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Martha Skye Murphy / Muslim Shaggan
Martha Skye Murphy. Photo: Owain E. Morgan
Martha Skye Murphy
Martha Skye Murphy is an experimental vocalist and musician using genre and vocal metamorphosis to dislocate and immerse listeners within encoded narratives. Unpredictable, theatrical and tender, her debut album, ‘Um’, was released in June 2024 to critical acclaim with label AD93.
Murphy’s live shows are intimate and affecting while being staged as spectacles. She has performed internationally at festivals, churches and concert halls such as ReWire, Pitchfork, Full of Lava, Grauzone, MENT, Kiezsalon<>IKLEKTIK, Heart of Noise, and De Thomaskerk. In 2022, Murphy premiered her electronic opera, ‘Postcards Home’, at The Southbank Centre.
Beyond her music, Murphy is a writer and podcast producer.
Muslim Shaggan
Muslim Shaggan is one of the most accomplished classical vocalists of his generation in Pakistan, boasting a vocal delivery that is technically sophisticated, yet tender. His versatile musicality is rooted in a convergence of histories. He descends from Bhai Mardana (1459-1534), the muslim musician companion of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism.
This lineage of Rababi musicians eventually adopted the Gwalior style of Hindustani vocal music. He was trained by one of its finest exponents, his grandfather, Ustad Ghulam Hassan Shaggan, who carefully prepared him to carry on this centuries old legacy. His musical experiments are rooted in traditional knowledge, yet unconstrained by its rigorous methodologies.
Yahya Ahmed. Photo: Muslim Shaggan