Omar Souleyman

You can’t miss the no-joke political import of Anderson’s collaboration with onetime Guantánamo prisoner Mohammed el Gharani. As he is barred from entering the US, Anderson’s use of “telepresence” to stream his image live into an Upper East Side venue serves a refreshingly clear conceptual purpose…

We knew Laurie Anderson‘s new work, “Habeas Corpus,” would be making its U.S. premiere at the Park Avenue Armory from October 2 – 4, and now we have more details…

Syrian singer Omar Souleyman will release his new album, Bahdeni Nami, on July 28 via Modeselektor‘s Monkeytown Records. That’s the cover art above and Modeselektor produced some of it, like the nine-minute “Enssa El Aatab” which you can stream below…

The upcoming Big Ears Festival happening March 27-29 in Knoxville, TN, has been expanded once again. Like in past years, the festival will include a film portion, and a selection of that has been curated by filmmaker/musician Jim Jarmusch and Michael Gira, whose respective bands SQURL and Swans were already o…

The lineup has been expanded for the 2015 Big Ears Festival, happening March 27-29 in Knoxville, TN. New additions include psych pioneers Silver Apples, former Battles frontman Tyondai Braxton (performing HIVE), Syrian pop singer Omar Souleyman, folk singer Ryley Walker, guitar wiz William Tyler, modern classical collective Bing & Ruth, electronic/ambient musician Loscil, cabaret singer Little Annie, and Chinese composer Wu …

Treefort Music Fest returns to various downtown Boise, ID venues from March 25-29 this year, and the lineup includes TV on the Radio, Built to Spill, of Montreal, Joyce Manor, Viet Cong, Cymbals Eat Guitars, …

Slingshot Festival is returning to Athens, GA from March 26-28, and this year’s lineup includes a DJ set from LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy, Jamie xx, Nosaj Thing, Clark, Saint Pepsi, Reptar, Holly Herndon, Glenn Kotche, Prince Rama, Omar Souleyman, Juana Molina, Awesome Tapes From Africa, a DJ set from Washed Out, an…

Festival Nrmal is returning to Mexico from February 28 to March 1 in 2015, and the lineup features Swans, Phantogram, Future Islands, Black Angels, Machinedrum, Omar Souleyman, Majical Cloudz, TOPS, Twin Peaks, Peaking Lights, Kirin J Callinan, METZ, Boogarins, DJ Dodger Stadium, HTRK and m…

“Future Islands was so good last night. Incredible energy and so much booty shaking. The man has soul.” – Jett Wells “Probably written more words on this band than any other over the years, but let’s say it again: Future Islands are something special…

The annual NXNE fest is currently underway in Toronto, ON with the music portion really happening Wednesday – Saturday (June 18 – 21) at venues all over the Canadian city…