Off their forthcoming second album, following the critically acclaimed IIII+IIII released in 2017. Photography by Miguel Figueroa  ÌFÉ is a Puerto Rico-based band that was founded by Otura Mun, an Ifá priest or ‘Babalawo’ in the Yoruba religion, […]

In this week’s selection: Ezra Collective’s London jazz, Japanese traditions revisited through cumbia by Minyo Crusaders, K.O.G highly energetic album, Ekiti Sound creates the soundtrack of the new diaspora, Kwesi Arthur raps about life in […]

These songs are careful picks from what is certainly a large vault of unreleased bangers. Therefore, you’d expect some level of variety, more representation. Producer albums are becoming increasingly common. Among these set of musicians […]

With their self-titled debut EP, the London-based combo KOKOROKO reminds us that jazz is not just the soundtrack to chatting about life with a glass of bourbon. Theirs, blended with soul and afrobeat, is also […]

Upon the release of Run Dem EP on Lowup Records on March 29th, discover exclusive music video for the original version of the original track. We took the opportunity to ask a few questions to DJ […]

Their new EP Get Sexy Get Mad to be released on Comet Records puts the spotlight on this North African string instrument. Consisting of Mehdi Haddab and Jean-Pierre Smadja aka Smadj, the pair built themselves a musical cycle […]

The single features talented Kenyan singers Sage, Sara Mitaru, Wambura Mitaru and Lisa Oduor-Noah. His first solo release, Everyone’s Just Winging It And Other Fly Tales, is a feel good album that owes its coherence to the haunting flow of this […]

Some of the best of the LP we are grateful for in 2018. Burna Boy had shut down the internet with his vibrant collaboration with Lily Allen in the song “Heaven’s Gate” while M.I Abaga […]