http://freepresshouston.com/interview-marcel-khalife/ FREE PRESS HOUSTON IS NOT ANOTHER NEWSPAPER about arts and music but rather a newspaper put out by artists and musicians. We do not cover it, we are it. Thu, 28 Jul 2024 13:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.3 http://freepresshouston.com/interview-marcel-khalife/#comment-47688 Thu, 19 Apr 2024 12:12:18 +0000 http://freepresshouston.com/?p=10357#comment-47688 […] Plus, dude, Omar here is so psyched about this show that his skull cracked open and a rainbow shot out, showering cookies and ice cream on passers by!  You know how awesome that is?  Free Cookies and Ice Cream!  Here is how Omar described Khalife in a recent interview; “Most artists offer commentary on the world that surrounds them as a spectator. They are mirrors of their environment yet abstain from jumping head first into participation. However, there is a rare few artists who both serve as a mouthpiece for their environment and actually perform as active participants in their world. Few embody this direct engagement like world-renowned Lebanese artist Marcel Khalife.  His powerful song craft has captured more than 3 decades of joy and turmoil in the world’s most delicately complex region and he has done so at his own personal risk.”  If you missed it, you can read the interview here (link). […]

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