Ammar Kalia

Debit – Desaceleradas M exican-American producer Delia Beatriz, AKA Debit, has a talent for making historical sounds her own. Her 2022 breakthrough, The Long Count, featured woozy, ambient soundscapes made from electronically processed samples of ancient Maya flutes. On her latest record, Desaceleradas (Decelerated), Beatriz turns her attention to the 90s trend of cumbia rebajada . Slowing the Afro-Latin dance genre of cumbia to a sludgy tempo, cumbia rebajada is a dub-infl

Mohinder Kaur Bhamra – Punjabi Disco I n 1982, London-based Sikh devotional singer Mohinder Kaur Bhamra recorded a true oddity. Accompanied by her son Kuljit on an early Roland synthesiser and drum machine, the pair laid down nine tracks of Punjabi folk vocals backed by hammering electronic percussion, disco basslines and fizzing synth melody. Only 500 copies of the resulting album, Punjabi Disco, were pressed; it was released to confusion from a diaspora audience used to th

Various Artists – Pasé Bél Tan: Francophonies and Creolities in Louisiana O ver the past decade, European archival label Flee has been...

DJ K – Radio Libertadora! Over the past two years, Kaique Vieira, AKA DJ K, has been crafting a new sound of São Paolo. Influenced by...

Witch – Sogolo In the early 1970s, a newly independent Zambia was forging a sound of its own. Young bands such as the Peace and Ngozi...

Lido Pimienta – La Belleza Five years since her Grammy-nominated breakthrough record Miss Colombia, singer and producer Lido Pimienta has...

Negros Tou Moria – Mavri Ellada A s far-right political parties have risen in Greece in recent years, young artists from Athens’ migrant...

Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek – Yarın Yoksa S ince the 1960s, Turkish groups have honed a distinct blend of Anatolian folk and...

Yazz Ahmed – A Paradise in the Hold Since the release of her 2011 debut album, Finding My Way Home, British Bahraini trumpeter Yazz Ahmed...

Ale Hop & Titi Bakorta – Mapambazuko P eruvian multi-instrumentalist Ale Hop has a knack for unsettling reinventions of musical...

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Auntie Flo – In My Dreams (I’m a Bird and I’m Free) B rian d’Souza has always had a wandering ear. Since the 2011 release of his debut...

Jazz has long been a musical format that welcomes prodigious newcomers into its well-known groups. From 20-year-old trumpeter Lee Morgan ...

Annarella and Django – Jouer T he plucked melodic twang of the ngoni, a west African lute, has long added an unexpected texture to fusion...

Various Artists – Redline Impact L ondon-based independent label Eastern Margins’ 2021 debut compilation Redline Legends was a joyous,...

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Party – Chain of Light The year 1990 was a pivotal one for Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Since his appearance at Womad...

Milton Nascimento and Esperanza Spalding – Milton + Esperanza B razilian singer Milton Nascimento has one of the most dextrous voices in...

When was the last time you thought about the Roman empire? The question might have become a well-worn joke on social media over the past...

Bizhiki – Unbound On his remarkable 2022 debut album Niineta, singer Joe Rainey warped the musical traditions of his Native American...

Malcolm Jiyane Tree-O – True Story The South African jazz scene has exploded with fresh talent in recent years, from artists such as...