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Jonny Greenwood on New Album "Ranjha", Delays, and Future Radiohead Tours

Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood discusses the 10-year journey of his new album "Ranjha" with Shye Ben Tzur and the Rajasthan Express, detailing the challenges including a musician's death, a pandemic, and visa issues. He also expressed

Variety Music·Jun 22, 2026·via Variety Music

Jonny Greenwood on New Album "Ranjha", Delays, and Future Radiohead Tours

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Jun 22, 2026 7:11am PT

Jonny Greenwood on Why His New Album With Shye Ben Tzur and the Rajasthan Express Took a Decade to Make and ‘Hoping to Do Another’ Radiohead Tour

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It took Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood more than a decade to follow acclaimed 2015 album “Junun.” A musician died. A pandemic intervened. And then there were the visas.

“ Ranjha ,” released last month via World Circuit/BMG, reunites Greenwood with Israeli musician Shye Ben Tzur — who divides his time between Israel and India — and their ensemble The Rajasthan Express for a follow-up to their debut. In the intervening years Greenwood has composed film scores, recorded “Jarak Qaribak” with Israeli rock musician Dudu Tassa, and played in The Smile with Radiohead’s Thom Yorke – but this is the project he kept coming back to.