Sunday 7th September 2025
Features this week, shaping up to be some of the best of the year, from Cameroon with her eighth album, Sally Nyolo – Madiya, from Mali - daughter & father Hawa & Kasse Mady Diawara – Toumaro, new Malian songstress Kankou Kouyate and her solo release N’derila, Sydney- siders Eishan Ensemble, the latest from Belgium Colombian band La Chiva Gantiva, a re-issue of Neville Marcano the Trinidadian Calypsonian known as the Growling Tiger and more.
Features this week, shaping up to be some of the best of the year, from Cameroon with her eighth album, Sally Nyolo – Madiya, from Mali - daughter & father Hawa & Kasse Mady Diawara – Toumaro, new Malian songstress Kankou Kouyate and her solo release N’derila, Sydney- siders Eishan Ensemble, the latest from Belgium Colombian band La Chiva Gantiva, a re-issue of Neville Marcano the Trinidadian Calypsonian known as the Growling Tiger and more
A offshoot of Transglobal Underground & previously unreleased - in 2007, Tim Whelan Hamid Mantu and Aly El Minyawi (then percussionist with Natacha Atlas) went into a studio and thrashed out a set of tributes to the golden age of Egyptian surf guitar.
Swiss based duo of Afro Soul Tronic. Fronted by vocalist Nongoma Ndlovu (CH/SA/ZIM) and Swiss percussionist Fabio Meier. Album out next month.
A new release from Buenos Aires Dream Nomad led by Leonardo Martinelli.
Alan Lomax recorded him in Trinidad in 1962 and he appeared at the Newport Folk Festival in 1966. In 1979, he made a great record called, Knockdown Calypsos
lan Lomax recorded him in Trinidad in 1962 and he appeared at the Newport Folk Festival in 1966. In 1979, he made a great record called, Knockdown Calypsos