Filmed by Anja Riden, this session films Tissilawen at the foot of the Tassili n’Ajjer, the sandstone plateau over Djanet...
Roots reggae singer Marcus Gad built his fifth album around the Kanak custom of his home island, New Caledonia, where...
Black Sherif strips “Find A Way” back to an acoustic guitar loop in a minor key, a low hum of...
The opening brass stabs on “Light The Fire” reference the precise intervals of Dawn Penn’s classic “No, No, No” introduction....
Kwame Mulzz mixed and mastered “2 Girls (Mary and Joana)” from a hospital bed on a pair of ordinary headphones,...
Keishera James was born in Kingston, raised in Brooklyn, and relocated to Berlin, where she has been recording roots reggae...
Los Tre have been playing instrumental music in Athens since 2012, when guitarist Angelos Angelides, bassist Vassilis Papastamopoulos and drummer...
“Color Paraná” is named after one image: the ochre, deep colour of the Paraná river that runs past Rosario in...
“Odo” is the Twi word for love, and Nana Osei Twum Barima wrote it around a reunion. The track pairs...
Heavy bass and sharp horns open “El Grito” before the guitar and accordion kick in, Kemadito Sound locking the whole...
The criminal in “Criminel” sits in office. FAB I&I aims the second track on his new album, Connexions, at the...
Empereur Mutu started behind the decks in Yopougon, Abidjan’s most populous and vibrant district, spinning coupé décalé in its clubs...













