World music

Get out! Fight!” The Lijadu Sisters’ Horizon Unlimited is the insurgent afrofunk their second cousin Fela strived to... 

Get out! Fight!” The Lijadu Sisters’ Horizon Unlimited is the insurgent afrofunk their second cousin Fela strived to... 

This year, 2024, Clannad, the BAFTA and Grammy award winning Irish band, celebrate the 40th Anniversary of 'Legend', the classic soundtrack... 

The fertility of the Cuban music scene in the 1970s was rich and blooming. FA-5’s self-titled album from 1976... 

Singer-songwriter Ralfi Pagan’s 1969 debut self-titled album on Fania Records is a Latin soul... 

"El Khat make joyful clatter...everything is recycled metal, plastic or wood, all coming together in a funereal march that sounds like a huge, disgruntled... 

Founded in the late 1960s by record store owner Seidou Adissa, Albarika Store is one of the most important independent record labels on the... 

It all starts with the voice. At turns heavy and hulkingly powerful, yet agile and pointedly precise, Nusrat Fateh... 

Verve Records is proud to announce (internally) the signing of LA LOM - an instrumental trio deriving from the vibrant tapestry... 

The next album in our Cuban Classics series is a hard one to pigeonhole. It’s a real oddity, unique and not in keeping with the majority of... 

Connecting Wasulu hunter music, griot praises, Senufo pastoral dances, Fula and Mandingo repertoire alongside Western... 

Connecting Wasulu hunter music, griot praises, Senufo pastoral dances, Fula and Mandingo repertoire alongside Western... 

Etran de L’Aïr the STARS OF THE AÏR, the longest running wedding band in AGADEZ, capital of Tuareg guitar, return with... 

Etran de L’Aïr the STARS OF THE AÏR, the longest running wedding band in AGADEZ, capital of Tuareg guitar, return... 

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Hailing from Cyprus's divided capital Nicosia, and led by Antonis Antoniou, the founder of Monsieur Doumani and Trio Tekke, Buzz' Ayaz creates... 

Cañonazo was the first release on Fania Records in 1964. It was recorded by Pacheco y Su Nuevo Tumbao, led by salsa legend Johnny Pacheco, featuring... 

The compilation flows through different East African and South African genres from Congolese rumba and soukous to 1980's... 

Continuing the Mr Bongo Cuban Classics Series, we shine a light on Los Reyes 73 and their sensational debut LP from 1975. The album had... 

GRAMMY-nominated Orquesta Akokán continue to vibrantly usher the mambo into the 21st century and offer a glorious return to the iconic grooves... 

With their dulcet fusion of ‘60s French ye-ye pop, slinky Studio One reggae, and liminal Brazilian tropicalia, Claude Fontaine’s songs... 

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

We are more than thrilled to share a second collection of deep grooves and unreleased songs from Algeria's Ahmed... 

A disciple of mambo innovator Perez Prado, the cuban-born Modesto Duran was a pivotal figure in latin... 

A disciple of mambo innovator Perez Prado, the cuban-born Modesto Duran was a pivotal figure... 

The Al Kuwaiti brothers were among the greatest composers and musicians in Baghdad during the first half of... 

A new vinyl edition of Tommy Olivencia Y Su Orquesta’s 1975 album Planté Bandera is arriving... 

Following the great success of BBE's 2023 reissue of Remi Kabaka's 1976 lost masterpiece 'Son of Africa' comes yet another neglected and... 

The Zawose Queens are Leah and Pendo Zawose of the Tanzanian Wagogo people, whose joyous otherworldly vocals and polyphonic rhythms on... 

The next release in the Mr Bongo Cuban Classics series, is one of Juan Pablo Torres' most-known and loved albums, the iconic... 

Tidiane Thiam's Africa Yontii reclaims the maligned “world music" genre within a sonic space that has long been dominated by... 

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

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

A true benchmark album MOTOMAMI was released to immediate global critical and commercial success. It garnered a GRAMMY Award for Best Latin... 

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... 

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Fania All Stars' long-out-of-print album 'Latin-Soul-Rock', this reissue features (AAA) lacquers cut... 

High-quality black vinyl, old school jacket faithfully reproducing the iconic “mermaid” design from the 1973 release. Licensed from... 

High-quality black vinyl, old school jacket faithfully reproducing the iconic “mermaid” design from the 1973 release. Licensed... 

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SOYUZ (СОЮЗ) stole our hearts back in 2022 when we released their album Force Of The Wind to critical acclaim. Here we proudly present... 

Soundway presents a remastering of the 1976 album ‘Ifetayo’ by Black Truth Rhythm Band, with... 

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

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

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New Ancient Strings is an album by world renowned Malian kora players Toumani Diabate and Ballake Sissoko. Originally... 

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

The year 1973 was both a successful and stressful time for Ray Barretto. His band had developed... 

Fela used the cover of Ikoyi Blindness to announce his change of middle name from Ransome, which he now considered a slave name, to... 

This edition of Original Sufferhead is a major event. With the release of box set #5, and now on this reissue, the... 

Overtake Don Overtake Overtake was the penultimate album of newly recorded studio material released... 

Recorded in 1971 with Ginger Baker behind the board and sitting in alongside fellow drumming legend Tony... 

Excuse-O isn’t just a showcase of Fela’s ability to build a groove that could fill a full LP side; it’s a masterclass in... 

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... 

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... 

Jesse Hackett returns with another unclassifiable co-mingling of genres, this time made in collaboration with Durban-based gqom... 

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

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... 

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...