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| Artist | Track | Album | Label | Comments | New | Approx. start time |
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| Joe Meah |
Ahwene Pa Nkasa
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Various Artists: Essiebons Special 1973 - 1984: Ghana Music Power House | Analog Africa | 0:00:00 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Ebo Taylor, Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad |
Get Up
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Ebo Taylor JID022 | Jazz is Dead | 0:07:44 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Harry Panday |
Love Your Mother And Father
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Various Artists: Elsewhere CC | Les Disques Bongo Joe | * | 0:15:31 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Sundar Popo |
Maral Bansi
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Dance Party King | 0:15:43 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||
| Os Bongos |
Kazukuta
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Various Artists: Angola 70s: 1974-1978 | Buda Musique | 0:22:00 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Fefita La Grande |
Comiendo Gallina
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La Jefa Original | 0:26:34 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||
| Haitian Villagers |
Balile
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Various Artists: Songs and Dances of Haiti | Ethnic Folkways Library | 0:29:52 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| The Movers |
Oupa Is Back
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Vol.1 - 1970 - 1976 | Analog Africa | Given the fame that The Movers commanded during their commercial peak in the first half of the 1970s, it is surprising how forgotten they are now. Gwen Ansell’s magisterial Soweto Blues, the definitive history of South African popular music, never mentions them. - Financial Times | 0:32:53 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Songhoy Blues |
Toukambela
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Héritage | Over the past few years, through the pandemic and many other challenges here in Mali, we were able to craft a collection of music that is very close to our hearts & souls. Héritage represents the sound of us reconnecting with the spirit of our Malian culture and the river of our traditions. It showcases both the incredible diversity, and also what brings us together as Malian people. - home page | * | 0:36:31 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Tadalat |
Taghdart
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Various Artists: Songs for Desert Refugees | Glitterhouse | 0:41:40 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding |
Saudade Dos Avioes Da Panair
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Milton + esperanza | Concord | * | 0:45:48 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Marcus Valle |
Crickets Sing For Anamaria
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Brazilliance | 0:51:52 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||
| Santrofi |
Su nkwa
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Making Moves | Outhere | Vintage - Inspired Big-band Highlife, Highlife Funk Fusion Band adding a nostalgic, yet, progressive edge to Traditional Ghanaian Highlife rhythms and melodies. - YouTube | * | 0:56:54 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Rans Boi's African Highlife Band |
Highlife Comes to Europe
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Various Artists: Highlife on the Move: Nigerian & Ghanaian Recordings from London & Lagos 1954-66 | Soundway | 1:02:34 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Okwy Osadebe and Highlife SoundMakers |
Olu Nwelu Amara
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Music for Igbo Masquerade | Odogwu Entertainment / Palenque Records | Renowned for its beauty and excellence, the Igbo Masquerade inspires my latest album. I've woven chants from my musicians into the core of each song, capturing the uniqueness and exaltation of this iconic tradition. - PR (from the artist) | * | 1:04:20 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Akaba Man & The Nigie Rokets |
Ta Ghi Rare
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Akaba '82 Vol. 1 | Ekimogun | 1:11:47 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Alhaji Waziri Oshomah |
Eyemaya Erayemare
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Vol. 1-5 (1978-1984) Box Set | Luaka Bop | A devout Muslim and a pillar in his local community, Alhaji Waziri Oshomah makes a unique form of dance music that’s fused with local folk styles, pan-Nigerian highlife and Western pop, creating a singular sound that epitomises Afenmailand’s ethos of togetherness. His lyrics are reflective and philosophical—they draw on Judeo-Christian and traditional imagery to speak of piety and reverence, conveying Islamic values such as humility and modesty in a way that everybody, no matter their belief or religion, can understand. - label artist page | * | 1:19:47 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Lass |
Rano
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Passeport | Chapter Two Records | Announced as the « New Senegalese Star » by french reference magazine TELERAMA, the singer LASS arrives with his second album « PASSEPORT ». The new album is brillant, starring cuban pianist Roberto Fonseca, Antilles Islands singer David Walters and jazz brass Cotonete. | 1:34:13 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Mario Lucio |
Maka Maka
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Independance | Maremusica | Singer, guitarist, composer, poet, writer, thinker or even former Minister of Culture: Mario Lucio is all of these things and much more for Cape Verdeans. A champion of creolization, the artist pays, through his work, a sensitive and passionate tribute to this crossbreeding that has shaped the culture of his country. - PR | * | 1:37:16 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Arat Kilo |
Barala
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Danama | Accords Croisés | Arat Kilo remains without a doubt the best Ethio-jazz orchestra in France, on the path of this fifth album recorded in spring 2024. - PR | * | 1:41:14 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Eric Dolphy |
Music Matador (Alternate Take)
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Musical Prophet - The Expanded 1963 N.Y. Studio Sessions | A compilation of both Eric Dolphy LPs recorded for Editions Douglas along with the best alternate takes, all recorded in mono, adding 85 minutes of previously unissued music. The original LPs Conversations and Iron Man were issued in stereo, but those master tapes have been lost. - discogs | 1:46:03 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Steven Amechi & His Rhythm Skies |
Onye Na Eli Nkwu (A Drinker)
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Various Artists: Lagos Chop Up | Honest Jon's Records | 1:57:41 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Fadhilee Itulya |
Wasi Wasi
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Shindu Shi | Fadhilee Itulya from Kenya, began his professional music career in 2008 featuring on the Nairobi Alliance Francaise’s “Spotlight on Kenyan Music”. His music draws inspiration from a style Kenyan guitar music called OMUTIBO from the Luhya people of Western Kenya. - YouTube | 1:57:02 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| 4 Mars |
Abaal (Gratitude)
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Super Somali Sounds from the Gulf of Tadjoura | Ostinato | In 2019, Ostinato Records became the first label granted access to the grand Archives of Radiodiffusion-Télévision de Djibouti (RTD), a vault of secrets and stories from East Africa. The first in our Djibouti Archives series is a seminal anthology of 4 Mars, a 40-member Somali supergroup behind the most streamed and downloaded track on our Grammy-nominated Sweet As Broken Dates compilation. The personal band of a political party, 4 Mars' sound reveals a brand new history of the world. - bandcamp | 2:07:35 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Iftin Band |
Sirmaqabe (No Secrets)
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Various Artists: Mogadisco – Dancing Mogadishu (Somalia 1972 – 1991) | Analog Africa | 2:10:40 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Shakila & Black Star |
Macho Yanacheka
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Various Artists: Zanzibara 10 - First Modern Taarab Vibes from Mombasa & Tanga, 1970-1990 | Buda Musique | Taarab is a music genre popular in Tanzania and Kenya. It is influenced by the musical traditions of the African Great Lakes, North Africa, the Middle East, and the Indian subcontinent. Mombasa was at the forefront of taarab production from the 1960s to the 1990s, thanks to the enterprising Mzuri record label: the Mombasa - Tanga era is now affectionately known as "First Modern". - Amazon Music | 2:17:16 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Smadj |
Peplum
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Dual | Jean-Pierre Smadja aka Smadj as an artist, producer – recording engineer never stops experiencing musical collaborations on various projects with great artists such Burhan Öçal, Erik Truffaz, Talvin Singh Cem Yildiz, Ibrahim Maalouf... - bandcamp | 2:23:33 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Ghazi & Boom.Diwan X Arturo O’Farrill |
Muneera
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Live In The Khaleej! | The Boom: is the most important ship in Kuwait. It was used for pearl diving and for merchant trade. It serves as a metaphor for the musical exploration that Boom.Diwan engages in. The (music) Diwan: is a place where traditional Kuwaiti seafaring music ensembles, preserve and pass on traditional Kuwaiti music. It is also a metaphor for the exchange between Boom.Diwan with other musicians; regardless of genre, style, or culture. Following the success of the Cuban Khaleeji Project, recently revived in 3 sold-out concerts in New York, Ghazi Al-Mulaifi and Boom.Diwan collaborate with the multi Grammy Award winning pianist Arturo O’Farrill. - PR | * | 2:27:32 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Mircan Kaya |
Morena Me Llaman
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Hudey | UCM Productions | An album released in a life divided into two in terms of production and creativity. I am someone who nurtures her music and the musicians she works with by doing engineering. In every sense, the lands that inspired me are Anatolian lands, and I tried to reflect the multi-colored texture of these lands in my "Hudey" album. The album features a large team of musicians. They are all musicians I have worked with for years. - PR (from the artist) | * | 2:35:47 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Matachindé |
San Pedro
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Morir Cantando | Palenque | The name of the group honors one of the most representative cultural celebrations of the Yurumanguí River. It is known as manacillo the musical air of this cultural manifestation, next to them are the matachines or Matachindé, who disguise themselves using many colors and materials of the environment to give more joy and life to this celebration. This manifestation takes place especially during Holy Week, where the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Christ is commemorated. - PR | * | 2:44:03 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Palio |
Djinn Tonic
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Various Artists: Digital Ngoma Vol.2 | Kayamba Records | On the island of Mayotte, the exploration of traditional music through electronic music continues with the release of the second opus of the Digital Ngoma compilation, the promising first instalment of which was unveiled at the end of 2023. The formula remains the same, with tracks produced by novice artists living in Mayotte, accompanied by tracks produced by professional artists (Bab, Loya, Praktika and Sevenbeatz this time) who have come to Mayotte to play at Kayamba events and who, for the most part, have mentored our young hopefuls during production workshops. - PR | * | 2:47:28 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Wild Mushrooms |
‘Su La Ku’ (Hani calling of the spirit)
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Under the Dragon Tree | Sea of Wood Records | ‘Under the Dragon Tree’ is a debut album from the Yunnan band Wild Mushrooms, who are the first band to represent the music of the Hani people of western Yunnan, resisting pressure to sing in Chinese the band have largely persisted in their use of the Hani language for the majority of their songs. The album features a mixture of traditional and original material. - PR | * | 2:53:35 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
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