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Local Music Scenes and Globalization – Transnational Platforms in Beirut

Local Music Scenes and Globalization – Transnational Platforms in Beirut

By Thomas Burkhalter on December 18, 2012

By Thomas Burkhalter on 18 December 2012 in  ACADEMIC

This book offers the first in-depth study of experimental and popular music in Beirut.

Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged Abu Arab, Aks’ser, Arab World, Assy Rahbani, Ayat, Beirut, Bellydance, Charbel Haber, Charbel Rouhana, Civil War, Cynthia Zaven, digitalization, Dossier Arab World, Dossier World Music 2.0, Elias Rahbani, ethnography, Ethnomusicology, Exoticism, Fairuz, Garo Gdanian, Ghada Shbeir, globalization, Hizbullah, Joelle Khoury, Katibe 5, Khaled al-Habre, Lebanese Forces, Lebanon, Mahmoud Refat, Mahmoud Turkmani, Mansour Rahbani, Marc Codsi, Marcel Khalife, Mashrou’ Leila, Mazen Kerbaj, Munma, Muslimgauze, Norient, Paed Conca, Popular Music Studies, Praed, Propaganda, Psychedelic Music, Raed Yassin, Rayess Bek, Raymond Azoury, Ruptured Sessions, Sabah, Scrambled Eggs, Sharif Sehnaoui, Soap Kills, Tarab, Tarek Atoui, The Arcane, The Kordz, The New Government, The Sea-ders, Thomas Burkhalter, Toufic Succar, Trauma, Weeping Willow, World Music 2.0, Yasmine Hamdan, Zad Moultaka, Zeid Hamdan, Ziad Sahhab, Ziyad Rahbani, Ziyad Sahhab | 4 Responses

Rewriting Arabic Songs

Rewriting Arabic Songs

By Ahmad Zatari on July 5, 2012

By Ahmad Zatari on 5 July 2012 in  STORIES

Using folk songs from Lebanon, Egypt, Palestine, and Kuwait, Yasmine Hamdan’s self-titled new album revives the music of the region with an unheard of frankness and freshness.

Posted in STORIES | Tagged Ahmad Qaboor, Arab World, Beirut, Darine Hamze, Dossier Arab World, Elia Suleiman, In Kana Fouadi, Kwaidan Records, Laila Murad, Lebanon, Marc Codsi, Marc Collin, Mohammed Abdel Wahhab, Nouvelle Vague, Paris, Rima Khcheich, Soap Kills, Umaima al-Khalil, Ya Habibi Taala Lhaeni, Yasmine Hamdan, Zeid Hamdan | Leave a response

Golden Beirut-New Sounds from Lebanon

Golden Beirut-New Sounds from Lebanon

By Norient on December 5, 2011

By Norient on 5 December 2011 in  BLOG

The first CD release by norient and Outhere Records focuses on a young generation of musicians from Beirut that is tired of war, fed up with politics, sick of religious madness, and angry about Euro-American exoticism.

Posted in BLOG | Tagged Arab World, Beirut, Dossier Arab World, Katibe 5, Lumi, Malikah, Mashrou’ Leila, Outhere Records, Praed, Rayess Bek, Release, Scrambled Eggs, Soap Kills, The New Government, Zeid Hamdan, Ziyad Sahhab | 23 Responses

Urbane Sounds aus der Arabischen Welt

Urbane Sounds aus der Arabischen Welt

By Simon Grab on August 12, 2010

By Simon Grab on 12 August 2010 in  AUDIO

Ein Mash-Up Mix mit urbanen Sounds aus der arabischen Welt.

Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Adbak ma’a Aassi, Aks’ser, Ali ad-Deek, Anwar Iskander, Arab World, Beirut, Cairo, Charbel Haber, Checkpoint 303, Clotaire K, DAM, Dossier Arab World, Hanoueh, Kita Ayoun, La Chambre, Lumi, Majeed ar-Ramah, Munma, New Wave Dabké, Omar Souleyman, Rabih al-Asmar, Ramallah Underground, Rayess Bek, RGB, Scrambled Eggs, Shift Z, Soap Kills, The New Government, Urban Music, Whitetrashbubblegum, Zeid Hamdan | Leave a response

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