Leon Michels’ band announces Ekundayo Inversions, a new take on the most recent Liam Bailey album. Led by New York musician Leon Michels, the El Michels Affair is known for its many covers, spanning reggae […]

Shabaka Hutchings talks Dogon cosmology, African flutes and the field recordings of Hugh Tracey ahead of the release of the new Sons of Kemet album, Black To The Future

Mr Eazi composes a short film for his recent single “The Don,” taking his creativity another step further and inviting fans into a new era of his musical identity. Mr Eazi’s transformation into The Don […]

Djourou Ballaké Sissoko To gather, to unite and celebrate the uniqueness of diversity: this is the profession of faith given on Djourou, the fourth album from the Malian maestro on the label No Format. From Oxmo […]

Every month Cortega picks a DJ or producer who puts Africa and its diaspora in the spotlight. Featuring an exclusive playlist of the 15 sounds that have shaped his musical universe. Today we invite the Central African producer Boddhi Satva.

The legendary Ethiopian artist has announced this re-release of his album Tezeta, first released on cassette in 1975. Since the beginning of the 70s, the Walias Band has been a group of avant-garde musicians whose […]

Let’s bring the week to a beautiful close by celebrating International Women’s Day alongside the DJ and Zimbabwean educator, King Her, with a bewitching Afro tech mix. Born in Harare and of Zimbabwean and Japanese […]

Alternating between sumptuous melodies and driving, impactful rap, Awori has joined forces with Twani, a beatmaker from Lyon, for an album as politically-engaged as it is sensitive. Ranavalona, pays tribute to the last Malagasy queen, and establishes her place in the pan-African pantheon of defiant women.