« Mézanmi disk la rayé ! Mézanmi disk la rayé ! Mézanmi disk la rayé !… » The record is scratched, my friends! It’s time to change the tune… ironically sings Martinican singer and actress […]
The 4th installment of Glitterbeat’s acclaimed Hidden Musics series is dedicated to one of Africa’s most endangered peoples, Abatwa.
Today is election day in Angola. The people will go to the ballot box to elect a new parliament and a new president. For the occasion, we decided to republish excerpts of the interview Pedro […]
À 79 ans, Bitori, le dernier grand maître du funaná encore en activité semble transporter dans son accordéon toute la beauté et l’histoire du Cap-Vert.
At 91 years, the transgressive diva of Brazilian popular music died at home in Rio. Born on the “planet of hunger”, queen of the “bossa negra”, she lived several lives, the last of which – that of the “woman of the end of the world”, had begun in 2015. Two years later, she gave an interview to PAM.
Brazilian samba eventually rediscovers its political meaning through São Paulo-based rapper Criolo, with the first single of his new album “Espiral de Ilusão” (spiral of illusion), available today.
South African’s global dance-music master is back with Mzansi Beat Code on his own imprimt Teka Records.
Dakhla Sahara Session is the unvarnished anti-world musical account of a rough between two very different bands: Group Doueh and Cheveu.