
The Multicity Festival Spotlighting Female Voices from the SWANA Region
Hiya Live Sessions connects underground sonic movements from South West Asian/North African artists with listeners around the world.
May 20, 2022
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Live music performances, with their visceral, multisensorial energy, can be a form of sonic regeneration and discovery. Hiya Live Sessions, a multicity program of concerts and club nights, draws on this reality by focusing on experimental works by female artists, D.J.s, and poets from the SWANA region—a decolonial word for the South West Asian and North African areas that centers on geography rather than terms, such as “Middle Eastern” or “Islamic World,” that carry a history of European colonialism and imperialism. The 2022 series, which kicked off this month in London, is now making its way to other cities, using its inventive use of sound to connect underground movements from diaspora communities with listeners around the world.
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