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BBC Radio Scotland Afternoon Show
Thursday 11th May, 2023
Interview & Live Session- The Other from
1hr to 1hr.16 mins
The festival that’s all about connection -
Fiona Shephard - The Scotsman January 2024
review Drygate Brewery,
Hannah Peel & Bei Bei Wang with support
‘The Other’.
The opening set from The Other was a sonic smorgasbord of a different style with querulous woodwind, devotional ululation and Latino percussion emanating from an ensemble of international musicians, hailing from Iran, Brazil, Chile and Scotland, led by guitarist Iain Mackechnie and including harpist Esther Swift, singer Aref Ghorbani, and saxophonist Matt Wright.
Swift and Ghorbani duetted on a wistful ballad in English and Farsi with everyone softly coalescing, Toumani Antics was inspired by Malian kora player Toumani Diabate, and best of all, a traditional Persian song, soulfully delivered by Ghorbani with plangent double-bass to a snake-hipped groove
Sunday Post 21st May 2023
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