Yazz Ahmed - A Paradise In The Hold Artist_Barber in the Living Room crushes & the hurricanes of

crushes & the hurricanes of feeling that accompany all the massive shifts of growing up

Garth Erasmus (alto saxophone)

“If you drop a frog in a pot of boiling water

released in 1982

its ability to get down to the nitty-gritty of the human condition is implicit from its title outwards

Yazz Ahmed - A Paradise In The Hold Artist_Barber in the Living Room crushes & the hurricanes ofYazz Ahmed, hailed as one of the most influential trumpet players of her generation. An Ivor Novello award winning composer who makes sweeping epics that are rich with storytelling, depicting evocative ancient worlds and mythological muses. With her fourth studio album, A Paradise in the Hold, the British Bahrani musician dives even deeper into her dual heritage and has come up with a treasure trove that draws on traditional music and stories from her