Editorial Just music: a sense of lineage from the personal to the cultural and beyond Prasun Lala and Jody Freeman a thread of history, a thread of legacy, a thread of continuity in cycles, rhythms, tradition and culture
Interview Earl “Fatha” Hines at The Rising Sun: new notes from 1980 Paul Serralheiro You see, the story people don’t realize is, we didn’t know we were making history.
Music Life with my Guru, Ravi Shankar Aditya Verma Someone would light the incense, and sounds began: the tanpura, sitar, sarod, tabla, with a different person practicing in every room.
Interview Wamunzo: Conversations with Zab Maboungou and Elli Miller Maboungou Zab Maboungou and Elli Miller Maboungou and Jody Freeman It is a particular history that we in Africa, and Indigenous peoples, have endured.
Poetry The Orangery & The Lundu Ilona Martonfi And you’d ask: Why do you write about fetuses and swallows, “Ciuri, Ciuri”? Flowers, Flowers.
Book Review “Music is drawing with sounds” Kerry McElroy The reunion of Sarah and Cohen as pupil and teacher at the age of 59 and 80, respectively, forms the heart of the memoir.
Music Patterns of My Father’s Voice Gavin Morais I wanted to make a soundscape with the rhythmic patterns of my father’s voice and cadence, as well as his poetic presentation.
Film Review I am a Cliché Himmat Singh Shinhat She was one of a handful of women of colour working in an industry full of white middle-class men. So she felt that it was up to her to carve out her own identity.
Short Story White Noise Sophie Gazarian I would close my eyes and watch the shadows play behind my lids while the vibrations molded and shaped my dreams.
Commentary A Beat in My Head, A Word in my Heart, A Javelin Hurled in the Sky Rana Bose I adjust my non-existent headphones and I add castanets, maracas, timbales, and I try to change the beat
Art Le souffle de la pierre Johanne Ricard dans la sculpture comme dans la musique on retrouve la forme, le mouvement, le tempo
Interview Tronic Transmission: A mix of both features and the path behind Atif “Tranie Tronic” Siddiqi Shahroze Rauf
