The fifth volume of the Global Riddims compilation on NYP Records is just delicious. Fresh tunes from Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, the Arab world and everything in between, by one of the curators on Groovalizacion Radio. Radio Mukambo also pays tribute to the great Orlando Julius, Nigerian highlife and afrobeat...
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Nights don’t come more soulful than this! On Saturday, 7th May, head for Woolwich Works and take a dive into Awale’s funky sound, shaped on afrobeat, highlife, sabar rhythms, Afro-soul, jazz and even Latin influences. The London-based 9-piece band, captained by Senegalese (of Wolof origins) singer/songwriter Biram Seck and French...
Ti’Kaniki pursues its passion for maloya and its various evolutions on Douz, album of the week on Radio Mukambo. United by their common passion for maloya, the collective brings together musicians from Reunion Island and metropolitan France with diverse origins. This French Maloya fusion is only the start of one...
Event Preview: London Remixed Festival @ Rich Mix (London; Friday 25th and Saturday 26th March 2022)
One of the most eclectic music festivals returns to London’s prime venue Rich Mix, which once again proudly hosts the multi-room celebration of diversity and collaboration across the musical worlds. Organised and curated by a who’s who of the best and boldest curators, promoters and agencies in the London Music...
Out Of Africa – DJ Jota P accompanies us on an in-depth trip through world music and global beats from an African perspective!! This show kicks off with the beautiful voice of Sade Adu, we then go to Zap Mama and King Britt. We travel to Brazil with Jorge Ben...
Singer-songwriter, balafon player and percussionist Gabelo is a true Ambassador of Togolese music, who can boast a career spanning over 50 years. He’s currently based in Lyon, where he recently published his new single ‘Genou Sur Le Cou’. His songs are sung in Mina (a language spoken in the southeast...
Total Hip Replacement are a 7-piece reggae and Afro-fusion band based in Aarhus, Denmark. ‘Smoke and Mirrors’, their latest single and video, is the outcome of their collaboration with Ghanaian highlife band Kwashibu Area Band led by multi-instrumentalist Kwame Yeboah. Find out more visiting the band’s official website:...