Posted on 02/10/07
Nothing can hold back the Middle Eastern Dylan
MARCEL KHALIFE At the Toronto Centrefor the Arts, on Sunday He has been called both the Bob Dylan and the Pete Seeger of the Middle East, but neither comparison is totally apt, for two reasons. With due respect to Dylan/Seeger, Marcel Khalife can really sing - in the sense of being an accomplished vocalist - and play - in the sense of being a virtuoso on the oud, predecessor of the European lute. But it is true that there is one sense in which he is very much like both of these men: Khalife is a musical and political hero.
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