With the band recently completing a headline set at the Bred Abu Dhabi festival and returning soon for a solo concert at Dubai Opera on July 3 , Khoury says Wedyan has left Adonis not only rejuvenated ...

Mexican authorities are blaming the Gulf cartel for the slayings of the five members of a band, El Fugitivo, in the border ...

Amid high emotions and tight security, thousands lined the streets of Beirut Friday to honor Antoine Ghanem, the anti-Syrian Lebanese MP killed in a powerful bomb blast along with four others. Against ...

The Lebanese and Palestinian presidents agreed Wednesday that Palestinian factions won’t use Lebanon as a launchpad for any ...

Deep cello tonalities and a projected background of wind blowing across sand dunes enhanced the piece. Mary Kouyoumdjian's Bombs of Beirut has evolved from her life experience. Kouyoumdjian—who has ...

The words Hassan sang were drawn from a powerful piece written by late Palestinian poet Ahmad Dahbour and later performed by the legendary Al-Ashiqeen Band during the 1982 Israeli invasion of Beirut.

For as long as Zach Condon has been performing as Beirut (since 2006, to be exact), places have influenced the band's sound—even the conflict and collision of cultures that define its namesake city.

THE SKINNY: By the name Beirut, we’re somewhat accustomed to picturing war-torn horrors and harrowing plights. However, indie folk creative overseer Zach Condon goes some way in readdressing that ...

Beirut (aka Zach Condon and his band) is releasing a new album, A Study of Losses, recorded for a Swedish circus, on April 18 via Condon’s own Pompeii label. Now he has shared its latest single, ...

Beirut (aka Zach Condon and his band) has announced a new album, A Study of Losses, recorded for a Swedish circus, and shared a new song from it, “Guericke’s Unicorn,” via a music video. A Study of ...

History of poor air For decades, Beirut has suffered from poor air quality from congested traffic and the long term and widespread use of diesel generators as a band aid to the country’s broken ...

In truth, though, it is the band’s transformation of traditional Arabic and Lebanese music and poetry which forms the largest part of their appeal. If you look back at all the prominent musicians who ...