There was a time when most independent bands would have to slave it out for years, slowly building up a following before making a mark on the world music scene … before, say, having their picture in ...

Seems like most indie music fans had no idea that the Balkan’s had their own unique brand of folk music before Zach Condon started mining that territory for sonic gold under his Beirut moniker.

Does the sound of indie rock inspired by worldly music techniques appeal to you? Then score some tickets to Beirut at The Pabst Theater this Thursday, Feb. 21. MKE Band Camp is a music series on ...

NEW YORK – In the video to the song “Nantes,” Zach Condon slowly drifts down a staircase while singing in a youthful but sad baritone, “It’s been a long time/ Since I’ve seen you smile.” As he ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A teenage singer from Lebanon this week became the latest to join a global pop band formed by Simon Fuller, the man behind the Spice Girls and "American Idol," which ...

At the launch party of his band's first album in a crowded Beirut café, singer Anas Maghrebi steps up to the microphone in front of a crowd of hip guys and women in vintage glasses, sipping icy drinks ...

EXCLUSIVE: Sirens, a rock doc about Beirut all-female thrash metal band Slave to Sirens, will get a theatrical run after Oscilloscope Laboratories bought the North American rights. The company, which ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Sept. 4 (UPI) --Lebanese citizens fear the advance of the Islamic State as they try to allay their anxiety with satirical performances mocking the militant group. A Beirut band ...

Initiatives have sprung up in the aftermath of the explosion, with the goal of raising funds for relief efforts in the city and reconstructing its devastated cultural sector. We rely on readers like ...

NEW YORK (Billboard) - To support his folk-tinged rock band's 2007 sophomore album, "The Flying Club Cup," Beirut frontman Zach Condon headed out on a world tour. It didn't go exactly as planned. "It ...

Zach Condon is an unlikely heartthrob. The band he fronts, Beirut, features neither dance beats nor electric guitars, and sells neither sex nor rebellion; its main influences are French chanson and ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A teenage singer from Lebanon this week became the latest to join a global pop band formed by Simon Fuller, the man behind the Spice Girls and “American Idol,” which ...