“Music is just such a sweet shop. There are so many styles and talents, and it’s hard to just stick to one thing”: Jonny Greenwood to release another collab album with Israeli Qawwali musician Shye Ben Tzur

Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood and The Rajasthan Express black and white photograph.

While the world waits to see what Radiohead will do next (or even if they will do anything next), Jonny Greenwood has been keeping busy. In between his soundtrack work and The Smile, he’s found time to record a belated follow-up to Junun, an album he released back in 2015 with the Israeli musician Shye Ben Tzur, who works primarily in the field of Sufi devotional music, Qawwali. Junun was recorded in Jodhpur, India, with Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, whilst for the new record Ranjha, Greenwood invited Tzur and his backing group the Ranjasthan Express over to UK, to his home studio in Oxfordshire.