The archival record label dusts off new age magician Laraaji’s debut album Celestial Vibration, as well as six never-before-heard, slide-long recordings in a 4xLP set to release February 2023. The light glissando of discreet chimes, […]

This single, first peak at the Malian icon’s next project, comes with a video guiding through Mali’s riches, directed by Grégory Ohrel. “Nsera”, meaning destination in the Bambara language, is the newest ode to Mali’s […]

Sarera Chiconi and the Blanc Manioc label unite on the Walimizi album, an exploration of maorais sounds through electro music, out on November 18. In the town of Chiconi, on the west side of Mayotte, […]

The exceptional Jamaican keyboard player, key to Bob Marley’s Wailers, and sponsor of pan-African reggae died on November 6 at 66. What would “Three Little Birds” – Bob Marley & The Wailers’ timeless anthem, be […]

The Eritrean trumpeter Hermon Mehari blends jazz and local folklore on his third solo album Asmara, a nostalgic tribute to the motherland, available November 18th. Asmara is undoubtedly the Eritrean-American trumpeter’s most intimate album. Named […]

Young producer, pianist and chaabi insider, Gelba, premieres “Yellow” a electro-pop and chaabi mix that encapsulates the artist’s background in the up-and-coming Egyptian electronic and rap scene.  As part of a documentary series commissioned by […]

A time capsule of 1980’s Congo, the Balka Sound compilation, available November 11th, gathers the best from the eponymous genre and group, led by grand ngomfi master Nbiki “Lusialala” Albert. Legend says that Nbiki Albert […]

The Malian music warrior Cheick Tidiane Seck unveils Kelena Fôly, his fourth solo album available November 18th. “Expressing yourself alone through music”. Here’s the significance of Kelena Fôly, the Bambara title of Cheick Tidiane Seck’s […]