Some tracks do not ask for your attention; they kick the door off the hinges and demand it. This is exactly what happens the second you hit play on "Woman", the latest single from Samara. The single review of this release proves that the Brisbane-based artist is not here to play nice. She is here to dismantle the experience of being controlled and told what...

Listening to Afaq Art Production's new single "Bejamalen (With Beauty)" performed by Ziad Kamal feels a bit like stepping out of a chaotic, sun-baked street into the sudden, vaulted vastness of an ancient sanctuary. https://open.spotify.com/album/7GbecQZE3yVH6enRaALvLk?si=seoOwwjgS_SE3MsuPg-rxw Kamal is only twenty-four. He manages the rather fascinating trick of balancing his daily life as a Mechatronics engineer with a profound, academic mastery of Eastern Maqams, violin, and oud. Here,...