Music
In music video, Lebanese duo Rust captures emotions of “Diaspora”
From Beirut to their current home, Prague, Rust – the duo of Petra Hawi and Hany Manja – have created an anthem and reflection on life far away from home. The video came out this week, at a moment when I know many, many diasporas are watching crises unfolding in parallel across the world.
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Go support these Lebanese releases on Bandcamp
In the face of darkness and horrors, we have to keep supporting music. It’s a reminder of the lives we’re fighting for — and a language for when even our mother tongue fails us. As Lebanon has experienced a Hell in 10 days, here is some music to last beyond the present reality.
Lebanon’s cultural scene is responding with emergency crisis centers
Amid mass Israeli attacks on the people of Lebanon, musicians, artists, journalists, and cultural institutions are banding together to provide emergency mutual aid. That includes our friends at the Beirut Synthesizer Center and other spaces, which have turned their facilities into shelters and stores for urgently needed supplies. Today was another horrifying day to be […]
Beirut Synthesizer Center at Superbooth, on sharing and music in times of crisis
Peter Kirn - May 27, 2022
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Beirut Synthesizer Center is a home for Lebanon’s artists, even when electricity is scarce
Peter Kirn - June 24, 2021
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