The new generation of musicians and venues at the forefront of Lebanon’s jazz comeback.

(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) HEAD OF MARKETING AT FACTORY PEOPLE THAT OWNS AHM AND THE GRAND FACTORY NIGHTCLUBS, SAMER MAKAREM, SAYING: "At midnight on Saturdays, the club would be full, our Saturday parties ...

My first introduction to Beirut was when a good friend slid me the album Gulag Orkestar (2006) after I complained of having too much work to catch up on. I hesitantly popped the disc in to my computer ...

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 ...

Beirut returns, as it does each year, both a destination and a sanctuary -- a place where the prayer of calling meets the call of prayer, where beauty is not only sung but becomes itself a song.

When you talk about Beirut, you’re really talking about Zach Condon. The 25-year-old is the lead singer, sole songwriter and main musical force behind the critically acclaimed six-member outfit that ...

Last fall, Beirut aka Zach Condon released Hadsel, his first new album in more than four years. In March of this year, Condon contributed trumpet to Efterklang's "Getting Reminders." Today, ...