Having been given a stage name at birth, our guest Eli Anton Si-bemol Younes grew up to become one of thevery few ethnomusicologists in Lebanon. He joined our hosts Lynn and Joe on this special episode to brieflyexplain to you what ethnomusicology is, and tell you more about the under-explored topic of his M. Astudy, and why Turkish, Pakistani, and Brazilian music cultures are of his favorites. Si-bemol also talks about his Dokah neo-folk/Arabic jazz duo, and MusicGrid – Middle East’s first sonic branding company that he is currently part ofas a music director. Want to know what music era influenced our guest’s signature compositions andwhich Lebanese artist he would love to collaborate with in the future? Tune in and hear all about it for yourself! You can follow Si-bemol Younes’ music journey on Instagram and listen to his amazingcovers on YouTube. 

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