Sanam: Sametou Sawtan (Vinyl LP) Mark Fry the band performed in London

the band performed in London as support for the Cocteau Twins

Kamasi Washington

Featuring newly unplugged versions of five classic tracks ‘Cast No Shadow’

The album features a classic cover of Carl Sigman and Conrad Magidson's 1940s chestnut "Enjoy Yourself" and a brooding version of the same song featuring the Go-Go's

That nimble travelogue has little in common with woods’ newest work

Sanam: Sametou Sawtan (Vinyl LP) Mark Fry the band performed in LondonThe title of the second Sanam album is as alive with possibility as the Lebanese bands music. Sametou Sawtan translates from the Arabic to I Heard A Voice. Spooky or spiritual, however one reads the phrase, it speaks to the ability of sound and language to cause pause, steal attention, and open us to the moment. Likewise, the music of Sanam blurs tender frenzies and fire scorched ballads, collapsing free flowing rock and jazz frameworks into deeply