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As famine grips Gaza, Bisan Owda shares stories of survival: farmers planting in the rubble, fishermen risking bombs to catch fish, and residents refusing to give up.

OUT NOW! ISSUE 345: Melissa E Anderson on the oblique horrors of Joshua Oppenheimer’s strange and haunting film “The End,” Geeta Dayal on the new double album “Naya Beat Volume 2: South Asian Dance and Electronic Music 1988–1994” Naya Beat Records, and more. 4columns.org

One of my most favourite photographs... three of India's greatest filmmakers in one frame. Shyam Benegal interviewing Ray for Benegal's documentary 'Satyajit Ray' (1982). Standing next to Ray is the cinematographer of the film, Govind Nihalani. Go well, maestro. #shyambenegal

#RIP Shyam Benegal dies at 90. seen here with Shabana Azmi and Smita Patil at Cannes for ‘Nishant’ (1976)

“The double album is more than just a collection of old songs; it’s an excavation of a lost chapter in the history of a dynamic global diaspora.”—Geeta Dayal writes about “Naya Beat Volume 2: South Asian Dance and Electronic Music 1988–1994” Naya Beat Records 4columns.org/dayal-geeta/na…

“Aftab has a long reach into history; she selects inspirations unfamiliar to Western audiences and then breathes life into these vintage sounds.”—Geeta Dayal on Arooj Aftab’s album “Night Reign,” from our 12th most-read review of 2024 4columns.org/dayal-geeta/ar…

The tribute to David Lynch at Bob’s Big Boy continues to grow. Lynch went to Bob’s everyday for seven years for coffee and a milkshake. As far as memorials go, this impromptu shrine is very touching and uplifting

I am so saddened to hear of the death of Marianne Faithfull. She was so much part of my life for so long. She was a wonderful friend, a beautiful singer and a great actress. She will always be remembered.

Cochin Moon rises again by Geeta Dayal . And so do four other reissued LPs by experimental Japanese musician Haruomi Hosono 4columns.org/dayal-geeta/ha…

Kim Gordon & Kim Deal performing Sonic Youth's “Little Trouble Girl” for the first time on last night’s episode of “Everybody’s Live” w/ host John @Mulaney. Full performance: youtu.be/KFyUV4gwCas?si…

"It is music that feels like it has always been there, timeless and universal." A fantastic essay by Geeta Dayal on Mississippi Records' upcoming release, 'Silentium,' by Arvo Pärt 4columns.org/dayal-geeta/ar…

A new piece by me, on the composer Arvo Pärt: 4columns.org/dayal-geeta/ar…

OUT NOW! ISSUE 356: Geeta Dayal on stillness and tintinnabulation in Estonian composer Arvo Pärt’s album “Silentium,” Brian Dillon on comedy and psychopathology in “Thrilled to Death: Selected Stories” by Lynne Tillman Soft Skull Press, and more. 4columns.org

“ ‘Silentium’ is often melancholy and pensive, reflecting our very worrying time. But in between the notes, there is lightness and transcendence.” Geeta Dayal writes about a new album of recordings of works by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt for 4Columns ow.ly/2QG750VviGJ

David Thomas (14 June 1953–23 April 2025) The Pere Ubu singer has died at the age of 71. As a tribute we have made a number of articles on him and the group free to read in the online library: thewire.co.uk/in-writing/the…

OUT NOW: ISSUE 360! K. Austin Collins on “LA Rebellion” Film at Lincoln Center, Geeta Dayal on “Tsapiky! Modern Music from Southwest Madagascar,” Ed Halter on Steina Buffalo AKG Art Museum, and Sasha Frere-Jones on “Everybody’s Head Is Open to Sound: Writings on Tom Wilson” 4columns.org

A new piece by me, on the cool music from Madagascar known as tsapiky: 4columns.org/dayal-geeta/ts…

OUT NOW! ISSUE 360: Geeta Dayal on the startling exuberance of “Tsapiky! Modern Music from Southwest Madagascar” Sublime Frequencies; K. Austin Collins writes about the far-reaching legacy of the films in the “LA Rebellion: Then and Now” series Film at Lincoln Center; & more. 4columns.org

“The idea of a 200-bpm tune being played at a funeral might seem odd to some. But even though the parts of the song move rapidly, the overall effect is like staring at the ocean”—Geeta Dayal on “Tsapiky! Modern Music from Southwest Madagascar” Sublime Frequencies 4columns.org/dayal-geeta/ts…

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