Music Reviews Stories
On the sublime BETHLEHEM بيت لحم, walls in time and space fall
The exquisite collaboration of Lawrence Sammour, Sary Moussa, and Abed Kobeissy, Bethlehem, is released this month. And it has become a rich sanctuary, a shared space that refuses erasure or fragmentation. It also refuses to obey the boundaries of colonialism and occupation, weaving together what was pulled apart, as taut and resonant as the strings of the buzuq.
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The myth of Drexciya is coming to the Toronto Biennial — with playlist
The myth of Drexciya is getting its moment at the Toronto Biennial, as retold by Underground Resistance. That’s free through December 20th if you’re in Ontario, but let’s kick off a watery weekend with the accompanying playlist, too, courtesy UR and Sumberge label manager Cornelius Harris.
Peter Kirn - October 16, 2026
Music
Listening to birdsong — and the instruments that mimic it
Okay, class: today’s reading includes a short but inspiring passage by Estevan Carlos Benson, who has lately been suggesting we treat our musical listening biome in the same way that we do our gut. Along the way, we get birdsongs and whistle bottles from Ecuador millennia ago and Peru today.
Peter Kirn - October 14, 2026
Music Music tech
Bana Haffar’s Ancient Future mutates memory and meaning in machines
Peter Kirn - October 13, 2026
Modular-Analog Music
Techno original Sean Tate, aka The Butcher, has died
Peter Kirn - September 25, 2026
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