World Music

Africa Express, known for its groundbreaking cross-cultural musical collaborations, ventures into new territory with its... 

Deeply resonant spiritual music transmitted via piano, organ, and harmonium by beloved composer and Ethiopian Orthodox... 

A profoundly beautiful new chapter in trumpeter/producer Volker Goetze's inspiring explorations of West African traditional... 

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Proudly presenting Maravilhosamente Bem the powerful, female-centred third album by... 

Vancouver's Gamelan Alligator Joy (formerly Gamelan Madu Sari) offers a program of recent works for Javanese gamelan by the ensemble's composers. There's... 

Kuunatic"s hotly anticipated 2nd album "Wheels of Ömon," takes another adventure some deep dive into their self-made fantasy mythology, proposing... 

Argentinian neo-folklore producer and one of the leaders of the new Latin electronic sound, Chancha Via Circuito, showcases some of... 

Following the release of their album “Dhorimviskha” (one of Bandcamp Daily’s albums of the year) and... 

Proudly presenting our reissue of the sought-after 1978 album 'Ritmo Y Sabor' from Cuban, master bongo... 

Uniquely inspired by sixteen pristine, biodiverse isles belonging to the territory of her homeland Sri Lanka, Tanya Ekanayaka’s... 

Femi Kuti’s Journey Through Life marks a deeply personal chapter in the Afrobeat legend’s career. Known for his sharp critiques of... 

Wewantsounds continues its extensive Meiko Kaji reissue program - in partnership with Teichiku Records and Kaji herself - with... 

With Ylh Bye Bye, Swiss-Moroccan producer Sami Galbi delivers a raw and electrifying debut album... 

With The Garden of Otava, Czech singer and multi-instrumentalist Barbora Xu transports us into a world of delicate sounds and natural... 

Màiri Morrison and Alasdair Roberts collaborate... 

Yazz Ahmed, hailed as one of the most influential trumpet players of her generation. An... 

Since Fanfare Ciocarlia burst onto the global music scene from a small Moldovan village in 1997, the band has... 

Basing himself off the works of Cuban guitarist-composers José Angel Navarro and Hector Angulo, Italian... 

The legendary singer Salif Keita makes a grand return with So Kono, an acoustic and deeply intimate album.

Salif... 

Wewantsounds is delighted to release Dibango 82 an unreleased live recording by Manu Dibango taped in Marseille, Dec 1982. The electrifying live... 

In her vibrant sixth album, Happy People, Andy James crafts a soulful and genre-defying celebration... 

Presenting an official reissue of Coke’s audacious, engrossing self-titled album from 1972, originally released on Manuel J. Mato’s collectible Sound... 

Tel ve Ten is the debut album by Ozan Baysal. Discover the diverse sounds of the double-necked baglama, a modified Turkish instrument which... 

The Pernambuco Quartet owes its creation to luck, chance, and passion, when four musicians emblematic of their culture... 

Lebanese composer and multi-instrumentalist Charif Megarbane returns with Hawalat, a new album that seamlessly blends together a mix of... 

Source of an all-time 'Breaks and Beats' classic, Mr Bongo reissue Herman Kelly's... 

Featuring previously unheard master tapes, unreleased alternate takes, and a rare radio performance from Iry LeJeune, widely regarded... 

Kankou Kouyate is the niece of the N’Goni genius Bassekou Kouyate. One of the most respected Griot... 

Savina Yannatou’s fifth ECM album revolves around the theme of water in its many manifestations. Water as a blessing and a curse. A... 

“A slow air is a type of tune in Irish Traditional Music marked by the absence of... 

Imbued with the spirit of their late uncle, the qawwali master Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali have... 

Strut introduces the highly anticipated third volume in the Disques Debs International series, diving deeper into... 

Following the success of ‘The Original Sound of Mali’ compilation, we return with another explorative delve into the wonders of... 

Cesária Evora’s Live à Paris is a celebrated live album released in 1996. Recorded during her live performance in Paris on... 

Estrellas de Buena Vista was formed to continue the tradition of Buena Vista Social... 

The six works represented on these... 

The infectious Afrobeat of Arat Kilo with the powerful vocals of Mike Lad and Mamani Keita!
After Visions of Selam in 2018, Arat... 

Proudly presenting our reissue of a bonafide Latin classic from 1979 by the Cuban-born violinist Alfredo De La Fe. Based in New York and... 

All Living Things is a tender and profound meditation on the miracle of life. It is suffused with reverence and gratitude for the chance... 

Youssou N'Dour's album "Eclairer le monde - Light the World" is a captivating musical journey that showcases the legendary Senegalese artist's... 

The Baltic Sisters are a cross-border folk ensemble uniting four singers from Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia. Their shared... 

Ethio-jazz pioneer Mulatu Astatke joins the Hoodna Orchestra, Tel Aviv's number one Afro funk collective, melding his... 

Songhoy Blues release their new album Héritage on Transgressive. From the first listening to Héritage, the much-awaited fourth album by... 

First released in 1988, Kaira was the debut album by Toumani Diabate, master player of the kora - the West African harp with 21 strings. Kaira... 

Pipa master Gao Hong and guqin virtuoso Zhao Xiaoxia revisit some of China’s best-known traditional pieces, such... 

Mr Bongo proudly presents an official reissue of an iconic, exploratory album by Indian maestro of the sitar, Ananda Shankar, aptly... 

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Authentic Brazilian music inspired and respected by the most legendary musicians of the genre: Seu Jorge, Arthur Verocai (who arranged strings on... 

A magical and inspirational collaboration between musicians from Burkina Faso... 

Completes trilogy of first 3 albums. Long out-of-print release available digitally for the first time. Restored, clarified audio. ATFA’s 50th... 

"Listening to Julian Mayorga is hearing the current Colombian sound taken to even... 

The popular Iranian artist Mahsa Vahdat and seven of her students have cultivated these songs. Henning Sommerro... 

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Waaju & Majid Bekkas's 'Alouane' stands as testament for creation and collaboration even in the most challenging of times. Whilst it becomes increasingly difficult... 

Latin funk at its finest. A kingpin player of Miami’s Cuban music scene, Ray Fernandez, brought together his ‘court’ for... 

"The veteran Turkish heads who act as a link between Erkin Koray, Can and Mad Professor" -- MOJO-- -- Nearly 30... 

Tim Bernardes is a two-time Latin Grammy nominated singer, songwriter, musician, composer, and producer, who emerged as one of Brazil’s most... 

Pique is the sensational debut solo album from Dora Morelenbaum, one of the key talents spearheading Brazil’s... 

FIRST INTERNATIONAL RELEASE OF YOSHIKO SAY'S FUNK FOLK CLASSIC "MANGEKYOU" PRODUCED BY YUJI OHNO AND RELEASED IN...