Tinariwen reveal a new animated video for the song “nannuflay” feat. Kurt vile and mark lanegan, watch below.
Their Grammy nominated album elwan is out now
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Scientists announce the world’s best festival
Hainault Forest Country Park, Fox Burrow Road, Chigwell, London IG7 4QN 2nd – 4TH SEPTEMBER 2016, ANNOUNCING FINAL 2016 HEADLINERS JUNIOR REID, BIG YOUTH, HALF PINT, KABAKA PYRAMID, JAH9, Joining Lee ‘Scratch Perry” and Max Romeo and a packed weekend of 100’s international heavyweights, JUNIOR REID. Unstoppable force in Reggae and Hip Hop scene on both […]
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One of Africa’s finest female vocalists returns to the Barbican with songs from her Grammy-nominated album Seya. With support from Anibal Velasquez y Los Locos del Swing.
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The huge domed chamber of London’s Roundhouse rocked to the Soukadelic sounds of Staff Benda Bilili and melted at the charms of Fatoumata Diawara
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Afro-Peruvian music is one of the most elusive genres in the world. It’s practically unheard outside the borders of Peru, and the people there are even unsure of many aspects of its history.
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After more twists and turns in his recent record label adventures than the sale of Liverpool FC, it’s great to get a new album from Femi Kuti
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The best night’s jazz in many a year at the Barbican
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A night of contrasts, propelled by the power of soukous
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Kiwi dubsters pack ’em in at Limehouse’s The Troxy
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Begin at the end, so they say, and the end for Lobi came suddenly and out of the blue. He died in June at 49. Like Habib Koite is, Lobi was a people’s musician. Friendly and down to earth, Lobi was well known to hustlers and music fans alike in clubs like the Djembe in […]
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