mfd loves beirut!

in honor of what looks like the first sensible thing that has happened in lebanon or isreal in over a month, now seems to be as good a time as any to mention a current musical favorite that has been in heavy rotation at the casa de passion, beirut.

hold up now, we are not thinking of decamping of what is left of the chic, cosmopolitan lebanese city...no my friend we are talking about a supremely talented young singer/songwriter of the same name. not unlike the exotic city that he shares a name with, beirut's (the artist) influences are varied and the end result sounds kind of like some backpacking students jamming with some hungarian gypsies by a campfire overlooking paris at night. so there you have it...temporary peace in the middle east, gypsies hanging at a camp fire and now a sample of the mighty fine music i have just described. take that hezbollah!

beirut - postcards from italy
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