| What’s Past is Epilogue: The Thousand Knives of Ryuichi Sakamoto | November 21, 2019 |
Jordan Ryan Pedersen nicks himself on Ryuichi Sakamoto's Thousand Knives, newly reissued by Wewantsounds.
| Music as Counterargument: BBE collects untraceable Japanese jazz | October 15, 2019 |
Jordan Ryan Pedersen surveys the not latest but maybe greatest of Japanese jazz.
| Bedknobs & Broomsticks: Natasha Khan is Sexwitch | October 26, 2015 |
The side project from the Bats for Lashes frontwoman tackles psychedelic covers of folk, Moroccan, and Persian songs.
| Qut, Coffee & Qambus: Raw 45s From Yemen | November 26, 2013 |
Peter Holslin smashed a dude’s oud once. I haven’t done drugs in years, but if somebody offered me some qat right now, I’d chew on that shit in a heartbeat. A plant indigenous to the Horn of Africa and Arabian Peninsula, qat (also spelled khat) has been a cornerstone to certain circles of African and […]
