Executive Overview To place a needle on Outredore, the upcoming full-length release from French sonic experimentalist Sourdure (multidisciplinary artist Ernest Bergez), is to step onto shifting tectonic plates. Scheduled for release on September 25, 2026, via Pagans and Murailles Music, the album opens with “Flor,” a track that initially masquerades as a degraded 1970s French … Read more
Executive Overview In an era dominated by hyper-compressed digital production and ephemeral trend-chasing, traditional music explorer and master interpreter Jake Xerxes Fussell continues to operate as an archival alchemist. With The Old Beloved Path—his sixth studio album and second release via the venerable Fat Possum Records, slated for release on September 18, 2026—Fussell cements his … Read more
Executive Overview For over a century, international interest in Iraq’s rich archaeological heritage has been framed by milestone anniversaries, spectacular discoveries, and profound crises. From the foundational excavations at Ur that revolutionized our understanding of early urban life, trade, and burial customs, to a century of scholarship surrounding the Jemdet Nasr period—which proved pivotal to … Read more
