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Tunisia
Young Tunisian singer/songwriter Emel Mathlouthi performs at the Rio Theatre on Sunday, May 14 at 8 p.m. Her song “Kelmti Horra” (My Word is Free), was considered the anthem of Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution that marked the start of the “Arab Spring” in 2011. The North African musician’s new album, Ensen, produced by her own record label Little Human Records came out in February on Partisan Records. Vancouver duo Dálava opens. Tickets: $28 general admission, students $23 with ID. They are available online at brownpapertickets.ca, call 1-800-838-3006, or in person at Highlife Records. For more information visit caravanbc.com.Supplied, Mehdi Hassine

EMEL MATHLOUTI
Tunisian musician performing at Rio Theatre on May 14. Full session Paste Studios, February, 2017: bit.ly/2r4BIqI.

DÀLAVA
Vancouver duo opening for Emel Mathlouthi at Rio on May 14: bit.ly/2r4wDyp.

THE SMUGGLERS 
Hillside rockers tell us about their hometown: “Vancouver B.C.”: bit.ly/2poI6wj.

GHOST SHIP
Koldo Almandoz film screening at the Cinematheque on May 13 at 8:45 p.m. as part of DOXA: bit.ly/2pChyD5.

SALOME JASHI
The Dazzling Light of Sunset sceening at the Cinematheque on May 13 at 2:45 p.m. as part of DOXA: bit.ly/2pCrCvM.

AFGHAN WHIGS 
Performing at the Rickshaw on Oct. 17 rickshawtheatre.com. Full performance (live on KEXP): bit.ly/2r4rtTd.

GOLDENVOICE
The Mastermind behind Coachella: Goldenvoice’s Paul Tollett profiled in The New Yorker: bit.ly/2nxaxaN.

PEREGRINE FALLS
Guitar and drum duo Gordon Grdina and Kenton Loewen release new self-titled album today. “Gaza”: bit.ly/2qabs0P.

KAYHAN KALHOR
Master of classical Kurdish and Iranian music performs with Ali Reza Ghorbani at Centennial Theatre on Thursday, May 18 at 8 p.m. Tickets available at centennialtheatre.com, or call 604-984-4484, or in person at North Van’s Afra Bakery and Highlife Records (1317 Commercial Dr.): bit.ly/2r4yt2d.

FLANEUSE
Lauren Elkin’s cultural history of women writers and artists, Flâneuse: Women Walk the City, does Baudelaire proud: bit.ly/29Z5lks and  laurenelkin.tumblr.com.