The Egyptian composer and vocalist reshaping Cairo’s experimental music scene. Les damnés ne pleurent pas, by Nadah El Shazly, Asadun Alay Records • • • One could ar…
SOURCE: 4columns at 08:00PMThe sound that time forgot: remembering the experimental musician and filmmaker. Phill Niblock. Photo: Daniel Efram. 1933–2024 • • • Twenty-three years ago, I bought…
SOURCE: 4columns at 07:00PMI spy a kohl-lined eye: Zahra Hankir highlights the makeup’s non-Western lineage. Eyeliner: A Cultural History, by Zahra Hankir, Penguin Books, 328 pages, $26 • • • …
SOURCE: 4columns at 07:00PMWhen cassette tapes ruled the world. High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape, by Marc Masters, University of North Carolina Press, 209 pages, $20 • • • Hig…
SOURCE: 4columns at 08:00PMWhen the Beat Drops, a new documentary, follows a close-knit circle of black gay men in Atlanta who lead double lives – professionals by day, dancers by nightWhen the Beat Drops, a new doc…
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