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The multi-genre artist’s bold sound and confrontation of Indian social problems are winning him a growing audience – and a surprise new collaborator in US rapper Lil BIn 2000, pregnant 19-year-old Harpreet Kaur was found dead in mysterious circumstance…
Read MoreNermin Niazi and Feisal Mosleh were teenage immigrants blending their Pakistani musical heritage with Pet Shop Boys and Depeche Mode – and their punchy disco LP has been rescued from obscurityOpening its doors in 1970, Birmingham’s Zella Studios played…
Read MoreThe Casteless Collective are repurposing the bawdy gaana style to confront class conflict – and call out everything from corruption to violence against womenWhen Isaivani starts singing the “beef song” with happy abandon it is nearly 10pm. The audience…
Read MoreNepal’s police used to pick up metal fans and cut their hair or jail them. The country now has its own festival – but it’s fighting to survive. Our writer hits the rarefied air of KathmanduWhen Ugra Karma made the first-ever Nepali metal recording, the…
Read MoreI dread getting calls in the middle of the night in case it is to tell me about another suicide by a K-drama actor or K-pop celebrityOn a hot August day in 2008, I was invited to appear on a TV entertainment programme hosted by actor Ahn Jae-hwan. I no…
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