Swiss-based label Les Disques Bongo Joe releases another superbly chosen compilation of African sounds. This time, thanks to the expertise...
In recent decades, the music of the Gnawa has transitioned from a repertoire of ritualistic trance-inducing songs – performed exclusively for...
Take one long-time, respected Detroit hip hop rapper (Guilty Simpson) and mix with one awarding-winning producer and multi-instrumentalist from New...
In keeping with the traditional, classical style guitar techniques, Derek Gripper, once again, respectfully represents the quintessence of a traditional...
Add some much needed colour to your life with the debut album from Conjunto Papa Upa. Based in Amsterdam, they...
‘Remember back when good rap was just a cool dance hit / Even though it wasn’t saying shit’, Paris spat...
Janine Cunningham, better known as Jah9, has had a meteoric rise since her first album – New Name – came...
The man with the Moog is back when we needed him most. Following his acclaimed 2018 release Lala Belu, the...
French composer and musician Christophe Chassol, who has collaborated with Frank Ocean and Solange, has become known for “ultrascore”, a...
Let Drum Beat’s debut album – Lua Cheia – was recorded in the Navegas Cantareira Studio housed within a tropical...
We are a product of our own environment. Nowhere is this more evident than in music, as an accurate representation...
‘History doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes’. At the beginning of the 20th century in South Africa, the ownership...