Mark Gergis introduced Omar Souleyman to the West and has released an entrancing double CD of his own recordings for humanitarian charities in Syria. He tells John Doran about the importance of looking beyond the news bulletins when it comes to the Middle East
A new documentary from the Velvet Goldmine and I’m Not There director explores the singular NYC band, who existed on the fringes of society and boundaries of taste but at the epicentre of the 1960’s avant-garde scene, as Ben Gilbert explains