Nusantara Beat didn’t form around a manifesto. It began with a shared sense of curiosity: six musicians in Amsterdam reaching...
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Lagos collective BANTU salutes the legacy of Nigerian highlife-funk pioneer Orlando Julius. Originally released in 1976, “Disco Hi-Life” remains one of...
“Danzón” by Dee Hernandez revisits a cornerstone of Cuban tradition with striking intimacy. Rooted in the filin movement of 1950s...
Kabaka Pyramid’s latest single “Jamaica” plants its flag firmly in celebration of home. Recorded with bassist Craig Higgins, guitarist Shackair...
“Ayrılıq Olmasaydı” (If Separation Didn’t Exist) is the new single by Ya Tosiba, the Finnish–Azerbaijani–Norwegian duo of vocalist Zuzu Zakaria...
“Un Amor de la Calle” returns to the fore through iLe, who reimagines the bolero written by Orlando Brito and...
This year, our Musical Road to WOMEX begins in Lagos with a musician we have followed for years, a trumpeter...
Originally released on 8 November 2024, Butcher Brown’s “Montrose Forest” was the first track issued ahead of 2025 full-length on...
Egyptian trio Sharmoofers return with “Labubu”, a release that reasserts their role in shaping Cairo’s independent electro-pop landscape. The track...
“Mamelles” is the debut single from Guitari Baro, a new instrumental trio uniting Guinean and Malian griot masters in a...
“Indifference” brings together New York collective El Michels Affair and Japanese cult icon Shintaro Sakamoto in a surreal, slow-motion duet...
On Tuesday 2 September, the steady, meandering waters of the River Niger will meet the restless tides of the Thames,...