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Ebo Taylor

R.I.P. highlife and Afrobeat legend Ebo Taylor

The pioneering Ghanaian musician has died at 90.

Sly Dunbar

R.I.P. legendary reggae drummer Sly Dunbar

The prolific artist has died at 73

Antibalas

Hear a new song from Antibalas, “Solace”

New album ‘Hourglass’ out Oct. 24

Keith Hudson Flesh of My Skin Blood of My Blood

Keith Hudson’s Flesh of My Skin, Blood of My Blood took reggae down a dark path

The reggae innovator’s 1975 album repurposed riddims through an almost Delta Blues-like darkness

Salif Keita So Kono review

Salif Keita : So Kono

The legendary Malian artist crafts a set of stark, acoustic songs, primarily in a hotel room

Derya Yilddrim Yarin Yoksa review

Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek : Yarın Yoksa

The Berlin-based group’s Leon Michels-produced new LP incorporates funk, Anatolian rock and psychedelic folk in a fusion swirl

Ebo Taylor Jazz Is Dead review

Ebo Taylor, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad : Jazz Is Dead 022

In a 2024 conversation during Jazz Is Dead‘s L.A. Philharmonic residency, label co-founder and hip-hop…

Mdou Moctar

Mdou Moctar announces new acoustic album, Tears of Injustice

Mdou Moctar has announced a new album, Tears of Injustice, a re-recorded and newly arranged…

Mdou Moctar Funeral for Justice review

Mdou Moctar : Funeral for Justice

An electrifying protest album that’ll stop you in your tracks

Mdou Moctar

Mdou Moctar releases new single “Oh France”

‘Funeral For Justice’ is out on Friday, May 3

Mdou Moctar

Mdou Moctar releases new song, “Imouhar”

‘Funeral For Justice’ out May 3

charif megarbane marzipan review

Charif Megarbane – Marzipan

The Lebanese multi-instrumentalist delivers a lush, psychedelic set of analog instrumentals with the flow of a beat tape

Fela Kuti Zombie Treble 100

Treble 100: No. 51, Fela Kuti – Zombie

It’s a high enough hill to climb to be the absolute best at what you…

Tinariwen Amatssou review

Tinariwen : Amatssou

The long-running Tuareg band provide another set of effortless brilliance

Paul Simon Graceland Treble 100

Treble 100: No. 76, Paul Simon – Graceland

On his landmark 1986 album, Simon worked with South African musicians and created a landmark album

Jorge Ben Africa Brasil

Treble 100: No. 82, Jorge Ben – Africa Brasil

A transformational album of samba-rock, funk and Afro-Brazilian consciousness from the legendary singer/songwriter