“Vaga” came out of a London heatwave: a baião rhythm from Northeast Brazil, a maracatu-inspired groove, and a lift that...
“Berani” means “the exile”, and it follows someone who leaves home in search of freedom and a better future. Rabie...
Teranga is a Wolof word for hospitality, the welcome extended to a guest. Wau Wau Collectif named their third album...
“Natural” moves at walking pace, a lovers rock groove kept soft under Clarence Bekker‘s blues-trained voice as it eases across...
Jabulile Majola sings “Baba Wethu” as a dove worn down by its journey, “Ngijuba elifuna indawo yokuphumula“, crossing hills and...
A low cello refrain runs under “A Quiet Pulse” from the opening, looping and insistent, the work of Redi Hasa....
In 2024, Elaha Soroor and members of Kefaya performed at a celebration of Hazara culture in Vienna, where posters advertising...
Transglobal Underground reworked the Bengali folk song “Beautiful Lotus” into “The Seahorse”, out on 9 July as their second single...
Birmingham MC Admiral Jerry, born Jerry Butler, cut “Up and Coming MC” and “Demonstrate” with UB40 in 1985. He is...
Nilsa named “Sofala” after the province in central Mozambique where she grew up, and the song reaches back to her...
Prince Alla has been singing roots since the 1970s, and on “Jah Is My Rock” his voice sits over a...
The drums lead everything on “Problems”. Femi Koleoso of Ezra Collective produced it, and he built the song the way...