Top of the World: Aziza Brahim – Soutak
Words by Robin Denselow Struggles in song from Occupied Western Sahara Aziza Brahim was born in the refugee camps of Algeria, an exile from her homeland in what the Saharawis call Occupied Western...
View ArticleSamba Touré to release new album in February 2015
Malian Songhai blues master Samba Touré announces the release of his second album, Gandadiko, out in February Following Albala, released in 2013 on Glitterbeat Records, Malian guitarist, vocalist and...
View ArticleBassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni ba announce new album, Ba Power
Bassekou Kouyaté’s follow-up to 2013’s critically acclaimed Jama Ko will be released on April 27 Recorded and produced in Mali by Chris Eckman of Glitterbeat Records, Ba Power is Bassekou Kouyaté...
View ArticleExclusive: Hanoi Masters Album Trailer
Watch an exclusive trailer for the upcoming album release that marks the 40th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War Hanoi Masters: War is a Wound, Peace is a Scar is the first part of a new series...
View ArticleBassekou Kouyaté debuts new video ‘Siran Fen’
Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni ba have released the video for ‘Siran Fen’, the first single to be taken from forthcoming album Ba Power Recorded and produced in Mali by Chris Eckman of Glitterbeat...
View ArticleBixiga 70 reveal new video
Sao Paulo based group Bixiga 70 reveal new video to accompany new track ‘100% 13’ Brazilian music has always been at least half African, and the Brazilian Afrobeat band Bixiga 70 – along with many of...
View ArticleAziza Brahim to release new album in March
Photo by Dave Stelfox Aziza Brahim will release a new album on Glitterbeat Records on March 4 The Saharawi singer Aziza Brahim announced that she will be releasing her third album, Abbar el Hamada,...
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