Our Road to the 2021 edition of Womex keeps on winding through the world-music world. From Brussels and Echoes of Zoo, we now travel to Syria and the Middle East via Paris. There, we have the pleasure to get acquainted with the exceptional musicianship and social awareness of flautist and...
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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:
Chilean singer/songwriters and rappers La Deyabu and Carmen Lienqueo just released a new collaborative single titled ‘Anónimas’ out via Pieza Sucia Records. The track is part of La Deyabu’s latest album Chakana. “There are songs that are written from behind visors. There are songs that are not simply songs,...
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Summer 2021 might be officially over, but you can still relish in plenty of summery vibes squeezed into our seasonal selection. As we usually do every three months, we tidy up our music listening to put together a playlist to be listened to and watched featuring some of our favourite...
‘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
Tribute to Chico Science, the Brazilian Fela Kuti, godfather of manguebeat. His crossover of Pernambucan traditions like maracatu, coco, ciranda & embolada with ’90s culture (hip-hop, rock) gave birth to a whole new style and movement called manguebeat, the beat of the mangrove. With his tragic death in 1997, the...
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...
After introducing Don Jaga and his Afro-Luso urban sound, it’s time to do the same with the main act of our upcoming Sounds of the World gig at the Garrison Church, happening on Sunday 18th of July organised in partnership with Tramshed. As well as being a good old friend of...
On their debut album “Round”, Rumble interweaves samples from all walks of life and from all eras. Confusing musical universes, traveling from old school hiphop to digital boom bap, combining trip hop with bass music & dancehall. The French hiphoppers’ debut is album of the week on Radio Mukambo, out...