Le Guess Who? Festival Stories
Le Guess Who? is a Celebration of Sound in Utrecht, The Netherlands. The festival is dedicated to boundary-crossing music & culture from all over the world.
Le Guess Who? Festival Stories
Latest Episodes
On Sound as Substance: Indigenous Approaches to Sound / Sound as Medicine
Music is perhaps widely known to serve as a means of collective and individual healing. But to what extent do we take sound seriously, beyond the auditory experience? What thoughts come to mind when we consider sound as its own sovereign being,...
Artistic Freedom Under Threat: Mobility, Censorship & the Right to Create
Artistic freedom is too often reduced to “freedom of expression”, but for artists and independent cultural organizers, the ground is much more complex.It’s not only what someone can say, but where someone can go, how someone can live, w...
Ndox Electrique root their sound in Senegal's healing ceremonies, by Atiyyah Khan
On the closing day of Le Guess Who? 2023, the festival features the first international performance of Ndox Electrique, whose music is inspired by an ancient ritual of the spirit-world originating from Senegal’s n’döep ceremonies. H...
Kamilya Jubran: Witnessing a transcendent moment on stage
Born in Palestine and currently based in Paris, Kamilya Jubran is one of the most revered figures in the experimental and alternative Arabic music scenes. Through her multi-disciplinary work, Jubran continues to inspire a new genera...
Renowned Pakistani qawwali singer Faiz Ali Faiz by Arooj Aftab
Having been born to seven consecutive generations of qawwals (those who perform the ancient form of religious Sufi music from Pakistan and Northern India - Punjab - known as qawwali), Faiz Ali Faiz was raised on the practice.After havin...
