As we reach the midway point of 2019, here is a top 60 of the year’s best albums so far. Graphic Illustration by Julie Jargeais This first half of the year has been a very fruitful year for […]
A 50 years career and one more album in his catalogue. It Rains Love comes to consolidate the “soul survivor” status of Lee Fields, the most contemporary old school singer of our time. We met […]
2019’s first semester is coming to an end. Here is a selection of our favorite releases of the last three months. Graphic Illustration by Julie Jargeais Blick Bassy 1958 Four years after releasing “Akö”, the singer […]
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 […]
In this week’s selection : afrofuturistic disco band Ibibio Sound Machine releases third album, WurlD’s sentimental “fuji pop”, Cykada’s multi-influence psychedelic jazz and the L.A – Mexico – Bristol dancehall connexion carried by badman Sikka Rymes. […]
The life of the late sonic genius, who died in 2017, still remains a mystery. The man is just as mysterious as the recipe for his music. Onyeabor was truly a UFO who crossed over […]
With this seventh studio album Anthony Joseph is back to his roots. Recorded on his native island of Trinidad, this album entitled “People of the Sun” is a tribute to Port of Spain (POS), this bubbling port, meeting […]
As Ostinato Records is about to release this autumn its newest compilation about the forgotten yet golden era of Sudanese music, we had a conversation with the label’s founder, Vik Sohonie. At the time of our interview […]