current arts projects

here's a couple of long overdue links:

1. saturday's "global webjam" gathering of self-identified lebanese intellectuals in their watering hole ('de prague' in hamra, beirut):
beirut.streamtime.org

2. "from beirut to... those who love us" a video letter. personal highlight is rima khcheich, who opens the letter with her singing.. last april, she gave one of the best concerts in the past year. i was in bliss, also from tony underwater's taqasim on upright bass. she also has new CD out, yalalalli (released at the concert). live performances better than the recording. and there's a second (newer) video letter, "deadtime" on the same page.

3. ethnomusicologist ted swedenberg dedicated a night of radio programming (broadcast out of arkansas) to lebanon... check out his playlist. i think he spent part of his childhood in beirut?

tbc...