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One of the greatest, heaviest, and most sought-after guitar records from 1970s West Africa, available on vinyl for the first time in over a decade!...

Sound madness from the shores of the mighty Congo River (Kinshasa / Brazzaville 1969-1982) The making of Congo Funk!, our long-awaited journey to t...

Why Black Man Dey Suffer, recorded in 1971, was originally deemed too controversial for release by EMI, his label at the time. Having recently been...

The Nigerian establishment labelled Kalakuta Republic inhabitants as — ‘hooligans’, ‘hemp smokers’, etc. Noise For Vendor Mouth is Fela’s indiffere...

The Kalakuta Show album release was Fela’s undaunted manner of extracting revenge on the military regime that attacked and brutalized him in 1974. ...

Excuse O is about natural human reactions to situations we confront in our daily endeavors. If you walk into a bar, ask and pay for a drink and you...

Ting Mong is the sixth full-length album of new material from Cambodian / American band Dengue Fever, and their first album in more than eight year...

The party goes on! Here, in the second part of the historic Christmas salsa album Asalto Navideño, Willie Colón and vocalist Héctor Lavoe treat us...

The rising Tamil-Swiss artist Priya Ragu is set to release her long-awaited debut album ‘SANTHOSAM’ on October 20th. ‘SANTHOSAM’ (the Tamil word fo...

Fela Kuti lives on! This is the 10th Anniversary reissue of the classic tribute album pressed on opaque banana yellow and opaque red vinyl benefit...

Batov Records release Middle Eastern Grooves, a double gatefold LP compilation of standout tracks from the label’s highly successful series of 7” s...

Essential garage Zamrock/soul/funk: the official reissue of the celebrated band’s one and only album “The musical style that became known as Zamroc...

Fela Kuti (1938-1997) was a Nigerian musician, producer, arranger, political radical, outlaw and the originator of Afrobeat. A titanic musical and ...

Witch was the first band in Zambia to release a commercial album — 1973’s Introduction. Blending the rock and roll sounds of The Rolling Stones tog...

The Circling Sun channel spiritual/modal jazz and Latin rhythms, simultaneously reference the greats such as Sun Ra, Pharoah Sanders and Alice Colt...

It’s only fitting that Khruangbin’s first-ever official live releases would be albums paired with their tourmates: artists whose music they love an...

It’s only fitting that Khruangbin’s firstever official live releases would be double albums paired with their tourmates: artists whose music they l...

It’s only fitting that Khruangbin’s firstever official live releases would be double albums paired with their tourmates: artists whose music they l...

It’s only fitting that Khruangbin’s first ever official live releases would be double albums paired with their tourmates: artists whose music they ...

Some people have commented that Tinariwen have always been a country band,albeit a North African take on that most North American of genres. That i...

The roots of JuJu started in San Francisco after Plunky had met his musical mentor, Zulu musician Ndikho Xaba, helping to form his band Ndikho and ...

Kosaya Gora (English translation; Oblique Mountain), a new indie project from acclaimed electronic producer / singer Kedr Livanskiy and experimenta...

Ali Farka Toure is well known as one of the most influential and talented guitarists that Africa has ever produced. His legacy and impact are hard ...

A new week means yet another new compilation from Wagram. The French label has become expert at myriad different genres from staples like house and...

African Voodoo, Manu Dibango’s rare and unknown treasure! 1971 : Manu Dibango records the precious album African Voodoo in line with its twin Afric...

While music fans and press were busy catching up on the Turkish legacy of 70s rock and psychedelia, a very active and vibrant underground music sce...

We can't think of many other performers like the singer / songwriter / dancer / actress Asha Puthli who have excelled in such a broad range of genr...

Nearly sixty years after they first played together, Ry Cooder and Taj Mahal, longtime friends and collaborators, reunite with an album of music fr...

Calexico's Joey Burns and John Convertino return in 2022 with their luminous 10th studio album, El Mirador; a hopeful, kaleidoscopic beacon of rock...

Even in trying times, “there is no love without electricity.” Electricity is the fourth and most progressive album from Ibibio Sound Machine, and l...

The long awaited debut LP from Kokoroko - Could We Be More “Drawing influence from West African highlife and jazz, wellmarinated in enough polyrhyt...

The ever shape-shifting, critically hailed Hercules and Love Affair return with 'In Amber', their first album in five years, out 17th June 2022 an...

Cuba: Music and Revolution: Culture Clash in Havana: Experiments in Latin Music 1975-85 Vol. 2 is the new album compiled by Gilles Peterson and Stu...

Ten years on from its original release, Ample Play Records will release, the ground breaking ‘Cornershop And The Double ‘O’ Groove Of’ album by Cor...