Last week, station dad @itsnatureboi messaged me to ask if I wanted to do a feature on @voices_radio as part of Refugee Week. Of course I was more than happy to put something together.
For the first half hour of this special show I will be diving into the 1947 India/Pakistan partition, and looking at how displacement affected many incredible classical singers, but did not deter their unyielding messages of unity and belonging.
But more importantly….
For this show I’ve asked my very dear friend, and wife to one of my childhood friends, @khalilila to help me curate something as part of this important project.
Isabele brings a guest mix of music and interviews that highlight the cultural resilience of people who have been displaced, with a special emphasis on solidarity with Palestine. We tune into Persian folk music sampled for the club, remixes of Palestinian resistance songs originally used as code, and reinterpretations of musical traditions from Pakistan, Sudan, Eritrea, Tunisia, Armenia, Iran, Colombia, Chile, and the Caribbean.
This show features interview clips with: Huda Asfour, Maral, EMEL, Alsarah, Lido Pimienta, and Gabriel Teodros. Full interviews can be found by searching for these artists and “KEXP.”