Message in a Brown Paper Bag: How Shifty Records Released Music Under Apartheid
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World music
World music in its classic definition is a general categorical term for global music, such as the traditional music or folk music of a culture that is created and played by indigenous musicians and is closely related to the music of the regions of their origin.
Features
To whose tune are we going to dance? Jad Abumrad on how his Fela Kuti podcast raises questions of resistance
Interview
Elijah Minnelli picks 10 recent records
List, Portrait
Enji on Jazz and the Art of Finding the Right Words Between Languages
Interview
ganavya, or: The semitone of the aeroplane engine
Portrait
Label Watch: Nø Førmat!
Portrait
Label Watch: Analog Africa
Portrait
Derya Yıldırım picks 10 records that have shaped, improved and formed her
List
Jaubi are Jazz’s Ship of Theseus
Portrait
Guest Mix: Cheb Gero
Column
Erlend Øye on Failure, Perseverance and Finding a Home in the New
Interview
»Marcos, it is great that you don’t think you are a genius.«
Interview
Label Watch: Strut Records
Portrait
Jimi Tenor picks 10 records that shaped, improved and educated him
List, Portrait
Lex Blondin picks 10 Records that Shaped, Improved and Formed him
List, Portrait
Brian Shimkovitz of Awesome Tapes from Africa live at HHV Store
Column
For Oluko Imo, Africa is everything and could be more yet
Portrait
Afrobeat from Cologne: Muito Kaballa are more than just their YouTube hit
Portrait
Nihiloxica change what the average European associates with the conceptual couple »drums« and »Africa«
Portrait
A guide to staying young with bossa nova legend Marcos Valle
Portrait
Records Revisited: Gal Costa – Índia (1973)
Column
Records Revisited: Marcos Valle – Marcos Valles (1983)
Column
Label Watch: Afrosynth
Portrait
On the death of Ivan Conti: A legend with the playfulness of a child
Nachruf
Fabiano Do Nascimento on the Opposite of Standstill
Interview
Guest Mix: Coco María
Column
Dorian Concept wants to hack the Synthesizer
Interview
Guest Mix: Maft Sai
Column
How Mulatu Astatke invented Ethio Jazz
Portrait
Blame it on the bossa nova
Essay
Reviews
Altin Gün
Garip
Glitterbeat
Tilaye Gebre
Tilaye’s Saxophone With The Dahlak Band
Muzikawi
Bim Sherman
Ghetto Dub
Week-End
Mohammad Reza Mortazavi
Nexus
Latency
Imarhan
Essam
City Slang
Helviofox
Rodeado de Batida
Príncipe
Jo Tongo
Those Flowers
The Outer Edge
Ana Frango Elétrico
A Sua Diversão / Não Tem Nada Não
Mr Bongo
Bizimungu Dieudonne
Inzovu Y’imirindi
Mississippi
Various Artists
Ghana Special: Highlife
Soundway
Bhairavi Raman & Nanthesh Sivarajah
Syncretic
Efficient Space
Zig-Zag Band
Chigiyo Music Kings
Analog Africa
Mohinder Kaur Bhamra
Punjabi Disco
Naya Beat
Sankomota
Sankomota
Shifty
Širom
In The Wind Of Night Hard-Fallen Incantations Whisper
Glitterbeat
The Good Ones
Rwanda Sings With Strings
Glitterbeat
Alien Trackers
Dubs From Vortex Beach
Jahtari
K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas
The Black Album
Soundway
K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas
The Blue Album
Soundway
Paul St. Hilaire
w/ The Producers
Kynant
Mulatu Astatke
Mulatu Plays Mulatu
Strut
Various Artists
Club Coco: New Dimensions In Latin Music
Club Coco
Alick Nkhata
Radio Lusaka
Mississippi
Hollie Cook
Shy Girl / Front Line
Mr Bongo
Shiran & Bakal
Electro Baghdad
Batov
Nina Maia
INTEIRA
Mr Bongo
Various Artists
Volition Cuts Vol.1
Efficient Space
Various Artists
Habibi Funk: A Selection From Libyan Tapes
Habibi Funk
Freh Khodja
Ken Andi Habib
WeWantSounds
Various Artists
Music For A Revolution Vol. 1: Guinea’s Syliphone Recording Label 1967-1973
Radio Martiko
News
Charlie Chimi releases the first artist album on Coco María’s label Club Coco
Premiere 
Jimi Tenor and his band are playing several concerts in Germany
Event • 
Nyron Higor live – warm tones from Brazil
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Puxa instead of folklore: Bongo Joe presents his second São Tomé & Príncipe compilation
News
Flammer Dance Band bring their Afro-psychedelia to Germany this February
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Sessa heads out on a German tour with his new album this Februar
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Between tradition and groove: Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek live in Berlin this November
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Dancehall pioneer Sister Nancy plays her only German show in Cologne
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ganavya performs a Concert between sound and ritual at Enjoy Jazz Festival
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Les Disques Bongo Joe celebrate anniversary at Berlin’s Gretchen
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Orchestra Baobab bring their Afro-Cuban sound to Hamburg and Berlin this November
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Istanbul trio Islandman to play live at Berlin’s Gretchen in October
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Derya Yıldırım, Engin and Oh Voyage at the Acid Anatolia Fest in Hamburg’s Knust in October
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Radical live music at Berlin’s Gaswerk Music Days in July
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Caribbean in the Karoviertel: »Tropical Birds« starts in September
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Mulatu Astatke on Farewell Tour – one last time in Berlin in November
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New Kokoroko Album Celebrates Resilience, Nostalgia, and Musical Openness
News
Brazilian legend Marcos Valle comes to Hamburg for a concert
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Lloyd Parks’ 1973 solo debut is to be »Officially« re-released
News
The Bug, Slikback, Fennesz and many more at the Pressure Weekender at Gretchen in Berlin
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The Island Funk just confirmed that Night Train of St Lucia’s »Making Tracks« will be reissued
News
The long-lost 1976 album »Stereo Instrumental Music« by influential Ethiopian The Ibex Band has had its second coming
News
Legendary reggae musicians played on »Black Ash Dub« by Sly & The Revolutionaries – now there’s a new edition coming
News
The only album by the outstanding Quarteto Novo is reissued for the first time in 25 years
News
Norsicaa in Berlin for the first time for the release party of »Ayo Ke Disco«
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Derya Yıldırım and Grup Şimşek announce their fourth album »Yarın Yoksa«
News
Europe’s best Afro-Funk combo, the Flammer Dance Band, is coming on tour
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The Minsk collective Soyuz brings Brazilian flair to the Berlin stage
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Azymuth, one of Brazil’s most influential bands, plays live in Hamburg and Berlin
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Home game when Jembaa Groove electrifies the stage in Berlin this October
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