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The calendar has wrapped around again and it’s time for some more Exfiltration Radio!

Album of the Week, October 24, 2026 I make mix tapes.

Album of the Week, October 17, 2026 Peter Gabriel’s album Us came out when I was in college, in 1992.

Album of the Week, October 10, 2026 Even in the moment, in the mid-1990s following the release of Us, it seemed like Peter Gabriel was all over the place while simultaneously being invisible.

Album of the Week, October 3, 2026 The last studio album Sheila Chandra released on Real World was rather different than its predecessors.

Album of the Week, September 26, 2026 In retrospect, it’s amazing that Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan took six years to follow up Mustt Mustt, his crossover qawwali + club album that he recorded for Real World with Michael Brook in 1990.

Album of the Week, September 19, 2026 For all the brilliantly trenchant observations that Laurie Anderson made in her 1980s recordings, there was one topic that was rarely the focus of her songs.

Album of the Week, September 12, 2026 Following Weaving My Ancestors’ Voices, Sheila Chandra continued her exploration of voice and drone, of the interconnections between breath and thought, of voice and listener.

Drone reconstruction of the World Trade Center, NYC, 2026.

F.G.

Album of the Week, September 5, 2026 I’ve been reading some things on social media about “Shoot Your Shot September”: making a radical change in your life to do the thing you always wanted to do and the hell with the risk.

Album of the Week, August 29, 2026 This week is another round of traditional qawwali music from Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and it has a complicated release history.

Album of the Week, August 22, 2026 Sheila Chandra had a career arc: actress on the BBC drama series Grange Hill, lead singer in the band Monsoon, top 20 UK hit with “Ever So Lonely.”

Album of the Week, August 15, 2026 When Peter Gabriel released his new album Us on September 28, 1992, it seemed like an eternity had passed since his last pop album, So, in 1986.

Album of the Week, August 8, 2026 If you’ve just done a big crossover album, as an artist you have an implicit choice: do you continue mining that vein, coming closer and closer to pop?

E.

Album of the Week, August 1, 2026 Imagine you’re a music student, and your father is a senior government minister who gets assassinated when you are 24 years old.

Album of the Week, July 26, 2026 We’ve heard several albums by the great Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, featuring the hallmarks of the qawwali tradition: accompanied by harmonium and tabla plus a chorus, extended introductions, vocal improvisatio…

Album of the Week, July 18, 2026 When is a hit not a hit?