Category Music

REVIEW: Idrîsî Ensemble

Reading Time: 3 minutesEven the keenest historians might not expect a recital of medieval Mediterranean music to sell out one of Camden’s most popular venues on a Friday evening in June, and yet, the Idrîsî Ensemble’s recent concert at Koko was packed to the gills with a wildly enthusiastic audience.

REVIEW: The Turning

Reading Time: 2 minutesIn The Turning, sisters Rakhi and Simmy Singh beautifully explore our tentative, vulnerable relationship to nature by melding together traditional Indian music with Western classical and folk, using violin, electronics, and their birdsong-like singing voices.