World Music

On 21st May, Matador Records will release Afrique Victime, the long-awaited new album by Mdou Moctar. With Afrique Victime the prodigious Tuareg guitarist and songwriter rips... 

‘Buena Vista Social Club’ is both the name given to this extraordinary group of musicians and the album, recorded in... 

Kôrôlén is a very special collaboration between two titans in music: Toumani Diabaté, the Grammy-winning Malian kora virtuoso, and the London Symphony Orchestra, renowned... 

“I play yours, you play mine. The music never ends." The wisdom of Tony Allen's words was as deep as his grooves, and these two sentences, which announce the dozen songs... 

‘Rejoice’ is a very special collaboration between Tony Allen, the legendary drummer and co-founder of Afrobeat, and Hugh... 

Les Filles de Illighadad comes from the village of Illighadad in a remote region of central Niger. Like many of the villages in... 

In common parlance, the two producers who make up Native Soul would be considered “ma2000”—or, born after the onset of democracy, having never experienced Apartheid—by... 

Hardly anyone outside Ethiopia seems to know Hailu Mergia & The Walias Band “Tezeta” exists. Within Ethiopia this tape has been impossible to find for decades. That’s... 

Debut LP by the remarkable producer from Pretoria, South Africa who has a singular take on amapiano. In many ways, DJ Black Low’s debut album, Uwami, shows the signs... 

Cuba: Music and Revolution: Culture Clash in Havana: Experiments in Latin Music 1975-85 Vol. 1 is the new album compiled by Gilles Peterson and Stuart Baker (Soul Jazz... 

Through an arched gateway into the medina, inside a labyrinth of alleyways lined with shops selling spices and perfumed oils, rare vinyl and handmade instruments, comes... 

LP of Penny Penny’s fiery second album, available for the first time since it was originally pressed in Zimbabwe in 1996. The rags-to-riches chronicle of Penny Penny’s... 

At last, by popular request, LP and CD editions of the revelatory Teno Afrika recording Amapiano Selections. Let this be your soundtrack to staying home (and dancing alone). Bleak... 

Legendary vibraphonist and “Father of Ethio-jazz”, Mulatu Astatke joins forces with Melbourne-based eight-piece Black Jesus Experience on their latest album To... 

Hailu Mergia. The man is such a joy to work with, to be perfectly honest and earnest. His work is inspiring to me, but also... 

Tamikrest return with a vivid, irrepressible rock and roll statement. Their most powerful album since 2013’s wildly acclaimed Chatma, Tamotaït finds the band not... 

In 2003 Ibrahim Ferrer released his second solo album ‘Buenos Hermanos’, an audacious and assured album, with varied repertoire including fresh takes on classic songs... 

Over the years, different members have traded production and composition duties from album to album. On the new album—“Fu Chronicles”—Amayo leads us through a... 

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It makes sense that Antoinette Konan’s eponymous album features nothing more than her ahoko on the cover. The deceptively simple... 

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An amazing and rare studio recording of 1990s Polisario music! The album is a standout example of the Sahrawi political folk... 

THE GOOD ONES renown is evidenced by the stellar musicians who collaborated with them on their new album: Wilco’s Nels Cline, TV on the Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe, Sleater-Kinney’s... 

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