Everyone will tell you that they love reggae, yet most people don’t know their Ziggy Marley from their Damian Marley to their Stephen Marley. It’s still largely an underground genre which is a shame because the reggae scene is thriving with tons of talent such as Stick Figure. Started as a one-man band project by Scott Woodruff in […]
A year ago at this time, Morgan Heritage was 20 days away from winning its first Grammy Award for best reggae album with its 10th studio album, Strictly Roots. Now the critically acclaimed group is ramping up a world tour and finishing up its forthcoming new album — a taste of which premieres exclusively today […]
Based on the foundation of a thirty-five-year friendship, “a mutual respect for Delia, Eno, Tomita and Kraftwerk, and a roomful of iconic and mostly working synthesizers,” the Delia Derbyshire Appreciation Society pays homage to electronica pioneers with an ambient excursion that would be right at home amidst such landmarks as Music for Airports or Klaus […]
Chico Mann, a guitarist who also perform with Brooklyn-based Afrobeat band Antibalas, is back with his longtime musical partner Captain Planet for “Cuentos De Anoche,” premiering today on The FADER. Together as Chico Mann & Captain Planet, the pair have produced a sparse and chilled-out pop song, tropical and restrained, like a sobering dip in […]
The groudbreaking Bay Area trio is using music to connect global cultures. [Continue Reading]
Capturing the genre-hopping of Café Tacvba’s trailblazing 1994 album Re, Orkesta Mendoza’s exceptional ¡Vamos a Guarachar! boldly cuts through a myriad of Latin styles with balls and virtuosity. [Continue Reading]
When singer Alsarah left her native Sudan, she was just a child who’d shown an interest in music. She’s said it served as her coping mechanism during a subsequent transition to life here in the U.S. That passion led her to a university degree in ethnomusicology. [Watch Here]
Nas leads the lineup featured in the second talent announcement for the eighth annual California Roots Music and Art Festival. Also among the latest round of performers are SOJA, Iration, Stick Figure, Nahko and Medicine for the People and Yellowman. [Continue Reading]
Alsarah is an artist and a participant in the sonic history of music. Born in Khartoum, Sudan, of Nubian descent, she sings of migration, love, and nationhood in both Arabic and Nubian languages, with her band The Nubatones. [Continue Reading]
It was just two years ago that Mauritanian vocalist Noura Mint Seymali hit the international scene — but now, it’s hard to imagine the scope of African music without her. The singer and her band blow listeners away with giddily woozy and dreamlike vocals; blistering guitar played by her husband, Jeiche Ould Chighaly; and the […]
