Beirut - 'The Rip Tide'
The word ‘precocious’ has long trailed Beirut ’s Zach Condon. He released his debut album, ‘The Gulag Orkestar’ , at 19, inspired by discovering Balkan folk music during a period spent in Europe after quitting high school. From that...
Album review: Beirut
Facts about this album; Zach Condon usually plays the trumpet or ukelele with Beirut, as a wrist injury makes playing the guitar painful and taxing Zach Condon first fell in love with Balkan folk music, which dominated the first Beirut...
Beirut
Zach Condon, the man who is Beirut, is so absurdly talented and steeped in obscure European folk for a 21-year-old that it’s not surprising certain other musicians want to punch him. ‘Elephant Gun’ is yet more entirely charming, thoroughly...
