TONIGHT from 7-10 PM EDT, Bodega Pop on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio spins unedited sides of ear-bending DIY, funk, hip-hop, new wave, psychedelic, surf, and synthpop LPs from Brazil, Egypt, Germany, Japan, Mali, Mexico, South Africa, and Singapore
Ziad Rahbani is Lebanon’s most famous living composer. The son of the legendary singer Fairuz, Rahbani began his career in his early teens. Beirut-born DJ Ernesto Chahoud and French label We Want Sounds have reissued a handful of Rahbani’s enduring albums recently, but this show will mostly concentrate on work by the composer that has yet to be published outside of the Arabic-speaking world.