Yousif Nur

LIVE REPORT: Gnaoua Festival 2019

Yousif Nur visits the second ever Gnaoua Festival in The Hague and finds hidebound ideas about female representation in this strictly codified, Islamic trance music are being challenged

LIVE REPORT: Montreal International Jazz Festival

Herbie Hancock, Thundercat, Bonobo and more delight at the world's biggest jazz festival, but it's Montreal itself that is the real star

A Heartbeat That Resonates: Ghetto Priest’s Favourite Albums

From The Jackson 5 and Nat King Cole to John Holt and Dennis Brown, this is the baker's dozen of albums that shaped Ghetto Priest

Things Learned At: Reeperbahn Festival 2017

Raving, football, dabke and a not-so-secret Liam Gallagher show at this year's Reeperbahn festival in Hamburg.

Turning Points: Yusuf/Cat Stevens’ 13 Favourite Albums

From Beethoven to The Beach Boys via King Kong: The Musical, these are the 13 pieces of music that shaped Yusuf/Cat Stevens as an artist

Charlie Brooker Launches New Black Mirror Series

Writer reveals decision to move show from Channel 4 was made following complications with the broadcaster

LIVE REPORT: Muse at Sziget Festival

At this year's edition of the Budapest festival, Yousif Nur considers whether Muse — the much-touted kings of understatement — might actually be deserving of their popularity

INTERVIEW: Islam Chipsy

We catch up with Islam Chipsy ahead of his appearance in London this week

Where’s The Urgency? An Interview With Porest’s Mark Gergis

With his first album under the Porest name in ten years, Mark Gergis draws on years of recordings made across Syria for his own take on pop music. He tells Yousif Nur about making a "tragicomedy told in song and sound"

Howls From The Soul: Bobby Gillespie’s Favourite Albums

After the release of Primal Scream's eleventh album, Chaosmosis, the singer boils his record collection down to a mean 13, a selection that formed his "own private world" while he was growing up in Glasgow

You Got Soul: Norman Jay’s Favourite Singles

After releasing his latest Good Times compilation last year, the DJ talks Yousif Nur through the early musical experiences that shaped his taste, from northern soul nights to crate-digging for 7"s, in picking his top 13 records

LIVE REPORT: EEK feat. Islam Chipsy

Yousif Nur reports from London Contemporary Music Festival

LIVE REPORT: Maurice Louca

Yousif Nur reports on his first time at Cafe Oto.

Constellations In The Sky: Jonathan Donahue Of Mercury Rev’s Top LPs

From spooky narrations in the Catskill Mountains to avant-garde masterworks, the New York band's singer and guitarist tells Yousif Nur about the albums and one song that have had a lasting impact on his own music

Oxygène Of Collaboration: Jean-Michel Jarre’s Favourite Albums

As he releases his first new material in eight years, the French composer, producer and laser harp maestro talks Yousif Nur through a Baker's Dozen of LPs by artists who shaped or collaborated on his Electronica albums

Things Learned At: Rockaway Beach Festival

Yousif Nur reports on things he learned on a weekend at Butlins

Keep On Moving: Jazzie B Of Soul II Soul Interviewed

Yousif Nur meets the Soul II Soul DJ/frontman and talks London, production and sound systems

Things Learned At: Reeperbahn Festival

Yousif Nur reports from Hamburg

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FESTIVAL REPORT: Shubbak

Yousif Nur reports on performances by Hala Ali, Karim Sultan, 47Soul, Massar Egbari, and more

Omar Souleyman

Bahdeni Nami

EEK feat. Islam Chipsy

Kahraba

LIVE REPORT: Badbadnotgood & Ghostface Killah

Yousif Nur reports from Electric Ballroom

Various Artists

Pied Piper: Follow Your Soul

The Odyssey

A Northern Soul Time Capsule 1968-2014

Umm Kulthum: Queen Of The Nile

It is the 40th anniversary of the death of the Middle East's most revered singer, Umm Kulthum. Yousif Nur gives us a brief introduction to the Nightingale Of The Nile and selects his favourite ten tracks by her

A Radical Century: Mahmoud Refat Of 100 Copies Cairo Interviewed

Yousif Nur takes a trip to Cairo's only dub plate cutting facility - the open platform and experimental recording studio, 100 Copies, to talk to owner and facilitator, Mahmoud Refat. Photographs by John Doran

THIS WEEKEND: Just Jam At The Barbican

Omar Souleyman, D Double E, Mumdance & Novelist and more on Saturday

Casino Classics: Elaine Constantine And Lisa Stansfield Talk Northern Soul

Yousif Nur interviews director Elaine Constantine and actor Lisa Stansfield about their new film Northern Soul