Ayub Ogada is one of Kenya's finest musicians, an intimate singer and exponent of the nyatiti lyre who has enjoyed an extraordinary career. In the 1980s he was busking on the London Underground. He subsequently caught the attention of Peter Gabriel's Real World, recorded the (considered a classic) album En Mana Kuoyo in 1993, and opened for Gabriel on his European tour.

He now resides back in Kenya, where he recorded this new album Kodhi (2015) with producer and guitarist Trevor Warren who, in 2012, moved in with a mobile crew to do the recording. Ogada likes to perform outdoors, and is accompanied by a small group who add guitars, bass and percussion (Dudley Phillips and Hossam Ramzy), along with the ambient sounds that are picked up on the recordings. A set that results in an exquisite relaxation with sections that sound like a happy rehearsal or a jam session, where his gently hypnotic voice stands out along with the solo riffs of his beloved lyre. A long-awaited effort that possesses the same transparent simplicity that made their previous record a staple of world music compilations since 1993.

01. Dero

02. I Para Ango Yawa

03. Kodhi

04. Otenga

05. Waritarita

06. Harmonic

07. Conversation

08. Funeral

09. Extreme

10. Traditional

11. A Prayer

01. BARLOVENTO ME ENCANTA

02. ERES NECESARIA

03. NO ME CASO

04. AMOR DE PELÍCULA

05. MÚSICA NEGRA

06. QUE NO PARE ESTA CANCIÓN

07. PARA USTED

08. AFTHER THE LOVE HAS GONE

09. NO PIERDAS LAS ESPERANZA

10. TANTAS COSAS

Follow-up release to the Grammy-nominated album "I Have No Everything Here" by the Zomba Prison Project, once again produced by Grammy winner Ian Brennan (TV on the Radio). Album recordings of inmates at a dilapidated prison in Milawi, Africa. Their recordings have brought international attention to prison injustices. 

If you wish to donate to the Zomba Prison Project, please do so at the following link where you can send funds directly to Sister Anna in Malawi via her Paypal account. 

1. I Am Done With Evil 02:35 

2. Men Must Repent 00:30 

3. I Will Never Stop Grieving For You, My Wife 03:08 

4. All Is Loss 01:49 

5. Sister, Take Good Care Of Your Husband 01:47 

6. Ambush Of The Slaves 01:52 

7. I Will Not Return To Prison 02:37 

8. Leave My Daughter Alone 02:18 

9. AIDS Has No Cure 01:03 

10. Take Care of Yourself 01:17 

11. Everything Has An Owner 04:50 

12. I Wonder (HIV) 00:27 

13. Protect Me 03:01 

14. Sharing Joy 02:31

Egypt has been the most ambitious and controversial project of Youssou N´Dour. If he had so far fused African rhythms with Western melodies, on this album he embarks on a journey through Senegal's Sufi tradition accompanied by the Egyptian and Arabic orchestral arrangements of the Fathly Salama orchestra. Egypt is a song to the tolerance of Senegalese Islam and to the musical encounter between black Africa and the Middle East.

Egypt's repertoire sounds thanks to the combination of Senegalese percussion and Egyptian instruments (magruna, doholla, sagat, kawala) and Arabs (rababa, oud). The string arrangements sublimate some songs, already beautiful in themselves. The result is superb. From the initial greeting of "Allah" to the farewell "Touba – Daru Salaam", the musical pilgrimage that Youssou N'Dour proposes between Dakar and Cairo demonstrates that the evolution of popular music, which has its roots in the villages, He does not understand globalization or invasions but rather dialogue and respect, emphasizing over and over again the importance of what he loves: a humanist Islam.

Egypt was a Grammy Award in 2005 for "Best Contemporary World Music Album".

Tracks list:

01. Allah

02. Shukran Bamba

03. Mahdiyu Laye

04. Tijaniyya

05. Baay Niasse

06. Bamba The Poet

07. Cheikh Ibra Fall

08. Touba - Daru Salaam

Cd. 1 80'S POP HEAVEN

01. Michael Jackson - Billie Jean

02. Whami - Wake me up before you go-go

03. A-Ha - Take on me

04. David Bowie - China Girl

05. Adam & The Ants - Prince Charming

06. Altered Images - Happy Birthay

07. Kim Wilde - Kids in America

08. Nena - 99 red balloons

09. Blonde - Atomic

10. Culture Club - Karma Chamaleon

11. Limahl - Never Ending Story

12. Dead or alive - You spin me round(Like a record)

13. Haysi Fantayzee - John Wayne is big leggy

14. Haircut 100 - Love plus one

15. Kylie Minogue - I should be so Lucky

16. Rick Astley - Never gonna give you up

17. Banarama - Love in the firs degree

18. Bros - When will I be Famous?

19. Debbie Gibson - Electric Youth

20. New Kids on the block - You got it

21. Five Star - Rain or shine

Cd. 2 THE POWER OF 80'S LOVE

01. Frankie goes to Hollywood - The pover of love

02. Bonnie Tyler - Total eclipse of the heart

03. Bangles - Eternnal Flame

04. Whitney Houston - Saving all my love for you

05. Anita Baker - Sweet Love 

06. Jennifer Rush - The power of love

07. George Michel - A different corner

08. Cyndi Lauper - True Colors

09. Paul Young - Wherever I lay my hat

10. Tom Robinson - War Baby

11. The Cars - Drive

12. Foreigner - I want to know what love is

13. Marillion - Kayleigh

14. Mr Mister - Broken Wings

15. Christopher Cross - Arthur's Theme

16. Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain

17. Alison Moyet - All cried out

18. Dee C Lee - See the day

19. Tracy Ullman - The don't know

Cd 3. The 80's - What a Feeling!

01. Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes - The time of my life

02. Irene Cara - Flashdance...What a Feeling

03. Ray Parker Junior - Ghostbusters

04. Kenny Loggins - Footloose

05. Dolly Parton - 9 to 5

06. Weather Girls - It's raining men

07. Sinitta - So Macho

08. The pinter sisters - Jump

09. Chaka Khan - I feel for you

10. Kc & The Sunshine Band - Give it up

11. Bucks Fizz - Marking your mind up

12. Men Without Hats - The safety dance

13. Baltimora - Tarzan Boy

14. Owen Paul - My favourite

15. Men At Work - Down Under

16. Billy Ocean - When the going gets tough

17. Deniece Williams - Let's hear it for the boy

18. Matt Bianco - Get out of your lazy bed

19. Modern Romance - Everybody Salsa

20. Gloria Estefan - Rhythm is gonna get you

21. S'Express - Theme from S'Espress

Cd 4. Electric 80's

01. New Order - Blue Monday

02. Ultravox - Vienna

03. Duran Duran - Save a prayer

04. Japan - Quiet life

05. The Human League - The sound of the crowd

06. A Flock Of Seagulls - Wishing

07. Propaganda - Duel

08. Furniture - Brilliant Mind

09. Fiction Factory - Heaven

10. Blancmange - Living on the ceiling

11.  Bronski Beat - Why?

12. Thompson Twins - Hold me now

13. Heaven 17 - Temptation 

14. Howard Jones - What is love?

15. Toyah - It's a mystery

16. Bow Wow Wow - Go wild in the country

17. Landscape - Einstein a go-go

18. Lotus Eaters - The first picture of you

19. H2O - Dream to sleep

Cd. 5 - 80's ON THE RADIO

01. Survivor - Eye on the tiger

02. Meatloaf - Dead ringer for love

03. Billy Idol - White Wedding

04. Pat Benatar - Love is a battlefield

05. Laura Branigan - Sel Control 

06. Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes

07. The Pretenders - Back on the chain gang

08. Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl

09. Daryl Hall & John Oates - Out of touch

10. Starship - Nothing's gonna stop us now

11. Bonnie Tyler - Holding out for a hero

12. Zz Top - Gimme all your lovin'

13. Run Dmc Ft Aerosmith- Walk this way

14. Reo Speedwagon - Keep on loving you

15. Toto - Africa

16. Alice Cooper - Poison

17. The Psychedelic Furs - Pretty in pink

18. Aztec Camera - Soemwhere in my heart

19. Tenpole Tudor - Swords of a thousand men

20. Kirsty Maccoll - A new england

Metissage is the sixth studio album by Teófilo Chantré, one of Cape Verde's greatest composers and author of many of the hits of Cesária Évora, the diva with bare feet. The songs, almost all sung in French and Portuguese Creole, deviate from custom and go in search of a generous musical fusion.

01. Tu Verrais

02. Tout En Ce Monde

03. Alem Disso

04. Gongon

05. Oli´Me Ma Bô (con Bernard Lavilliers)

06. Entre-temps

07. Un Monde Honorable

08. Lua Desencantada

09. Galans De Noche

10. Alma Morna

11. Pai Pa Fidje

12. Firmamento De Nos Sodade

13. Au Restau De L´Exil

Página web oficial: Teófilo Chantré

 01. CREEPIN’

02. FUNK UP

03. MAMBOMONGO

04. FUNK DOWN

05. LOS INDIOS

06. LADY MARMALADE

07. THE PROMISED LAND

08. WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW

09. SONG FOR YOU

10. MIDNIGHT AND YOU

Ondatrópica (2012) is a project by the Colombian musician Mario Galeano (Frente Cumbiero) and the English producer Will "Quantic" Holland, bringing together top musicians who represent the old and new guard of Colombian music. In addition to cumbia, Ondatrópica appeals to the traditional flavors of joint, merengue, bagpipes and champeta, and combines them with funk, hip-hop and even electronic flights of dub.

After several years of working around Colombian tropical music, Mario Galeano and Will Quantic (with the support of the British Council) managed to make their project a reality: to reinterpret Colombia's tropical musical heritage with new approaches in composition, arrangements and production. To do this, at the beginning of 2012, in the legendary Discos Fuentes studio in Medellín (with more than 75 years of history) they called the members of their respective groups (Front Cumbiero and Combo Bárbaro). Fruko (soul and life of the Tesos) and Jorge Gaviria, Aníbal Velasquez, Pedro Ramayá, Alfredito Linares, Juancho Vargas, Michi Sarmiento, Markitos Mikolta, Wilson Viveros and Armando Hernández, joined young artists such as Nidia Góngora, Freddy Colorado, Eblis Álvarez, Anita Tijoux (known Chilean rapper), José Miguel Vega "El Profe", Carlos Puello "Chongo", Esteban Copete, Pedro Ojeda, Marco Fajardo, Wilfredo Peña and Fernando "Ovejo" Silva, in an unprecedented project in history of Colombian music, a return to the standards of sound and musical quality that for decades were among the most influential on the continent.

The exploration with these pioneering and visionary musicians of the 60s, 70s and 80s of the 20th century does not seek a nostalgic approach to their sound, the idea is to reaffirm its validity and contemporaneity. To do this, they approached the classic production standards by means of equipment and techniques typical of analog sound, using vintage consoles and microphones, and taking advantage of the experience of key figures in sound such as the legendary engineer and producer Mario Rincón, one of those responsible for of the best recordings of the 70s in the country.

The result: that the most forceful and relevant of Colombian music is here to be rediscovered.

01. Tiene Sabor, Tiene Sazón

02. Punkero Sonidero

03. I Ron Man

04. Suena

05. Locomotora Borracha

06. Remando

07. Linda Mañana

08. Ska Fuentes

09. 3 Reyes de La Terepia

10. Bomba Trópica

11. Descarga Trópica

12. Libya

13. Gaita Trópica

14. Curro Fuentes

15. Rap Maya

16. Dos Lucecitas

17. Cumbia Especial

18. Donde Suena el Bombo

19. Swing de Gillian

bonus downloads:

01. Traigan La Batea

02. El Caimán Y El Gallinazo

03. Mi Negra

04. Papi Shingaling

05. Mambo Loco Especial

06. La Tranca

07. Cien Años

This album has been a spiritual adventure", thus begins the explanatory text about "Blues from the rainforest" signed by Merl Saunders himself in the booklet, and there we also discover that the percussionist Muruga had a lot to do with the inspiration for the The most new age project of this black keyboard player, Saunders, born in California in 1934, made this album aware that he could do something to make people aware of the enormous crime that the devastation of the Amazon represents for the planet. Sting's charisma, he did have the right inspiration to carry out this project that he published on his own label, Sumertone Records, in 1990.

Another of the great achievements of the album was obtaining the collaboration of Jerry García, the former guitarist of the Grateful Dead, who died five years after the publication of this work.

1. Blues From The Rainforest    15:26

2. Sunrise Over Haleakala    7:22

3. Blue Hill Ocean Dance        13:04

4. Afro Pearl Blue        13:38

5. Dance Of The Fireflies       5:22

6. Sri Lanka                9:15 

One of the 3 backing vocalists of I-Threes (backing vocalists who accompanied Marley with The Wailers) who had a great participation in the reggae scene in both the 70s and 80s. Her voice spiced works by Peter Tosh, Jimmy Cliff, Big Youth, Pablo Moses, Freddie McGregor, U-Roy, and the Wailing Souls. Judy's small leap came when Marcia Griffiths asked her to record arrangements for a song by Bob Andy at Studio One in 1974 and, consequently, meet Rita Marley and form The I-Threes. With this solo album adding Only A Woman (1982) we find a singer full of lyrics of religious content and in defense of women, with sweet harmonies and excellent bases played by excellent musicians, on this album we find Chinna Smith, Harold Butler, Steven Coore, Freddie McGregor.

Tracks

Strength To Go Through

Concrete Jungle

Slave Queen

Put It On

Zion Chant

Black Woman

Down In The Valley

Joseph

Many Are Called

Siters Chant

Tumba, seú, Antillean waltz, musik di zumbi, tambú, are words that designate some of the rhythms of the island of Curaçao, in the Dutch Caribbean, land where the prodigious voice of Izaline Calister emerged. With this vast musical identity in tow, which is also manifested in the fact that she sings in her mother tongue (Papaiamento), Izaline ventures into a project that pours into jazz a style that is as explosive as it is sweet.

She was raised in her native Curaçao until she was eighteen, at which age she emigrated to Groningen (Holland), she studied at the Prins Claus Conservatorium in the same city. Izaline began as part of Latin-jazz groups, participating in the work of Dissidenten, and as a vocalist for the Pili Pili Band, replacing the great Angélique Kidjo (until 1999). It was in this group where she met Tony Lakatos who would later accompany her in her first solo work, Soño di un muhé (2000), which was a real event in her country.

Mariposa (2002), Krioyo (Creolé, in Papiamento, 2004), Kanta Hélele (Sing Hélele, 2006) and Speransa (2009) are part of his works, an exciting musical experience full of native rhythms and powerful instrumentation in which the varied and tasty percussions stand out. Above all, Izaline's suggestive voice that she sings in Papiamento, as the best way to transmit the experiences of her people and to promote her language in the international community.

Recognized in musical gatherings as demanding as the North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands, Izaline Calister's voice is governed by an irrefutable originality. Formed under the influence of jazz players like Dianne Reeves, Cassandra Wilson and Elis Regina, her passionate singing has found its own way, West Indian and irremediably contagious.

Official website: Izaline Calister

Tracks list:

01. Mi Pais (My Country)

02. Gym

03. Pueblo Lanta (People Get Up)

04. Kalor (Heat)

05. Porfin (Finally)

06. Awa (Water)

07. La la la

08. Speransa (Hope)

09. Juny

10. Forsa (Strength)

11. Amigu (Friend)

12. Preteksto (Pretext)

13. Kadena Enkantá (The Enchanted Necklace)

01. VOCES DE ÁFRICA

The CéU album was nominated, in 2007, at the Grammy Awards as "Best Contemporary World Music Album". And it is that Maria do Céu Whitaker Poças, Brazilian singer and composer, not only has a magnificent voice but also knows how to combine modern rhythms with traditional sambas to create a fresh and very personal sound.

CéU, which means sky, is inspired by the sounds of the urban jungle of São Paulo, by the rap of the streets and by the music with which he grew up at home (trained in music theory, he is a specialist in violão -typical Brazilian guitar- ). Influenced by Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Lauryn Hill and Erykah Badu, her music is a journey through the variety of Brazilian rhythms that have their roots in the original African culture, be it samba, soul, rhythm and blues, hip hop, afrobeat or electrojazz music.

Tracks list:

01. vinheta quebrante

02. lenda

03. malemolência

04. roda

05. rainha

06. 10 contados

07. vinheta Dorival

08. mais um lamento

09. concrete jungle

10. véu da noite

11. valsa Pra Biu Roque

12. ave cruz

13. o ronco da cuíca

14. bobagem

15. samba na sola

How to celebrate the desert at home, how to protect it, develop it, unify it, respect it and, above all, never forget it, are the main themes of Bombino's new album 'Deran'. They are dressed in ten songs of rare maturity and power that mark a turning point in the career of a guitarist and composer who was born in the shade of an acacia tree some fifty miles northwest of the ancient city of Agadez, and who has since promoted to the new guitar Tuareg Generation. It's a throwback to the source of everything that makes Bombino who he is.

"My mission for this album was always to get closer to Africa," he says. It is no surprise then that the decision has been made to record 'Deran' as close as possible to his native Niger in the south of the Sahara. The ideal location arose in the form of Studio Hiba, a high-flying recording facility owned by King Mohammed VI located in an industrial suburb of Casablanca in Morocco. There, Bombino and his long-term stable band - including Tuareg Illias Mohammed on guitar and vocals, American Corey Wilhelm on drums and percussion, and Mauritanian (who lives in Belgium) Youba Dia on bass - slept, ate and music in happy isolation. His circle was widened by Moroccan percussionist Hassan Krifa, and by Bombino's cousins ​​Anana ag Haroun (vocalist of the Brussels-based Tuareg band Kel Assouf) and Toulou Kiki (singer and star of the film Timbuktu), who came to add some 'gang' voices. After Casablanca, the tapes were flown to Boston to be embellished by friend and Sudanese keyboardist Mohammed Araki.

Bombino and the crew conjured up an itinerant journey through the mystery of contemporary Saharawi sounds, from the raw diesel rock of opener 'Imajghane' ('The Tuareg'), to the camel gait of 'Tenesse' ('Idleness'), the tender cadence of Midiwan ('My Friends') and the 'Tuareggae' style which is Bombino's only contribution to desert music in the song 'Tehigren'. The whole desert is there, hard and gentle, tragic and playful. But more than anything 'Deran' is honest and true. Deran, Deran, Alkheir. "My best wishes, my best wishes, for peace."

TRACKLIST

1. Imajghane

2. Deran Deran Alkheir

3. Tehigren

4. Mikiwan

5. Tenesse

6. Ouhlin

7. Adouni Dagh

8. Tamasheq

9. Takamba

10. Adouagh Chegren