It’s been ten days since the latest appointment with Arsenal of Sounds. On the 4th of November, we went fully Mediterranean, welcoming on to the Woolwich Works stage pizzica and gnawa rhythms and imaginary. This was all thanks to the wild musical drive and dedication of Amaraterra and Gnawa London...
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Out Of Africa – An in-depth trip throughout world music and global beats from an African perspective!! As an intro for this show, we kick off with Cochemea (“All My Relations”) …we then travel to the blues by the Bongo Ikwe, from Nigeria…as some say, the blues came from Africa,...
Nightshop for December via Radio Campus Bxl and Rhythm Passport & Groovalizacion Radio with +3 hours of new global sounds. Our albums of the month take us to Iranian Kurdistan via the tanbur strings of Mohammad Heydarian on Radio Khiyaban, Lebanese-Brussels folk jazz by Molo Sayat via Zephyrus and Cabo...
Nightshop summer show for July & August via Radio Campus Bxl, Rhythm Passport & Groovalizacion Radio with 3 hours of new global sounds. 4 songs of the day from Brazil to Niger, Romania and France/Morocco. Our albums of the month start in psychedelic mood with Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek...
Preview of the album: This Album is no longer available however if you want to receive exclusive access to a free album like this each month just sign up to our monthly newsletter by filling in the form below: Summery vibes anyone? No matter the weather and what’s happening...
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:
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:
This might be one of the rare – actually extremely rare – occasions when you can forget to damn the lockdowns and Covid-19 regulations and instead bless the fact that you’re going to spend another weekend at home, possibly staring at a screen and having to turn your living room/bedroom...
Azmari is the “one who praises” in Amharic, an Ethiopian singer-musician, comparable to the European bard or the West African griot. The Brussels-based ethiogroove collective is a 21st century version of Azmari, blending African and oriental melodies while providing a fresh take on the ethiojazz sound. Their debut album Samā’ī is...
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:
