Jordan |
| Kuwait | Lebanon |
| Libya | Morocco |
| Oman | Palestine |
| Qatar | Saudi Arabia |
| Syria | Tunisia |
| UAE | Yemen |
Kuwait's musical traditions were well-recorded until the Gulf War, when Iraq invaded the country and destroyed the archive. Kuwait is known as the center for sout, a bluesy style of music made popular in the 1970s by Shadi al Khaleej. Nabeel and Abdullah Al-Ruisheed are the most popular modern sout performers, who include influences from techno and Europop in their music.