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Preview: Yo Canto a la Diferencia – Online Streaming Event (Wednesday 19th August 2020)

For our next online streaming event we disturbed the memory of no less than Violeta Parra. That’s because the musicians who will be participating and showcasing their music throughout Yo Canto a la Diferencia (I sing to the difference) are keen keepers and boosters of the legacy and message of...

12 Aug
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Album Review

Album Review: Chouk Bwa & The Ångströmers – Vodou Alé [Les Disques Bongo Joe; May 2020]

Vodou Alé (Les Disques Bongo Joe) is not simply inspired by the ritualistic archetype that is voodoo, in fact, it is the perfect antidote to this esoteric paradigm of the Haitian tradition. Native to Haiti itself, Chouk Bwa are first-hand practitioners of the vodou faith of west African descent, their music...

7 Aug
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Album Review

Album Review: Mungo’s Hi-Fi x Marina P – Soul Radio [Scotch Bonnet Records; August 2020]

For their latest offering, Mungo’s Hi-Fi have collaborated with Paris-based Italian, Marina P and it’s a match made in heaven. Mungo’s have been working together with Marina P since around 2007. The jazz influenced singer is a big attraction to the Scottish sound system crew, who travelled to the French...

7 Aug
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Album Review: Alhousseini Anivolla & Girum Mezmur – Afropentatonism [Piranha Records; July 2020]

It was a breath of fresh air to receive this excellent album to review. Set against a background of recent unrest in Ethiopia triggered by the killing of controversial musician Haacaaluu Hundeessa in Addis Ababa on 29th June this year, the album Afropentatonism (out in early July on Piranha Records) by...

24 Jul
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Album Review: Orkesta Mendoza – Curandero [Glitterbeat Records; April 2020]

How best to shake off the dust from down Calexico way? Sergio Mendoza has the answer- give your listeners a good time to rival tequila as Mexico’s best export, as on Curandero. What follows is perhaps best described as a more authentic take on the faux-Tex/Mex border radio sound (at...

24 Jul
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Album Review: Populous – W [Wonderwheel Recordings; May 2020]

It doesn’t need to be International Women’s Day to release an album fully dedicated and committed to women. As shown by its cover, a feminine, voluptuous and “very Populous” interpretation of Raphael’s The School of Athens (or a more contemporary Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band‘s cover) portraying music characters who have populated the...

22 Jul
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Preview: Latin-London Underground – Wara Takeover! (Wednesday 15th July 2020)

On Wednesday, join us for an evening of Wara and let’s bring back the party feelings! Between 8PM till 11PM (BST), together with our friends at Movimientos and Continental Drifts, we will go live for a new episode of the Global Local’s summer sessions. This time, it will be all...

10 Jul
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Interview

Interview: Mentrix – In Search of Your Voice (June 2020)

This year there have been debut albums, and then there has been My Enemy, My Love by Mentrix (née Samar Rad). From sacred electronica à la Aisha Devi rubbing shoulders with The Master Musicians of Joujouka to music videos that were Sufi-versions of M.I.A.’s ‘Bad Girls’, everything indicated a singular...

7 Jul
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News: Let The Music Play (July 2020)

Shakespeare said it all with ‘If music be the food of love, play on’. Music is the blood that runs through the veins of our very best human experiences. Celebration. Expression. Dance. Evolution. Art. Intimacy. Communication. Due to COVID-19 restrictions we have no longer been able to congregate for performance...

3 Jul
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Preview: Middle East & North Africa Livestream Special (Facebook; Friday 3rd July 2020)

Tomorrow, come and spend the afternoon with us flowing between North African and the Middle Eastern sounds. We will join the University of Tropical Sound in a sonic journey indulging in vibes and rhythms from the Maghreb, Arabian Peninsula and the Levant. From 2PM till 7PM on our Facebook page,...

2 Jul
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News Playlists

Playlist: NYP Records – A Feast of “Global Riddims” (July 2020)

In times like these, we can only welcome with open arms and bless any fresh and forward-looking adventure that is set in motion in the music world…just like NYP Records, a brand-new label launched in Brussels by Tony Heynen. “NYP (Name Your Price) Records is the latest project of Tony...

1 Jul
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Album Review

Album Review: Lokkhi Terra – Cubangla [Funkiwala Records; June 2020]

Mother Africa’s children do her proud once more in spreading her spirit across what is a rather large diaspora, considering she spent rather a long time beside humanity’s cradle. And just at the moment where it needs some cajoling to get up and stop feeling sorry for itself, in steps...

1 Jul
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Album Review

Album Review: Lido Pimienta – Miss Colombia [ANTI-; April 2020]

What if Frida Kahlo did Instagram? Or if Sun Ra gave cumbia the astral treatment? Well it would probably look and sound like Lido Pimienta and her grower of a new album, Miss Colombia. The title is a reference to the super awkward Miss Universe moment of 2015, when the...

1 Jul
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Interview

Interview: Bukky Leo – The Afrobeat Time Traveller (June 2020)

There are only a bunch of musicians who can claim to embody the history and evolution of a music style. Bukky Leo is part of this restricted club. His career and possibly life are indeed manifestations of afrobeat. So much so that, if you’d like to approach the quintessential Nigerian...

28 Jun
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Preview: Hi-Life Conversations (Facebook: Saturday 27th June 2020)

Today, from 5PM, join us on Facebook for an afternoon and evening of Hi-Life sounds and words! Hi-life music originated in present-day Ghana early in the 20th century. It harnesses the melodic and rhythmic structures of traditional Akan music, but is played mainly with Western instruments. Hi-life is distinguished by...

25 Jun
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Preview: Sound Dunes & Nomadic Rhythms (Facebook; Wednesday 24th June 2020)

For once, we will move far away from our London comfort zone to explore the Sahara desert. Our next live streaming session, organised in partnership with our friends at Hit The Road Music Studio (and streamed on both pages), will travel on a Trans-Saharan route to bring you sounds from...

23 Jun
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News Playlists

Playlist: Shniece McMenamin – Her “Disco Deceptions” (June 2020)

You might have “met” her and listened to her voice thanks to her collaborations with nothing less than Prince Fatty (“Deep Sleep“) Omar, Mungos Hi-Fi, The Last Poets or opening for and supporting the likes of Chaka Kahn, Chic & Nile Rodgers, Sister Sledge, Incognito and Aswad Now (tomorrow to be...

18 Jun
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Album Review

Album Review: Santrofi – Alewa [Outhere Records; April 2020]

Here to revive the golden era of highlife, box-fresh 8-piece Santrofi bridge the mid-century sound of Ghana with polished afrobeat and an azonto attitude (more on that later.) Assembled around bass player Emmanuel Ofori, whose credentials include playing with elders Ebo Taylor, and Pat Thomas and Kwashibu Area Band, the...

18 Jun
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News: Explore the “Berlin Bazzar” (June 2020)

We are always happy to spread the word about new “global” realities and projects whenever we can because it’s always a blessing when new ones spring up enlivening the interest in a particular region of the world with their passion and dedication. Berlin Bazzar, which has launched its first issue...

16 Jun
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Preview: A Mid-Summer Evening’s Live Stream (Facebook; Wednesday 17th June 2020)

On Wednesday, join us on Facebook between 6PM and 10PM (UK Time) and have fun with us at A Mid-Summer Evening’s Live Stream. On the Rhythm Passport and Movimientos pages, we will be ringing up the curtain on talented female singer-songwriters and zigzagging across the Brazilian-Venezuelan musical border with traditional,...

14 Jun
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Preview: Yo Canto a la Diferencia – Online Streaming Event (Wednesday 19th August 2020)

Album Review: Chouk Bwa & The Ångströmers – Vodou Alé [Les Disques Bongo Joe; May 2020]

Album Review: Mungo’s Hi-Fi x Marina P – Soul Radio [Scotch Bonnet Records; August 2020]

Album Review: Alhousseini Anivolla & Girum Mezmur – Afropentatonism [Piranha Records; July 2020]

Album Review: Orkesta Mendoza – Curandero [Glitterbeat Records; April 2020]

Album Review: Populous – W [Wonderwheel Recordings; May 2020]

Preview: Latin-London Underground – Wara Takeover! (Wednesday 15th July 2020)

Interview: Mentrix – In Search of Your Voice (June 2020)

News: Let The Music Play (July 2020)

Preview: Middle East & North Africa Livestream Special (Facebook; Friday 3rd July 2020)

Album Review: Lokkhi Terra – Cubangla [Funkiwala Records; June 2020]

Album Review: Lido Pimienta – Miss Colombia [ANTI-; April 2020]

Interview: Bukky Leo – The Afrobeat Time Traveller (June 2020)

Preview: Hi-Life Conversations (Facebook: Saturday 27th June 2020)

Preview: Sound Dunes & Nomadic Rhythms (Facebook; Wednesday 24th June 2020)

Playlist: Shniece McMenamin – Her “Disco Deceptions” (June 2020)

Album Review: Santrofi – Alewa [Outhere Records; April 2020]

News: Explore the “Berlin Bazzar” (June 2020)

Preview: A Mid-Summer Evening’s Live Stream (Facebook; Wednesday 17th June 2020)

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