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Ghanaian KyeKyeKu inaugurates Kyf! with the Penpensiwa
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Ghanaian KyeKyeKu inaugurates Kyf! with the Penpensiwa

The Kyf! Invitational is an interactive audiovisual show inviting 8 African artists to perform with a traditional instrument from the continent. KyeKyeKu inaugurates the first session with the Penpensiwa. The Kyf! project was born from […]

A tale of two Kamarus
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A tale of two Kamarus

Two musicians bore the name, Joseph Kamaru, a grandfather and titan of Kenyan folk lost to time and an ambient musician grandson in the midst of his destiny.

6 albums to discover this week
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6 albums to discover this week

Our week’s selection includes a rebajada compilation, Tuareg blues, Mzukulu’s latest, the good vibes of Trazyx and the afrofuturist techno of Dopplereffekt.

Jazz Is Dead assembles the greats for 11th compilation
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Jazz Is Dead assembles the greats for 11th compilation

Jazz Is Dead welcomes its eleventh edition with Tony Allen, Lonnie Linston Smith, and Jean Carne under the direction of Californian multi-instrumentalist producer Adrian Younge and founding member of A Tribe Called Quest, Ali Shaheed […]

Digging into Eritrean Anthology
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Digging into Eritrean Anthology

An introduction to the collective that is shining a spotlight on buried Eritrean masterpieces online and in-person for a celebration of culture and heritage.  

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700 Bliss, the alliance of Moor Mother and DJ Haram, announces its first album
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700 Bliss, the alliance of Moor Mother and DJ Haram, announces its first album

The New Jersey-based duo just unveiled “Totally Spies,” the chilling first single for the LP Nothing To Declare.  Based in Philadelphia since 2012, DJ Haram is a key figure of the New Jersey Noise scene. […]

PAM Club: the Arabic sound system of Yas Meen Selectress
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PAM Club: the Arabic sound system of Yas Meen Selectress

New York-based Cairo DJ Yas Meen Selectress creates a groovy PAM Club that cleverly combines the sounds of the Arab world with sound system culture. Yas Meen grew up in Cairo surrounded by local commercial […]

Willy N’for’s movements, migration, and the geography of groove
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Willy N’for’s movements, migration, and the geography of groove

Musicians have always travelled. Willy N’for had all the necessary ingredients to want to travel, a troubled past, a complicated life, dexterity with the bass guitar, and an appetite for travelling on the interstellar grooves of funk, with dreams of jamming with giants.