Womad 2017: Weaving Worldly Wonders With Ease
Our look back at another year of eye-opening sights and sounds.
Hip-Hop
Monday Morning Mixtape 177
2017 Lebanese lo-fi hip-hop via early 1970’s Ethiopian classical music
Yoshi & Mr Jukes on Radar Radio – 6th August 2017
Yoshi is joined by Mr Jukes to discuss his new solo project with De La Soul and more!
Monday Morning Mixtape 173
1974 New Orleans spiritual jazz via 1987 Zimbabwean sun-soaked disco.
“The groove is everything”: Richard Spaven channels the club through drummer’s eyes
We chatted to the master drummer in the run up to his new album.
Touching Bass collaborate with NTS and Mason London on new Mixtape
The London collective celebrate their one year anniversary on NTS radio.
Monday Morning Mixtape 171
1977 South African mango township disco to 1981 Sao Paulo summer boogie.
Dimensions Festival launch label with an expansive 3EP compilation
A 12-track compilation presenting the many flavours of the Dimensions brand.
Andrew Ashong joins Dego & Kojey Radical in Brainchild Festival 2017 Line Up.
We caught up with founder Marina Blake as the festival set up for a special fifth year.
Monday Morning Mixtape 165
976 big band Southern cool jazz via 1978 mysterious multi-instrumentalist folk.