🎵 OC REVIEWS: Chapsh’s debut album Shapshe has everything: it’s moody, energetic, and authentic, deriving inspiration from ancient Circassian healing rituals. Enter Chapsh (the Western Circassian name for vigils or healing rituals), an ensemble hailing from Nalchik, Kabarda–Balkaria, blending elements of both approaches in their music and their live performances. The group derived both their name and their debut album’s name, Shapshe (the Eastern Circassian word for ‘chapsh’), from the rituals.