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Two years on from the release of La Saboteuse<\/em>, Bahrain-raised, London-based trumpeter and composer Yazz Ahmed<\/a> has a third album on the way called Polyhymnia<\/em>. Slated for an October release through Ropeadope Records<\/a>, Polyhymnia<\/em> is a suite of music inspired and dedicated to six female role-models, from Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai to civil rights activist Rosa Parks.<\/p>\n Preceding the album release, and bringing her\u00a0La Saboteuse<\/em> project to a close, the celebrated musician put out ‘A Shoal of Souls’, a special limited release 12\u2033 single, available on her bandcamp<\/a>. ‘A Shoal of Souls’ is a tribute to the many lives lost by those who have tried to cross the Mediterranean Sea. Yazz explains:<\/p>\n \u201cI was already thinking about the migrants who perished at sea when I named the chapter The Shoal of Souls, and this new composition is dedicated to all the people who have lost their lives crossing the sea in search of a better future. I hope the music conveys the strength and power of the human spirit, the bravery to risk everything for their families, the anger I feel at the response of the West, a lack of empathy, a lack of compassion. They are not a swarm, they are us \u2013 humans. The music is also inspired by Sufism, the idea of whirling and turning, falling into a trance, a dream. I see a mirror with the whirling, turning ocean, a whirlpool of lost souls, of untold stories, talents and lives unfulfilled, joining together in the eternal dance and rhythm of a vast shoal of fish which seems to beat like a heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u2018A Shoal of Souls\u2019 is a staggering piece. Take a listen now.<\/p>\n\n