Ahmed Gallab, the Sudanese-American multi-instrumentalist who records under the name Sinkane, is coming back with a new album. Out in February, He's Gone is a more somber affair than 2024's celebratory We Belong , written after the death of Gallab's father and delving into heavy themes of memory, family, and loss.

Although it boasts collaborations with Yo-Yo Ma, Mdou Moctar, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and Annie & The Caldwells, Gallab produced, engineered, and mixed the album entirely on his own. "Making the record gave me permission to grieve and, eventually, became a kind of catharsis," he says. "I thought I was making an album about losing my father.…