Antibalas’ Amayo Debuts With Eclectic Solo Effort
The five tracks of Lion Awakes, meant to accompany Antibalas member Amayo’s upcoming film, tell an autobiographical and mythological story.
The five tracks of Lion Awakes, meant to accompany Antibalas member Amayo’s upcoming film, tell an autobiographical and mythological story.
Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp are a cohesive collective in which each participant is passionate about the music they make.
Annarella and Django’s Jouer is lush with thought, skill, and, yes, play, intangible elements that make this genre-defying album superb and satisfying.
The Chatuye archives offer a broader understanding of how Garifuna artists have sounded their identity in community with one another.
In 2024’s best global music, celebrations of culture abound, with performers playing with sounds of home and family from the Caribbean to Tanzania and beyond.
This new compilation celebrates Ukrainian musicians’ abilities to find alternate modes of creating in the face of Soviet state restrictions.
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São Paulo band Nomade Orquestra’s ‘Terceiro Mundo’ is a shining example of a group capable of being original, inventive, and nonetheless broadly appealing.
The Linda Lindas voice the trials inherent to growing up in a society that devalues perspectives of the young, the feminine, and the ‘different’.
Kit Sebastian’s New Internationale is a robust pop masterpiece, a boldly artful work that is refined but not restrained, tasteful but never bland.
Citron Citron’s Maréeternelle is accessible avant-garde pop still edging toward highbrow. It highlights the ultramodern sounds coming from Geneva’s underground.