Monsieur Periné's New Album Keeps It Tropical
The follow-up to Monsieur Periné's Latin Grammy win sees them expanding their sound on Encanto Tropical (Tropical Charm) and the group tells us all about it.
14 Jun 2018
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Burkina Faso Artist Pierre Sandwidi's Recordings Collected on 'La Troubadour De La Savane 1978-1982'
Time-worn recordings of Upper Voltaic singer Pierre Sandwidi offer distorted synths and a look at Burkina Faso cultural history.
14 Jun 2018
Angélique Kidjo Remakes the Talking Heads' 'Remain in Light' and Pays Tribute to Nigerian Influences
Angélique Kidjo takes on a classic Talking Heads record with grace and aplomb on Remain in Light.
13 Jun 2018
How We Made 'Buena Vista Social Club': Interview with Eliades Ochoa and Nick Gold
When the Buena Vista Social Club album came out in 1997, it had an indelible effect on the international community's perception of Cuba.
08 Jun 2018
A Delicate Motor Draws Inspiration From Improvisation With "Durham" (premiere)
A favorite of the National, A Delicate Motor delivers deep rhythms and chilling lyrics on "Durham".
07 Jun 2018
Nsimbi Preach Love and Positive Vibes on "Mujje" (premiere)
Old wisdom and new styles come together on cross-cultural duo Nsimbi's debut track "Mujje".
04 Jun 2018
Ricarda Cometa Combines Latin, African and Asian Influences With Noise, Math Rock on 'Ricarda Cometa 2' (album stream)
Argentine-Peruvian duo Ricarda Cometa prepares for a European tour with the release of a new album filled with adventure, Ricarda Cometa 2.
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31 May 2018
Multiculturalism Is a Source of Joy and Music on the Turbans' Self-titled Debut
The Turbans' self-titled debut is a cornucopia of folk traditions that embrace the Turbans' individual and collective senses of heritage.
29 May 2018
Sidi Touré Throws All of Himself Into the Ecstatic Desert Blues of 'Toubalbero'
Toubalbero expands the desert blues concept as Sidi Touré creates ecstatic compositions from familiar sonic elements.
24 May 2018
Avant Hip-hop Outfit the Young Mothers Deliver "Attica Black" (premiere)
Ex-White Denim, Free Radicals, Shape of Broad Minds members team of up as the Young Mothers for an unbridled track from new LP, Morose.
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21 May 2018
Mitra Sumara Celebrate Pre-Revolution Iranian Pop Music on "Helelyos" (premiere)
Mitra Sumara's polyrhythms and funky synths and brass hearken back to the popular music of pre-Revolution Iran on "Helelyos", full of 1970s style and swirls of fluid jazz.
16 May 2018
Eugenia Georgieva Rejuvenates Rural Bulgarian Slices of Life on 'Po Drum Mome'
On Po Drum Mome, Eugenia Georgieva offers renditions of traditional Balkan songs with the skill of a top-tier chamber ensemble and a style that almost sounds like the popular folk revival movement of 1960s Britain and America.
16 May 2018
'Fenfo' Proves Fatoumata Diawara Is One of the Most Dynamic Voices in Afropop
Fatoumata Diawara's know-how, musicality, and sense of self all come together, and Fenfo proves her to be one of the most dynamic voices in Afropop today.
15 May 2018
New Age Artist Manika Kaur's "Mool Mantra" Makes for a Clear and Uplifting Message (premiere)
Manika Kaur's "Mool Mantra" features the kind of consciousness-altering positivity that we all need once in a while.
08 May 2018
Radio Jarocho and Zenen Zeferino Celebrate Son Jarocho on 'Rios de Norte y Sur' (album stream)
Afro-Carribean and Mexican indigenous music come together in this wonderfully celebratory music from Radio Jarocho and Zenen Zeferino.
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08 May 2018
Akua Naru Celebrates the Blackest Joy with new LP (album stream)
Akua Naru's new LP, The Blackest Joy, highlights a collage of hopes, history, and fears at a deeply tumultuous moment in history.
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02 May 2018
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