The Supersonic Festival 2024, which celebrated its 21st birthday, proves that tradition and experimentation are not mutually exclusive. It reminds us why independent events are so valuable in a commercialized world.
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The 30 most interesting albums of 2024, some small joys and reflections on the state of the music market.
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Heaviness in music can be understood in many ways. Here are ten days through the prism I want to experience this year’s Roadburn.
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Beautifully intimate home recordings made by an Ethiopian nun reflecting on the idea of exile in the 1970s and 1980s, probably never intended to be heard by anyone but herself, have taken on an astounding universality in 2024
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Run from Wrocław by Paweł “Paide” Dunajko, outlines uses the beloved Chicago genre as a platform for truly experimental dance music.
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My the top 30 albums of 2023, some sound memories, four festivals and many special concerts.
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Different ways of seeing folk – from instruments, lyrics, or psycho-geographical mythologies immersed in the local context – catch me the most in this year’s Irish music scene. Join me for the ten most exciting records from the last year.
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During the November evenings at the Kolonia Artystów, I’ve heard how the sound of the banjo, accordion, and saxophone could be creatively transformed to show their identity and musical language anew.
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With one month before the 24th edition of Roadburn, I’m picking the ten concerts I want to see the most.
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In a fifteen minutes I can be in Algeria, Sao Tome, Bogotá, Hokkaido or Ljubljana. This is the essence of the festival: there is a strength in diversity that is as great as nowhere else in Europe.
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