Beirut

[DudeAsInCool]

Here's a decidedly old world new band with a 19 year old singer - hard to describe, but it has a ragtime feel for the modern age. Here are the instruments they use: "a trumpet from Paris, farfisa organ, accordion, piano, ukelele, mandolin, glockenspiel, violin, cello, tambourine, The air powered organ I bought on twelth street, Congo drum donated from the neighbors....A broken microphone stolen from the university of new mexico..."

At first i totally didnt get them - but here I am back at the well, wanting more...

You can sample their music at MySpace:

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