Songhoy Blues – ‘Barré’

With ‘Barré‘ (Change), the Malian quartet Songhoy Blues just released the unofficial anthem for the Malian political transition after the … More

‘Fati Ka’ & ‘Aïgouna’ – Anansy Cissé

The music on Anansy Cissé‘s new album is an interesting melange that fuses traditional Malian instruments (Ngoni, Sokou, Calabash) with … More

‘Afropolitan Dreams‘ is so far definitely the best album that comes from Africa in 2014. The New York-based Ghanaian Blitz … More

Aminata Wassidjé Traoré has been a rising music star since a couple of years now. It’s just a logical consequence … More

Here is a new release from Sahelsounds, the project by Christopher Kirkley that not only explores the musical richness from … More

It’s an untypical music video, which Antoine Carlier produced for Tinariwen‘s track ‘Toumast Tincha‘ (Tamasheq for ‘The People Have Been … More

Abou Diarra is an amazing upcoming N’goni artist. Born and raised in Sikasso, Southern Mali, he realised in a very … More

Dirtmusic (Chris Eckman and Hugo Race) produced their second Sahel influenced album in Bamako in September 2012 during the high-tension … More

Sahelsounds has just released this wonderful LP, which was actually produced in 2008 in Kidal/ Mali, and is now released … More