Ammar Kalia
Writer and Global Music Critic at The Guardian
Debut novel, A PERSON IS A PRAYER out now. Global Music Critic @guardian and writer. Contact: [email protected] Agent: @serenadams
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1 week ago |
hyphenonline.com | Ammar Kalia
On a scorching Saturday in May, close to 100 people are packed into a cosy room in Brighton community venue The Rose Hill. Sitting cross-legged on Persian rugs and sipping drinks, the crowd ranges from a six-month-old baby to couples in their 70s, each listening intently to the sounds of South Asian classical music being performed only a few feet away.
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2 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Ammar Kalia |Ben Beaumont-Thomas |Laura Snapes
From LondonRecommended if you like Nikki Nair, Anz, AhadadreamUp next Debut EP Jellyfish out 6 JulyOn her NTS Radio show, London DJ Debbie Ijaduola, AKA debbiesthuglife, is liable to throw everything from 2000s dancefloor-fillers such as Basement Jaxx’s Oh My Gosh and Kelis’s Acapella with apocalyptic dubstep bass, trap lyricism, Jersey Club beats and Britney Spears. It’s a high-octane, unpredictable mix, only unified by the fact that when Debbie is on the decks, the energy is up.
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2 weeks ago |
hyphenonline.com | Ammar Kalia
Founded in 2011 as a one-off, three-week event celebrating contemporary Arab culture in London, Shubbak festival has transformed over the past 15 years into a biennial showcase of Arab and Swana region arts in the UK. Taking over venues across the capital, from concert halls such as the Barbican and Southbank Centre to small-scale rooms including the New Cross Inn and Kunstraum, this year’s wide-ranging programme features more than 42 events encompassing music, performing arts and theatre.
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3 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Ammar Kalia
With her coffee table-size electric guitar and a voice capable of belting out gospel melodies over reverberating distortion, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, AKA the godmother of rock’n’roll, carries a formidable legacy. One of the first gospel singers to find mainstream success in the 1930s, as well as an early musical influence for rockers such as Little Richard and Elvis, Tharpe was a trailblazing celebrity who has since faded in the public consciousness.
Lido Pimienta: La Belleza review - Gregorian chant meets dembow rhythm in a work of remarkable depth
4 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Ammar Kalia
Five years since her Grammy-nominated breakthrough record Miss Colombia, singer and producer Lido Pimienta has taken a radical shift in direction. On Miss Colombia, Pimienta combined sprightly electro pop with cumbia rhythms and soaring vocals to critique racism and misogyny – now, her fourth album La Belleza (The Beauty) is a nine-track orchestral suite touching on everything from Gregorian chant to strings-laden love songs and dembow rhythms. Cover art for La Belleza by Lido Pimienta.
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