Friday, September 21, 2018
Video premiere: Fatoumata Diawara's 'Bonya'
Fatoumata Diawara releases a new video from her album Fenfo, before returning to the UK this November.;
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Tuesday, September 4, 2018
Watch: Bixiga 70's 'Quebra Cabeça'
Bixiga 70 return with a striking video for their new single 'Quebra Cabeça', the title-track from their upcoming album.;
Tuesday, August 21, 2018
Michael League’s Bokanté + Metropole Orkest – New video 'All the Way Home'
Bokanté team up with the Metropole Orkest for a new album due out in late September. 'All the Way Home' is the first single and video.;
Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Watch: Punch Brothers – ‘Jumbo’
Punch Brothers release a fourth live session video attached to their new album All Ashore. Their song 'Jumbo' is a thinly veiled attack on Donald Trump.;
Friday, August 3, 2018
Watch: 'Ahoulaguine Akaline' featuring Bombino
Playing for Change (PFC) releases the music video for ‘Ahoulaguine Akaline’, a track from Listen to the Music, the fourth album in the wonderful Songs Around the World series.;
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
UK Premiere: 'On the Move' by Anthony Joseph
Watch the UK premiere Anthony Joseph's 'On the Move' video, part of his upcoming album People of the Sun.;
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
The Rough Guide to World Music: Ireland
Ireland’s traditional music has some innate and elusive quality whose appeal has spread far beyond its shores;
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
The Rough Guide to World Music: Korea
The Korean musical identity can be traced to the fifth century, and has been well documented since the fifteenth century, as Rob Provine and Keith Howard reveal;
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
The Rough Guide to World Music: Portugal
Portugal is best known as the home of fado, the passionate and elegant music of Lisbon and Coimbra;
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
The Rough Guide to World Music: Ethiopia
Explore the land of wax and gold, a country full of fascinating music, in this complete guide by Francis Falceto;
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
The Rough Guide to World Music: Australia
The story of Aboriginal music is centuries old and continues to develop in fascinating ways;
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
The Rough Guide to World Music: Nigeria
Nigeria's best-known cultural exports – juju, Afrobeat and fuji music – barely scratch the surface of the vast and vibrant cultural topography of the nation;
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
The Rough Guide to World Music: Mali
Few African countries have contributed so many important artists to the World Music market: Salif Keita, Toumani Diabaté, Habib Koité, Kandia Kouyaté, Oumou Sangaré and the late Ali Farka Touré being but a few;
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
The Rough Guide to World Music: Indian Ocean
A lightness of touch seems to be common in the music found in tropical islands;
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
The Rough Guide to World Music: Kenya
The life and times of Kenyan pop, introduced by Doug Paterson;
