Thank goodness I took my smart phone with me into hospital. Because, it enabled me to watch truly trashy movies, and to get to know Arooj Aftab's music via her set at this years Glastonbury Festival. And what a discovery that is, sparse spacious music, but far from minimal, effortlessly cool whilst also gently passionate. Her's is a music and a voice of such soft and subtle beauty, its actually quite hard to pin down. It crosses so many genres, it's not folk music, nor jazz, nor world music, nor pop, whilst it draws on all those threads with delicacy and intricate detailing in their arrangements.
She joked at Glastonbury she'd just made a new album of night music, and here she was performing it to an audience in the blazing hot sunshine of a July afternoon. Nonetheless it is a captivating set. Very little of it is danceable, this is laid back intimate music, probably best seen performed in a small club. I Currently love this woman's work to bits. Night Reigns is a lovely successor to 2021's Vulture Prince, further extending the sound scape of her laid back style.
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