Their debut album, Live in Sharjah, brings together traditional and popular Egyptian music in an urban universe that is based on the shaabi synthesizer.   If you’ve ever traveled in Egypt and wandered its crowded […]

Analog Africa reissues the Take One album, by the band that pioneered a popular style later known as chimurenga, from the Shona word for “struggle.” This album was only released in 2006 on CD, but […]

Every week, we highlight significant new releases available on streaming services. This week’s selection includes albums from Gorillaz, Bachar Mar-Khalifé, Songhoy Blues, Y’akoto and more. Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez (Deluxe)  Gorillaz The music […]

Between Colombia and Central Africa, this mix of frenzied percussion, Afro-Colombian songs and “Cameroonian style” electric guitars  mark an energizing album whose central aim is to make us dance: ¡Bailalo Duro! With their first track […]

The Sierra Leonean-American Laik releases second single from forthcoming debut EP, Wanted, a track he dedicates to bored housewives. “I got something she gonn’ want” … Laik’s goal was to create a project that women […]

With their first single “Yelena,” from their forthcoming eponymous album, the group  from Melbourne (Australia) offers unifying music that revolves around a communal rhythm. Ausecuma Beats is more than just a group, it is a […]

In his new video clip “Manyè,” a track taken from last January’s album Soleil Kréyol, the artist travels to Uganda to perform at the Kampala market. David Walters had the idea to shoot the visual […]

The rapper and singer from South East London has released “Peng Black Girls” with singer Amia Brave, carrying a strong message of empowerment. “Black is beautiful, y’know …” This message seems obvious and yet, on […]