Blending world music influences with a distinctively fresh Egyptian sound, Wust El Balad were ultimate game-changers on Cairo’s underground music scene when they took it by storm in the early 2000s, directly influencing the vast majority of alternative bands playing today. With their unique amalgamation of honest, vibrant, and relevant lyrics, the band has garnered an enormously loyal following, many of whom are always there to catch a whiff of the band’s magic each time they play at Cairo Jazz Club.