Ilyas Ahmed

Portland-based musician and visual artist Ilyas Ahmed makes a hazy yet intimate form of psychedelic folk music, utilizing acoustic and electric guitars as well as instruments such as harmonium, organ, and tanpura, in addition to ethereal effects. His output developed steadily over a span of years, beginning in 2005 with a series of self-released albums recorded on an isolated farm and growing more defined by the time of he released 2018's Closer to Stranger and his 2021 collaboration with kindred spirit Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, You Can See Your Own Way Out. Ahmed was born in Paki...