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Cape Off: An Interview with Fadi Tabbal

Yara MradNovember 14, 2018

Fadi Tabbal is a Lebanese musician, producer and sound engineer. His music is very hard to categorize as he has shown great talent in maneuvering a wide range o...

Two Hats, One Duo: An Interview with Bob Moses

Yara MradNovember 12, 2018

Bob Moses is an electronic duo (surprise, surprise: they're 2 not 1) from Canada. Tom Howie and Jimmy Vallance went to high school together but that's not how B...

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...

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...

Interview with Cheh: Blūm-ing in Lithuania

ElleDecember 28, 2017

Cheh began his journey being exposed to a wide array of culture and a pumping music scene in Beirut. Inspired and motivated by the city and global influences, C...

A Post-Rock Apocalypse: An Interview with Kinematik

Nicole JbeilyOctober 28, 2016

A local Lebanese underground band that has gained following in a short period of time, Kinematik is now known for having a unique and spellbinding sound accompa...

Now That He’s Real: An Interview with Chad Valley

BernieAugust 3, 2016

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || ).push({}); Chad Valley is a singer, songwriter and electronic producer from Oxford, England. Since 2010, he rel...

Critical Mass, Diddy and Grass: An Interview with Rise 1969

RaniJune 29, 2016

Born in the UK and raised in Beyrouth, 24 year old William Mahfoud (aka Rise 1969) returned to London to obtain his degree in sound engineering from SAE Institu...

Pioneering Punk: An Exclusive Interview With Jonathan Richman

BernieJune 15, 2016

// I first discovered the music of Jonathan Richman during the year that I spent in Boston. Despite being written 45 years ago, the Boston-influence...

Beatboxing Blues: Interview With Heymoonshaker

BernieJune 1, 2016

// When we hear about artists coming to perform in Beirut, one of the things we look forward to is originality. Originality in art and performance. ...