Hear·July 12, 2023Kalaf Epalanga believes that Whites Can Dance TooThe musician and author’s multifacedted exploration of immigration through Kuduro and Kizomba Text: Adebayo Quadry-AdekanbiImage: Charity Atukunda
Hear·June 5, 2023Finding music in liminalityMaïa Barouh on her new album AÏDA and what it means to be “between”Text: Isabella Yasmin KajiwaraImage: Alia Romagnoli
Hear·May 31, 2023“You grow so much being around queer people”It Man frontman Finn O’Brien on being a trans man in musicText: Rudy HarriesImage: Salam Zaied
Hear·May 3, 2023What the music industry could learn from sex workers’ fight for decriminalisationIn the words of Laika, “We’re people, not just performers”Text: Erin Cobby
Hear·February 24, 2023Looking back to see ahead: “and no one can trick me with Honey Mouth again”Beautiful Nubia's use of music for storytelling, activism and recollecting cultural memory amidst Nigeria's 2023 electionsText: Adebayo Quadry-AdekanbiImage: Tinuke Fagborun
Hear·February 16, 2023Imagining a world beyond caste discrimination through desi-futuristic musicIn conversation with Kapil Seshasayee on caste discrimination, Indian nationalism and the power of music to disrupt mainstream narrativesText: Akshata KapoorImage: Joe Habben
ArticlesHear·November 30, 2022Meet Knife Girl, the Finnish musician defying gender and genre boundariesOn how her new album celebrates being trans, young and understanding yourself in a crazy worldText: Isaac MukImage: Sali Mudawi
ArticlesHear·November 27, 2022Climate-conscious clubbingCan party spaces become a bastion of the climate movement?Text: BoeImage: Tommy H
ArticlesHear·October 24, 2022Inside Decolonise Fest where punx of colour are reclaiming their space on the punk stageHow a festival run by and for POC is boldly reaffirming the radical roots of the punk movementText: Marco MarcellineImage: Hayfaa Chalabi
ArticlesHear·October 21, 2022Rave culture as resistance in Ukraine and beyondWhy we need music and culture to be at the forefront to build alternative movements of resistance and liberationText: Daria ViashchenkoImage: Tommy H
ArticlesHear·September 19, 2022Drug testing, discrimination mapping and addressing the darker side of nightlifeHow a union in Denmark is ensuring safety and inclusivity for party-goersText: Safiya BashirImage: Tinuke Fagborun
ArticlesHear·September 6, 2022Ugandan percussionists are keeping 700 year old traditions aliveThe Nakibembe Xylophone troupe on memory, ancestry and the transportive power of musicText: Erin Cobby