The afro-dub ensemble Fofoulah, have followed-up their trailblazing debut album with an even more shapeshifting and adventurous recordings. The new album “Daega Rek” (The Truth) is now scheduled to drop on November 9. Fofoulah is […]
Legendary guitarist and vocalist from Mali Samba Touré, is about to release his fifth album, Wande which comes out on May 25 on Glitterbeat Records. Direct and spontaneous Wande is a record that reconciles continuity and change. When Malian […]
Date: April 12, 2018 Director: Ahmed Ayed Costumes: Sia Rosenberg Check the new visuals for AMMAR 808’s track, “Boganga & Sandia”, featuring Gnawa musician Mehdi Nassouli, taken from the album Maghreb United. This music video is based on […]
Bargou 08′ sonic mastermind announces his debut album on Glitterbeat Records. Update: listen to the album here. AMMAR 808 is a member of Tunisian funky folk music band Bargou 08. The musician will release in June […]
The orchestra, which brings together all-star Cuban and New York musicians, brilliantly resurrects the great era of mambo. Akokan means “from the heart” in Yoruba, a dominant African language throughout Afro-Cuban and Afro-Brazilian cultures and […]
After four years of absence, Sonido Gallo Negro is about to release its next album, an exotic version of frenzied sounds enriched from all over the continent. Demonstration with their first title “Cumbia Ishtar”. Sonido Gallo […]
TootArd are a young, trailblazing ensemble from the occupied Golan Heights who deftly fuse Levant-tinted desert blues, melodic psych-rock, morphed reggae and classical Arabic modalities. Their second album Laissez Passer, is their debut international release and one of the first […]
The 4th installment of Glitterbeat’s acclaimed Hidden Musics series is dedicated to one of Africa’s most endangered peoples, Abatwa.