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‘I felt caught between cultures’: Mongolian musician Enji on her beguiling, border-crossing music
G rowing up in the icy Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar, singing was as natural as speech for Enkhjargal Erkhembayar. “Every day after my...
6 days ago
Dub against Dystopia | Interview with Joe Armon-Jones
Joe Armon-Jones is thinking about the end of music. On his latest, third album as bandleader, the 32-year-old pianist is imagining a...
Apr 25
Lonnie Holley: “My legacy is showing people how to get over the hurdles”
“All my life, I’ve been on an adventure – I’ve experienced the trials and tribulations of what it means to be human,” Lonnie Holley says....
Apr 10
Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali are reigniting a centuries-old musical tradition
In the 28 years since the death of qawwali master Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan , the centuries-old Sufi devotional music tradition has...
Apr 10
‘It’s nice to be morally dubious’: Cheaters star Joshua McGuire on the hit show and his new role – as a rhino
F or the past five weeks, Joshua McGuire has been in a whitewashed room in north London pretending to be a rhinoceros. The 37-year-old...
Mar 24
Yazz Ahmed interview: “I’ve always wanted to write about the rich tradition of Bahrain”
Over the past 15 years, trumpeter and composer Yazz Ahmed has been using her music to connect with her Bahraini heritage. Finding her...
Feb 28
‘This moment is medieval’: Jackson Katz on misogyny, the manosphere – and why men must oppose Trumpism
‘If it takes a village to raise a child, it also takes a village to raise a rapist,” Jackson Katz says. “Perpetrators aren’t individual...
Feb 28
Jazz guitarist Pat Metheny on crafting hits with Joni Mitchell and David Bowie: ‘I had to keep telling myself it was real’
P at Metheny is pretty much everywhere. For the past four decades, the 70-year-old guitarist has been crisscrossing the globe, playing an...
Nov 11, 2024
Nubya Garcia Thinks Big!
Nubya Garcia is feeling more free than ever before. Spending much of 2023 and 2024 taking a break from her previous schedule of playing...
Nov 6, 2024
James Brandon Lewis: Urgency & Maximum Intention
It has been just over a year since this writer last spoke to saxophonist and composer James Brandon Lewis for the cover feature in...
Nov 6, 2024
The forward-looking fusions of Sheherazaad
Over the past few years a rich seam of US-based artists has emerged, drawing upon and creating innovative fusions of classical South...
Nov 6, 2024
‘People in the Arab world don’t know that they have classical music of their own’
“If you ask people from the Arab world about classical music, the first thing that will come to their minds is Mozart, Beethoven and...
Sep 6, 2024
Courtney Pine at 60: “You have to keep the audience engaged”
It has been over four decades since saxophonist Courtney Pine first emerged onto the British jazz scene and his motto has remained the...
Jul 12, 2024
Sona Jobarteh’s forward-looking vision of the kora
“Being modern is often associated with becoming western,” says kora virtuoso and vocalist Sona Jobarteh. “What I’m trying to bring to...
May 9, 2024
Kamasi Washington: Life Overflowing
The covers of saxophonist Kamasi Washington’s last two albums cast him as a towering, mythical force in music. On his 2015 debut, The...
May 2, 2024
Olof Dreijer on the Knife, Swedish nationalism and dancefloor activism: ‘Music gives us energy to overcome’
The past decade has been a journey for Olof Dreijer. In 2014 he and his sibling Karin disbanded their avant-pop duo the Knife at the...
Mar 6, 2024
TikTok jazz sensation Laufey: ‘It’s no longer about genre, it’s about feeling and mood’
It’s six hours before showtime and a queue of teenagers already lines the street outside east London’s EartH arts venue. They are sitting...
Mar 3, 2024
Sahrawi singer Aziza Brahim’s latest album gives voice to five years of turmoil
The release of Aziza Brahim’s latest album, Mawja, marks the end of five tumultuous years. The Sahrawi singer’s previous LP, 2019’s...
Feb 24, 2024
‘I am the ultimate UK vocalist!’ Flowdan, the first British MC to win a Grammy
It has been two days since Marc Veira, AKA Flowdan, woke up to a flurry of messages and missed calls congratulating him on becoming the...
Feb 12, 2024
I was an addict, a prisoner, a sex worker. I thought the world had written me off – but I saved myself
Mandy Ogunmokun stands in the back garden office of a quiet suburban east London house, softly pointing out members of staff who work...
Jan 31, 2024
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