Music Spotlight: Beirut
Written by Larry Kubin on March 6th, 2008 | Published in Music
Mike recently introduced me to Beirut (the band of Zach Condon), and I’ve been listening to his albums constantly ever since. According to Wikipedia, he was a student at Santa Fe High School until he dropped out to travel Europe, where he was first exposed to Balkan gypsy music. He wrote his debut album Gulag Orkestar (2006) alone in his bedroom shortly thereafter, when he was only 19 years old.
I wouldn’t say his music is for everyone, but I certainly dig it. Below are a couple of videos of his band performing live in some unique settings. Both of these songs are from the album The Flying Club Cup. If you like these songs, you should get the album. It’s the bomb.