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THE ever-popular World Music Village at Victorious Festival has announced its line-up for this summer including chart-topping reggae artists and a Grammy Award winning act.
Two giants of the double bass – one dead, one very much alive – combine to celebrate the centenary of the troubled genius that was Charles Mingus
London-based GRAMMY and MOBO nominated Jazztronica duo Blue Lab Beats have announced their long-awaited new album and full-length Blue Note Records debut Motherland Journey, out February 25th. The announcement comes with the album’s title track featuring Ghanaian producer KillBeatz and vocals of the late Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti. Listen to “Motherland Journey” featuring Fela Kuti and KillBeatz
New Music Reviews (5/24) KEXP Each week, Music Director Don Yates (joined this week by DJ Alex) shares brief insights on new and upcoming releases for KEXP's rotation. These reviews help our DJs decide on what they want to play. See what we added this week below (and on our Charts page), including new releases from Mdou Moctar, Afrique Victime (Matador) This Agadez, Niger-based guitarist’s sixth studio album is a powerful blend of traditional Tuareg music and fiery psych-rock, combining acoustic and electric guitars (including lots of incendiary, sky-scraping solos) with call...
okayafrica (YouTube) The 12 Songs You Need to Hear This Week Featuring Here's our round up of the best tracks and music videos that came across our desks, which you can also check out in our Songs You Need to Hear This Week playlists on Spotify and Apple Music. Follow our SONGS YOU NEED TO HEAR THIS WEEK playlist on Spotify here and Apple Music here. Olamide 'Rock' drops his latest single "Rock" with the accompanying music video. The track is the first to be featured from his upcoming 10-track project, UY Scuti. "Rock" is a mellow and flirtatious little numbe...