East meets West and tradition meets pop in the passionate music of this Lebanese singer, whether he's taking on celebratory dance music or emotional heartbreakers. It's easy to understand the outcry when he was voted out of his country's most popular TV talent show. His powerful, undulating vocals are entwined with a buoyant rush of Arabic instrumentation—pitter-pattering cross-rhythms, breathy woodwinds, fluttering stringed instruments. Zein's delivery is never less than dynamic and, in combination with the whirling accompaniment, his songs demand dancing and devotion.