
Whenever you first realise that you're in the same room as someone you know, it's usually because you've spotted them. The first time I was ever aware that I was in the same room as Halina Rifai came about not because I knew what she looked like (I didn't), but because I instantly recognised her laugh. This was no ordinary laugh. This was an almighty, shrieking howl which shattered the between-song calm of an Esperi gig at the 13th Note in Glasgow two years ago. Halina's presence in the city's underground music scene is [...]