Music is considered to be one of the most important arts in Yemen. Its inception dates back beyond Al-Jahily era in which Yemen was providing Hijaz and the other places of the Arab peninsula with singers and songstress. In this context, Abdullah Jada'an's Garadatas were not the first to perform the Arab singing. According to Al Qalqashandi, the root-era of this singing is descended into (Aa'd Era).

Yemen is famous for a variety of Yemeni singing such as (Hadhrami- Sana'anian, Lahji, Adeni, Al-Tehami singing
andthere is the  nomadic singing….etc. It is famous for religious type of singing that is known as (Inshad), particularly the Soufi one which is prevalent in almost Yemeni governorates like Sana'a, Hadhrmout, Al Hudaida and in different places of Yemen. Yemeni music has drawn its basic support from three resources.

Part of Singing and freedom of expression in Yemen by Yahya Mahdi in Freedom Forum