Beirut Jam Sessions

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Beirut Jam Sessions is a Lebanese concert promoter, booker, music management agency and media company founded in 2012 by Anthony Semaan, Jessica Naime, Talia Souki and Roy Jamhouri in Beirut, Lebanon. [1] The organization plays a central role in developing and defining the Lebanese alternative music scene, [2] namely by organizing filmed jam sessions between the more established international acts they book and the local Lebanese acts who they arrange to open for them at concerts. [3]

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Artists

Concerts

As concert promoters, Beirut Jam Sessions have worked with a wide range of alternative music acts from around the world, including Pony Pony Run Run, The Royal Concept, Thomas Azier, Mike Dawes, We Were Evergreen and Son of Dave.[ citation needed ]

Management

Beirut Jam Sessions has also managed the Lebanese folk act Postcards.[ citation needed ]

Videos

One of Beirut Jam Sessions main ways of creating an audience for Lebanese artists is through the production of high-quality music videos on its YouTube channel. The videos are meant to be in "raw conditions, completely unplugged, in a random location in the country". [4]

References

Notes

  1. ↑ A Tribute to Beirut Jam Sessions | Hummus For Thought | http://hummusforthought.com/2012/12/14/tribute-to-beirut-jam-sessions/
  2. ↑ EcoLibre | Beirut Jam Sessions | "Beirut Jam Sessions | ÉcoLibre". Archived from the original on 2015-02-09. Retrieved 2015-01-12.
  3. ↑ 10 Questions for Beirut Jam Sessions | NOW Lebanon | https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/Interview/10-questions-for-beirut-jam-sessions
  4. ↑ 35mm From Beirut | Summer Shorts - Beirut Jam Sessions - "Beirut Jam Sessions | 35mm from Beirut". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-01-12.
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