Forward Music is a Lebanon based independent record label specializing in World Music.

[citation needed] Today, Forward Music is an independent label that produces and distributes the work of several musicians and singers in the Middle East.

[2] In 2007, one of Forward Music's projects, "Al Muwashahat", received The BBC Awards for world music .

[3] In October 2010, Forward Music acquired 13 album licenses from the record label Incognito, expanding its music catalogue.

DRM hosted 300 concerts in the span of 3 years with artists such as: Stanley Jordan, Tony Allen (musician), Henri Texier, Souad Massi, The Herbaliser, Ilham al-Madfai, Joey DeFrancesco, and others including the label's artists and musicians from Syria, Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan, Iraq, and Lebanon.