Don and Moki Cherry's collaborations are the subject of a new book

Crop of cover image for Organic Music Societies
Organic Music Societies is edited by the pair's granddaughter Naima Karlsson and published by Blank Forms
Edited by Blank Forms artistic director Lawrence Kumpf, Neneh Cherry's daughter Naima Karlsson and writer Magnus Nygren, Organic Music Societies is a new book collecting archival documents and new writings on the intermedia collaborations of Don and Moki Cherry.
The book covers a period from the 1960s when the Cherrys's home in Tågarp, Sweden became a hub for musicians, poets, actors and artists. Included alongside texts from Don and Moki Cherry are contributions from Keith Knox, Rita Knox, Bengt af Klintberg, Iris R Orton, Åke Holmquist, Pandit Pran Nath, John Esam, Michael Lindfield, Sidsel Paaske, George Trolin, Alan Halkyard, Ben Young, Christer Bothén, Bengt Berger and Fumi Okiji, plus interviews with Don Cherry, Terry Riley and Steve Roney.
Organic Music Societies is available for pre-order now and expected to ship on 27 October.
In other Cherry family news, Blank Forms is putting out the debut LP by duo of Naima Karlsson and Kenichi Iwasa, who perform as Exotic Sin. Titled Customer’s Copy, the album is released on 21 August.

Exotic Sin aka Kenichi Iwasa (left) and Naima Karlsson. Photo by Lena Shkoda