A white town reflecting across Lake Balaton, grey sheep close to the water, and a voice calling out each thing...
UK sound system culture keeps generating new anthems. “Hey My Selecta” is the latest, pairing London MC and singjay Natty...
“Veinte Años”, one of the most recorded songs in Cuban music, was originally written in 1935 by María Teresa Vera...
“Sin cifras y sin fichas / Armando la movida” — no stats and no industry tags, building the movement. That...
“Pressure” takes the sound of 1970s Nigerian afrobeat and runs it through a Portland band formed during pandemic lockdowns. Reb...
Estilo Y Gracia pull “El Jamaiquino”, an old Cuban standard, back into focus with a new recording led by percussionist...
Latvian folk rock band Alum Alu record “Ederlezi” twice on one release. The traditional Roma spring song appears first as...
Bolero is built on longing. On “CTRL Z”, Sonora Tukukuy take that emotional core and set it over son rhythm...
French-Congolese singer Bahati Mabanza introduces his second single “Benga DJ” with the words “ndombolo to the world man”, tying it...
“Chakabacunga” is a cumbia single from Italian singer, guitarist and composer Arnaldo Prete, now living in Brussels. He calls it...
“Drop Top” opens on slow Hammond chords, a low guitar figure and drums at mid tempo. It is the second...
The live version of “Shej sukár” at Fonó Budai Zeneház in Budapest shows BashElán on home ground, playing the Roma...