Hear·July 29, 2023From gentrification to reclamation: revitalising club culture through Indigeneity and communityLady Shaka on her quest to Re-Indigenise Club CultureText: Vivek RamachandranImage: Karla Lizethe Hunter
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·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
ArticlesHear·July 27, 2022Kabeaushé’s masterclass in how to be unmissableMeet the artist bringing alternative Kenyan pop to the world.Text: Erin Cobby
ArticlesHear·July 11, 2022Charting the rise of Pakistan’s electronic music sceneKarachi's first Boiler Room and the importance of carving out space for South Asian DJ talentText: Safiya BashirImage: Kohenoor Kamal
ArticlesHear·June 30, 2022“Mandem settle, womxn to the front”Why inclusive dancefloors are key to a safer nightlife experienceText: Safiya BashirImage: Boe
ArticlesHearRefugee Week·June 24, 2022Resisting the Hostile Environment with hip-hopConversations on cuts, deportations and revolution with rapper AWATE.Text: Erin CobbyImage: Salam Zaied