World Music

Adrian Quesada (of Black Pumas) is set to release 'Boleros Psicodélicos,' a sprawling and singular tribute to the golden era... 

Arooj Aftab took home the Grammy® for Best Global Music Performance for her song “Mohabbat,” a track off her breakthrough album... 

Gyedu-Blay Ambolley is revered as the Simigwahene in Ghana – The King of Simigwa-Highlife. Because of his deep, soulful, and... 

A brand new 4LP box set bringing together the incredible 1970s recordings of Afrofuturism pioneers The Pyramids, led by... 

Released on September 23rd on Dead Oceans
Ali Farka Touré is well known as one of the most influential and... 

Módulo 1000 were not messing around when they made 'Não Fale Com Paredes’. It... 

Ali Farka Touré is well known as one of the most influential and talented guitarists that Africa has ever produced. His legacy and impact... 

This one takes us back! We originally reissued Waltel Branco's 'Meu Balanço' in 1995, it was one of the first releases to come out on... 

Rubinho E Mauro Assumpção's 'Perfeitamente, Justamente Quando Cheguei' has to be up there as... 

Jorge Ben is surely one of the world’s greatest all-round musical artists. He is internationally renowned and vastly influential as... 

Musicians Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily proudly announce a collaborative album, Love In Exile, out... 

From beloved composer Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru, a revelatory new album of piano pieces, unreleased or virtually inaccessible until... 

Kayhan Kalhor and Toumani Diabaté are both well-known soloists in their own right, but this... 

WITCH was the first band in Zambia to release a commercial album — 1973’s Introduction. Blending the rock and roll sounds of UK rock bands like The... 

Bombino is back with a brand new studio album - Sahel. The new record is Bombino’s first full album in over five years, and follows 2018’s Deran, which... 

Maria Rita is a musical pioneer that was ahead of her time. On first hearing her song, 'Cântico Brasileiro No.3 (Kamaiurá)’, we thought it... 

For the second instalment in our Cuban Classics series, we proudly present this sought-after slice of sublime Afro-Cuban jazz from 1976. It... 

The first vocal album by beloved Ethiopian nun, composer, and pianist Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru - profound and deeply moving home... 

‘The Room’ is a collection of folkloric pieces from various regions around South America, as interpreted by Fabiano do... 

Jazz snare & ride cymbal meet classical Indian tabla & pakhawaj! What happens when one of the best jazz drummers of all... 

For the third release in our Mr Bongo Cuban Classics series, we reissue the iconic 1974 debut album by the mighty Grupo... 

Out May 3, 'Funeral For Justice' is the new album by Mdou Moctar. Recorded at the close... 

Iranian women have not been permitted to sing solo in public since the 1979 Iranian Revolution - Together, vocalist Maliheh... 

Derya Türkan has been the world’s most influential Istanbul kemençesi performer for almost three decades now. He has performed... 

Grammy®-winning Arooj Aftab is set to release Night Reign, the follow up to her critically-acclaimed album Vulture Prince, on 31 May on... 

Welcome to the world of Swaken, the second album by French-Moroccan power quartet, Bab L' Bluz. Recorded at Real World Studios in Wiltshire, England, written... 

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Keväällä ja kesällä Suomessakin nähtävä, tämän vuoden aikana viimeiset keikkansa tekevä, Buena Vista Social Club julkaisee... 

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- Syyrialainen muusikko Omar Souleyman julkaisee uuden albuminsa "Wenu, Wenu". Kurdiksi ja arabiaksi perinteisiä lähi-itäläisiä lauluja... 

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