Improvising cellist and guitarist Ishmael Ali moved from Columbus, Ohio, to Chicago in 2013 to study music at DePaul, and he’s lived here ever since—except for a brief stint in New York that ended ...

Ishmael Butler has been writing charged-up, innovative rap since 1992’s seminal hip-hop single with Digable Planets, “Rebirth of the Slick (Cool Like Dat).” When Digable Planets retired, he dabbled in ...

This Bristiolian collective are making experimental jazz that's drawn critical acclaim and landed them two BBC sessions When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission ...

A project rooted in exploration and collaboration, Bristol Collective Ishmael Ensemble are making music that straddles the experimental lines between electronica, jazz and dance, writes Steven Loftin.

Time travelers live among us. Take, for example, Ishmael Butler, frontman for the classic ’90s rap group Digable Planets and the current avant-garde duo Shabazz Places. Both are playing Seattle this ...

Combining genres from jazz to minimalism with a great city’s musical heritage, without resorting to pastiche, is no mean feat Ishmael is a saxophonist, DJ, producer and bandleader, known to his ...

He calls himself Ishi Ishmael. That's a pseudonym - his family didn't want to be associated with his research interest, the Tribe of Ishmael, which was called, in its time, America's "worst" family.