World Music

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

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 ...

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...

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

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 albums paired with their tourmates: artists whose music they love an...

Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and now calling Colorado home, Gregory Alan Isakov is a lifelong traveler, farmer, and Grammy-nominated folk ar...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band, the mysterious steel pan outfi­t hailing from Hamburg, Germany have amassed a cult following around the globe. With ...

Pull the Rope, the new record by Ibibio Sound Machine, casts the Eno Williams and Max Grunhard–led outfit in a new light. The hope, joy, and sexine...

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...