Soweto Kinch’s White Juju dropped us on a political see-saw of time. Unsettling. Disturbing. But with an overtone of hope. It was a brutally honest and intellectual investigation into the “powerful suspicion that the current receptivity to the black experience… may only be momentary”. All conveyed through an uncommon mix of...
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Judi Jackson is able to tease out more erotic energy from a crowd than eighteen months of lockdown boredom. Or maybe it’s the combination of both. This was a night packed with couples flirting, whispering and grinding. I was enchanted too, and just one worrying step away from trying to...
Every month, we bring you a collection of the best world music-related videos. That’s our way to give value to too often overlooked, rich and diverse artistic expressions. Listen with your eyes! Watch the full playlist:
Addict Ameba are a Milan-based Afro-Latin collective blending together jazz, funk, soul and psychedelic sounds. ‘Sovlaki’, is taken from their debut LP Panamor, out on Black Sweat Records, and “represents a profound union between living beings and objects in an increasingly divided World”. You can find more info...
‘Point and Kill’ is the new single extracted from UK rapper Little Simz‘s fourth album Sometimes I Might Be Introvert. Find out more here: https://littlesimz.ffm.to/simbi.oyd
Organising and running a music festival these days might sound like pure madness… It’s not only about passion for and dedication to music and its interpreters, but also a risky work of art considering the volatile Covid-related situation, ever-changing rules and widespread insecurity affecting the cultural sector on a global...
You don’t often have the opportunity to explore and delve into the cultural roots and family tree of a musician simply by listening to his music. With Cochemea, we were offered just that. His second album, Baca Sewa, which was released only a few days ago by Daptone Records, is...
Sun Followerr (Lèa Mondo) is a London-based singer/songwriter and guitar player of Congolese origins. Her influences range from Bob Marley to Franco Luambo and Fatoumata Diawara to Oumour Sangare and are fully embodied in her soulful Afro-fusion sound. Lea is currently working on her debut EP, Mwana Mboka,...
Theo Ogundipe is a Nigerian-born London-based singer-songwriter and actor. He just released his second single, titled ‘JP’, which reflects his wide-ranging musical taste ranging from hip-hop to R&B and soul to jazz. More info here: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/theoogundipe/jp
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Robert Finley is a blues & soul singer-songwriter and guitarist from Bernice in Louisiana. “Country Boy” is the second single extracted from his upcoming album Sharecropper’s Son out on May 21 via Nashville label Easy Eye Sound: https://found.ee/sharecroppersson About the autobiographical song’s lyrics, he said: “When we play live,...