Lebanese guitarist Sharif Sehnaoui is a soft-spoken man who’s spent most of his adult life making fiercely experimental music under difficult conditions. He emerged as part of the group of Beirut improvisers who since 2000 have organized the annual Irtijal Festival, and he’s a cofounder of Al Maslakh, a Lebanese label that functions as a kind of analogue to the festival.…
Lebanese guitarist Sharif Sehnaoui is a soft-spoken man who’s spent most of his adult life making fiercely experimental music under difficult conditions. He emerged as part of the group of Beirut improvisers who since 2000 have organized the annual Irtijal Festival, and he’s a cofounder of Al Maslakh, a Lebanese label that functions as a kind of analogue to the festival.…