Yara Mrad, Author at Project Revolver

An Ode to Clubbing: day none Interview and Track Premiere

Yara MradNovember 8, 2018

Samir Ghobril aka day none (yes, all lower case) is a music producer from Lebanon. He combines his computer skills with his love for sound by turning bits and b...

Interview: A Walk Through the Garden of Jess Sah Bi & Peter One

Yara MradNovember 7, 2018

In the 1980s, The Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) saw the rise of one of their biggest musical acts: folk act Jess Sah Bi & Peter One. The duo toured the countr...

Ceremonial Tribute: Interview With Alan Abi (and Track Premiere)

Yara MradOctober 30, 2018

Alan Abi Sleiman is a singer/songwriter and recording artist from Beirut, Lebanon who goes by the name Alan Abi. You probably know him as the guy who's almost a...

Shawarma Jazz: The Mystery Behind the Delicious Gaillard Song

Yara MradOctober 25, 2018

It takes a song to have one word in Arabic - or even a word that sounds like it's in Arabic - for Arab people to stop what they're doing, put on their philosoph...

Crossing Oceans: An Interview with Seafret

Yara MradOctober 24, 2018

By the time you realized there was more to life than going through heartbreaks and watching Disney Channel, Jack and Harry had already met at an open mic in Bri...

No Strings Attached: Top 5 Cigarettes After Sex Songs

Yara MradOctober 22, 2018

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || ).push({}); From the heart of Texas, Cigarettes After Sex is Greg Gonzalez's contribution to the ambient pop r...

A Glimpse Behind the Curtains: Sharif Sehnaoui Talks Irtijal and Beyond

Yara MradOctober 16, 2018

The FIM (Free Improvised Music) scene in Lebanon was born, developed and maintained by MILL (Musique Improvisée Libre au Liban), an organization founded by Shar...

Something Old, Something Borrowed, Something New: A Playlist for Traffic Blues

Yara MradOctober 12, 2018

Whether you drive your own car or use public transportation, we can all agree that traffic is a bitch. If you're one of those people who like to remember every ...

6 Great Live Music Venues Outside Beirut

Yara MradSeptember 28, 2018

We all love going to the regular spots we got used to over the years whenever we want to enjoy live music but sometimes we forget that there is life and enterta...

Behind the Blue Overalls: An Interview with GIZZMO

Yara MradSeptember 26, 2018

GIZZMO are 3 Lebanese boys making noise bigger than their city itself. Their first EP "System Failure" that was released on Fantome De Nuit record label, sent s...