Almost 40 years after its initial release, Glitterbeat reissued for the first time the debut album of the Ghanaian band Edikanfo. Originally released on the London-based label E.G. Records, The pace Setters is now seen as a classic. […]
The album Migrants Birds by brothers Hasan and Rami Nakhleh will be released on Glitterbeat Records on May 29th. Hailing from the majestic village of Majdal Shams on the occupied Golan Heights and taking their […]
Glitterbeat has announced a new album in its Hidden Musics series from the trio fra fra from Tamale (Ghana) recorded live by producer and author Ian Brennan. The versatile record label Glitterbeat has gone out to meet fra fra, […]
The power trio is back with Black Tenere, a radical new album. Produced by the band’s keyboardist Sofyann Ben Youssef, the mastermind behind the highly touted AMMAR 808, the new album strips things back to a power […]
Interview with musician Chris Eckman, one of Glitterbeat Records’s two founders about the birth and spirit of an adventure born in Mali.
From Glitterhouse to Glitterbeat, here is the african playlist of a creative record label.
Born in Bolgatanga in rural Ghana, King Ayisoba was a prodigy on the kologo (a lute with numerous variants across West Africa), playing locally until he’d outgrown the possibilities of the area. No hiplife rap, no electronic […]
Listen in on 2023 with our pan-African selection from Durban to Tunis, Nairobi to Niamey, featuring the likes of Amaarae, MC Yallah, Omagoqa, and Baaba Maal.