Grace far beyond my graspThe rest is silenceArooj Aftab - Last Night Based in the United States since 2005, Arooj Aftab is a Pakistani singer, composer, producer and audio engineer. Singing in Urdu, Arooj Aftab’s music is informed by Hindustani classical music and in particular the traditional ghazal poetic tradition as well ... [Continue Reading]
Folk
Alabaster dePlume: To Cy & Lee: Instrumentals Vol. 1
Alabaster dePlume is the enchanting moniker of Angus Fairbairn, a performance poet, activist, composer and saxophone player originally from Manchester who moved to London in the mid-2010s to join a residency at the Total Refreshment Centre. The London’s South Bank studio and music venue has not only been home to a community of ... [Continue Reading]
In The Echo: Field Recordings from Earlsfort Terrace
A drummer (with Lisa Hannigan and Villagers), producer and electronic musician (with I Am The Cosmos and The Din), Ross Turner was also artist in residence at Dublin’s National Concert Hall between 2014 and 2016. During that time, the musician curated a series of collaborations between musicians across a wide range of ... [Continue Reading]
Altin Gün: Gece / Yol
Formed in 2016, based in Amsterdam and comprised of Ben Rider on guitars, Jasper Verhulst on electric bass, Daniel Smienk on drums and Gino Groenveld on percussions, Altin Gün is a Dutch/Turkish folk-rock band fronted by two vocalists (and keyboard players), namely Merve Daşdemir and Erdinç Ecevit. Instead of performing covers, ... [Continue Reading]
Nahawa Doumbia: Kanawa
With a professional career spanning over 40 years, singer Nahawa Doumbia is one of the prominent performers of the south Malian Wassoulou style of music. A passionate advocate for peace, justice and women’s rights in her own country, the singer has also long been the voice of the Malian community living abroad and especially in ... [Continue Reading]
Lau Nau: Poseidon
Laura Naukkarinen - aka Lau Nau - is a Finnish singer songwriter and composer based in Kimito, Finland, 160km west of Helsinki. A self-taught multi-instrumentalist, devoted sound designer and record collector, Lau Nau seamlessly blends elements of Finnish folk with modern classical, ambient and experimental music using both ... [Continue Reading]
Birds on a Wire: Ramages
Sur la place où tout est tranquilleUne fille s'est mise à chanterOn the square, where everything is quietA girl has started singing Jacques Brel Franco-American singer songwriter Rosemary Standley and Brazilian-born singer and cellist Dominique Pinto (aka Dom La Nena) released their enchanting self-titled début Birds on a ... [Continue Reading]