John Doran talks to bouzouki player, folk singer and Syrian emigrant Mohammad Syfkhan about his astounding album, I Am Kurdish, and considers what it means to be an Irish musician. With thanks to Willie Stewart and Cormac MacDiarmada. CW: contains biographical details that may cause distress
At the start of the 90s the astounding noise rock band Silverfish were everywhere – their shows nearly as ubiquitous as their Hips Tits Lips Power T-shirts – but since then they seem to have fallen irrevocably (and unfairly) down the memory hole. Keith Kahn-Harris catches up with band members today and asks: What happened?
Ahead of their appearance across Le Guess Who? festival in Utrecht this November Terrie Hessels, Katherina Bornefeld, Andy Moor and Arnold de Boer of The Ex sit down with Noel Gardner to talk about the importance of Ethiopian music. Features exclusive Fendika track