The singer, songwriter and producer Malika Zarra jumps effortlessly, as if it were a lever of change, between apparently unrelated languages and traditions, joining them and using...
"Omutibo", an exclusively Kenyan acoustic guitar style, was invented by George Mukabi in the late 1950s, and quickly adapted by its neighbors in a region that proved to be truly...
Nass El Ghiwane appeared in the 70s of the twentieth century, of humble origin from one of the most popular neighborhoods of the great Casablanca. Considered as revolutionary and...
Anouar Brahem, masterful musician and composer of Tunisian oud, who already surprised us with such exquisite works as Thimar (1998), Astrakan Café (2000) or Le Voyage de Sahar (2006),...
Cuban descendants of slaves, who arrived from Haiti more than two hundred years ago, make up the ten members of The Creole Choir of Cuba choir, created in 1994. In their songs they...
Beginner´sGuide To Bellydance, from the British label Nascente, from DemonMusicGroup, presents a selection of the best of today's bellydance music. From the cabarets of the Middle...
The name of SophiaCharaï has long been circulating in the Parisian underground circuit. People remember their music full of enthusiasm, songs that appeal to diverse styles, Zingaras...
Dawda Jobarteh presents her first solo album, Northern Light Gambian Night, a delicate and beautiful album in which the kora is the protagonist, along with the guitar, bass, some...
The legendary bluesman Elmore James is the most influential slide guitarist of the postwar period. He’s been credited as one of the primary architects of blues-rock by virtue of...
Rise & Shine is the second disc of Sierra Leone’s Refugee AllStars, a solid album with semi-acoustic shots along with elaborate songs with mixtures worthy of the best production,...
Carmen Souza is another of the young exponents of that magnificent generation of Portuguese singers and composers of Cape Verdean origin. Protegid is his third album, sung in Portuguese...
Yemen Blues is a fascinating project by Ravid Kahalani, a meeting point between the traditional melodies of its Yemeni origins with aromas of jazz, funk and blues and with the music...
The all-female Gabonese choral group Missema was founded in the 1970s, apparently with some official sponsorship, with the purpose of promoting Gabon's President and kleptocrat-for-life...
After his first album Segu Blue was awarded in the category of Best Record of the Year in the 2008 edition of the "BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music," BassekouKouyate and his band...
In a moment of full expansion and with a great variety of experiences under his belt, Asa elaborates his second album, BeautifulImperfection, in an absolutely positive and vital...
Mokoomba is a young group from Zimbabwe that brings us an electrifying mix of Afro-fusion and traditional rhythms of the Tonga minority of the country, a disc that emanates euphoric...