Savina Yannatou, Primavera en Salonico, Lamia Bedioui – Watersong (ECM 2773, 2025) On Watersong, her superb fifth release for ECM, remarkable Greek vocalist Savina Yannatou…
(headline image: Tarta Relena – Photo by by Playadeanza) The album És pregunta by Tarta Relena is the winner of the 2025 MIN Award in…
(headline image: Perrate and ZA! – Photo by Alejandra Amere) The album Jolifanto (Lovemonk / El Volcán, 2025) by Perrate y Za! is the winner…
Maria João – Abundância (Galileo Music Communication, 2025) Maria João returns with Abundância, a remarkable new album that bridges the musical traditions of Portugal and…
Various Artists – Born in the City of Tanta: Lower Egyptian Urban Folklore and Bedouin Shaabi from Libya’s Bourini Records 1968-75 (Sublime Frequencies, 2025) Throughout…
The sonic similarities between Kenyan and Congolese music have long been evident, and Hakuna Patata celebrates as much with a song called “Kuja Tuscheze” and…
Gnonnas Pedro & His Dadjes Band – Roi De L’Agbadja Moderne 1974-1983 (Analog Africa, 2025) Gnonnas Pedro, the Beninese icon who modernized Agbadja (a percussive…
Elana Sasson – In Between (PKMusik, 2025) With her beautifully crafted debut album In Between (PKMusik, 2025), Persian-Kurdish-American vocalist and composer Elana Sasson unveils an…
Currently based in Madrid, Spain, Nasrine Rahmani is a professional percussionist specializing in flamenco and Latin percussion. Born in Australia to a mother from Mauritius…
Violeta Veinte – Alorí (self-release, 2024) Alorí takes its name from a childhood greeting between enchanting singer and fiddler Violeta Veinte and her grandfather, Argimiro,…