Music
Premiering now, Fake Lines: Sono Levant reconnects what was divided
From Joy Moughanni to Al Shatea Band, Fake Lines: Sono Levant from the non-profit, “non-label” Fake Lines draws together sounds from across diasporas and identities in a time of genocide, erasure, and division. It’s premiering now as I write this on Radio Alhara, with a release coming later this month (and tracks to preview). And it supports a vital cause: giving Gaza back its food sovereignty.
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Listen to 8 hours of sound dedicated to Palestine — and act
Music and sound are not action — at least, not normally. But sound can recenter you, rewire your brain, and let you catch your breath before that action. So I find myself returning to this eight-hour broadcast by London’s Sister Midnight FM, which includes Palestinian artists who have long been featured on CDM, including Muqata’a, bint mbareh, and Dakn.
No more music; Gaza is starving
We’ve followed musicians in Palestine for years. Now the situation is an emergency. Palestinians are facing forced starvation. There’s not much to add beyond this message from Ahmed Muin of Gaza Birds Singing: the music stops. Let food in now. Ahmed’s silence is a call to end our own.
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