Premiere: Bachar Mar-Khalifé – Ya Balad
Lebanese composer and Carl Craig collaborator laments for his homeland
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DJ Khalab & Baba Sissoko – Kumu / Tata EP
France and Mali unite in an electronic-African fusion
City Guide: Parker Madicine presents Milan
Milan’s best kept secrets, from record shops to restaurants.
Premiere: Sabrina Malheiros – Opará (Ashley Beedle’s Afrikanz On Mars Remix)
Sun-soaked samba classic gets a soulful house facelift.
Monday Morning Mixtape 097
1980’s Trinidadian calypso, 1975 Puerto Rican flamenco & 70’s Somalian sounds.
Dele Sosimi & Tony Allen celebrate Fela’s birthday at the British Library
The British museum will come alive after dark in a highlife tribute
Listen to St Germain’s first album in 15 years
The French-producer’s eopnymous album is heavily-indebted to the sounds of Africa.
Our Favourite Reissues in September
1990’s spiritual Detroit house, fuzzy 1970’s soul & 1980’s Italo new age.
Monday Morning Mixtape 096
1970’s all-woman political blues & 1980’s African sunrise choral group.
City Guide: Kasra V presents Tehran
Tehran-born Kasra V is now deeply embedded in…