Ammar Kalia

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Few online radio stations command the airwaves with as much curiosity and free-wheeling passion as Radio Alhara . Since March 2020, a...

In 1980s Mogadishu a golden era of musical experimentation was under way. Following the proclamation of an independent Somalia in 1960, a...

Auntie Flo – In My Dreams (I’m a Bird and I’m Free) B rian d’Souza has always had a wandering ear. Since the 2011 release of his debut...

Jazz has long been a musical format that welcomes prodigious newcomers into its well-known groups. From 20-year-old trumpeter Lee Morgan ...

P at Metheny is pretty much everywhere. For the past four decades, the 70-year-old guitarist has been crisscrossing the globe, playing an...

‘C an you own a rhythm?” asks British-Egyptian historian Dr Hannah Elsisi. She points out that pop charts around the world are infused...

Nubya Garcia is feeling more free than ever before. Spending much of 2023 and 2024 taking a break from her previous schedule of playing...

It has been just over a year since this writer last spoke to saxophonist and composer James Brandon Lewis for the cover feature in...

Over the past few years a rich seam of US-based artists has emerged, drawing upon and creating innovative fusions of classical South...