MOHAMMAD SYFKHAN + SACRED PAWS

MOHAMMAD SYFKHAN is an Irish based Kurdish/Syrian singer and?Bouzouki player.?Mohammad?s own brand of ecstatic music takes elements from Middle Eastern and North African music to create an atmosphere of joy, love and happiness. Since arriving in Ireland, Mohammad has used the language of music to integrate into the local community by playing at private parties and concerts. He has been playing music since the 1980?s, while living in the city of Raqqa, Syria ?where he began working as a professional singer and started his own band,?The Al-Rabie Band?which played concerts, parties, weddings and festivals all over Syria. His debut album ?I Am Kurdish? came out on Nyahh Records last year. The Quietus explains further that ?Syfkhan takes his domestic influences and fuses them with music from beyond those regions, from North African folk rhythms to Turkish psychedelia. It?s a glorious alembic not bound by borders, where Mohammad himself brings a cultivated exuberance to his playing that belies his vintage.? https://nyahhrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mohammad-syfkhan-i-am-kurdish? SACRED PAWS were founded by the Glasgow duo of Ray Aggs (Trash Kit, Shopping) and Eilidh Rodgers (Golden Grrrls) who took their roots in the punk world and wound it together with myriad influences, from Afrobeat, through pop and post-punk, to create a glorious and unique hybrid. ?Strike A Match?, the band?s urgent and infectious first offering, was released on Mogwai?s Rock Action label in 2017 and won the prestigious Scottish Album of the Year Award that same year. ?Jump Into Life?, is the lush and layered new album from Sacred Paws, released on March 28th through Merge and Rock Action. Formed of eleven new songs, it takes the roots of the Sacred Paws project and breathes fresh life into it, blossoming into something both abundant and more colourful than has come before; a gentle skewing of their signature sound that feels wildly thrilling. Full of endearing energy, and buoyed by new sounds, textures, and character, ?Jump Into Life? is unafraid to reveal its warm and heavy beating heart, even with all the anxiety such a thing entails. https://sacredpaws.co.uk/