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Feature: Transglobal Underground give us a Track by Track on their latest album, Walls Have Ears

There’s always been a slight mystique around Transglobal Underground, and they’ve always determinedly followed their own path. With some made up names and a squad of collaborators than have revolved…

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News: Oumou Sangare To release new album ‘Acoustic‘

Malian singing superstar, songwriter and activist Oumou Sangare has just announced details of her next release ‘Acoustic’ via No Format which will re-invent her 2017 album the super funky ‘Mogoya’.…

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Track: Sven Wunder – Yügen

It might have gone under the radar, but people are beginning to realise the brilliance of Sven Wunder’s 2019 debut ‘Eastern Flowers’, as it mixed up Anatolian rock, European Jazz,…

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See: KOKOKO! Release new video for Zala Mayele, plus tour news

Following on from the success of their brilliant debut album Fongola, released last year, Kinshasa Afro-punk-jazz-funk collective KOKOKO! have released a new video for the track Zala Mayele. Built on…

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See: Hope Tala releases new video for Lovestained

London singer/songwriter Hope Tala recently released a single, ‘Lovestained’. taken from her upcoming EP, and she’s followed that up with a new video for the track – which she describes…

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Premiere: Shama releases new video for Truth BeTold

Ahead of her album ‘Truth BeTold’, out March 23rd via The GungHoDown, Shama, aka Shama Rahman has released an accompanying video for the title track, which we’re delighted to premiere…

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See: Baloji releases new video for “Spoiler”

Taken from his forthcoming EP, 64 bits & Malachite, out on November 11th via Bella Union, Spoiler is apparently about “the people that remind you of reality when the party ends,…

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Album Review: Ibeyi – Ibeyi

There’s been a fair bit of fuss about Naomi and Lisa-Kaindé Díaz, known to us as Ibeyi and to some as daughters of famed percussionist Anga Díaz. Their first album,…

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