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Sheherazaad: Khudgarzi review | Ammar Kalia's global album of the month

(Erased Tapes) Dreamy, reverb-laden arrangements, virtuosic vocals and echoes of PJ Harvey and Massive Attack make this disarming debut a one-of-a-kind creation Since the release of her debut EP, Qasr, in 2024, south Asian-American vocalist and composer Sheherazaad has developed a distinctive take on the classical singing of her heritage. While her contemporaries such as the singers Ganavya and Manizeh draw on spiritual vocal traditions, and Arooj Aftab on jazz and folk instrumentation, Sheherazaad’s work is darker and far more introspective, using sparse acoustic arrangements to create a styl

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US special envoy meets with Putin, then meets with Zelensky

On the 12th, US special envoys Kushner and Witkov met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow regarding the war in Ukraine. Putin emphasized that Russia's position, including its territorial demands, remains unchanged. The two envoys then traveled to Dublin, Ireland, where they met with President Zelenskiy of Ukraine. Mr. Zelenskyy welcomed the explanation that European representatives would be included in future peace talks.

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‘Would you breastfeed your own father?’ The goofy, spiky world of art-pop duo Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupul

After wittily blending pop and politics on their debut, the Belgians are now processing their personal lives. We join them for a mindbending tour of their home city of Ghent Boris Kor Tom Zeebroek is staring up at a grey gothic building in the centre of Ghent, squinting through the late September sun that is covering his home town in a cloak of unseasonal warmth. Zeebroek is encouraging his bandmate Charlotte Adigéry and I to crane our necks towards the Mammelokker, an 18th-century Flemish relief on the top of the building. It’s a gruesome bit of stone, which sits above the town square and dep

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