Futurism Restated #44: Records I Missed in 2023

Feat. Mayssa Jallad, Nabihah Iqbal, Gaika, and more

Two unexpected musical encounters framed the end of my year. The first took place on December 30, in a park in Barcelona, where my wife and daughter and I were killing time before catching a cab to the airport and a flight home. While my daughter played, I heard the sounds of a band tuning up along the edge of the park, so I wandered over to investigate…