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more »Abdel Ali Slimani

From Algeria

Abdel Ali Slimani was born in the U Anasser District of Algiers, the heart of a vibrant cosmopolitan port with one eye on Europe, the other on Africa. Music was a pe&hellip read more »

Releases by Abdel Ali Slimani:
  • Mraya cover

more »Abdelli

From Algeria

Abdelli is a Berber of the Kabyle people, indigenous North Africans who inhabited the region since pre-Arab times. His main instrument is the mandola, a cross betwee&hellip read more »

Releases by Abdelli:
  • Among Brothers cover
  • Among Brothers cover

more »Adrian Sherwood

From United Kingdom

Adrian Sherwood's love affair with Jamaican music began back in the late '60s when, as a child of 11, he would hang around outside a local West Indian club with a sc&hellip read more »

Releases by Adrian Sherwood:
  • Bought For A Dollar Sold For A Dime cover
  • Bought For A Dollar Sold For A Dime cover
  • Bought For A Dollar Sold For A Dime cover
Releases featuring Adrian Sherwood:
  • Bought For A Dollar Sold For A Dime cover
  • Bought For A Dollar Sold For A Dime cover
  • Bought For A Dollar Sold For A Dime cover

more »Africa Calling

From Zimbabwe

Youssou N'Dour et Le Super Étoile de Dakar (Senegal) Youssou N'Dour has revolutionised Senegalese music over the last thirty years. His keening, plaintive tenor has &hellip read more »

Releases featuring Africa Calling:
  • Live 8 at Eden: Africa Calling cover

more »Afro Celt Sound System

From United Kingdom

It has been an extraordinary 10 year journey for the Afro Celt Sound System - one of the most innovative music collectives of its time. In that period there have be&hellip read more »

Releases by Afro Celt Sound System:
  • Capture cover
  • Capture cover
  • Capture cover
  • Capture cover
  • Capture cover
Releases featuring Afro Celt Sound System:
  • Capture cover
  • Capture cover
  • Capture cover

more »Amjad Ali Khan

From India

Amjad Ali Khan was born in 1945 in Gwalior, one of the great cities of Madhya Pradesh, India. It's famous as the home of Miyan Tansen (c1500-1590), one of the semi&hellip read more »

Releases by Amjad Ali Khan:
  • Moksha cover

more »Ananda Shankar

From India

The Ananda Shankar Experience & State of Bengal 'Walking On' CDRW83 The first thing to say about this music is that it wasn't made by a band, it was put together&hellip read more »

Releases by Ananda Shankar:
  • Walking On cover

more »Ashkhabad

From Turkmenistan

Ashkabad is the capital of Turkmenistan and its cultural hearts. The city's finest musicians have come together and called themselves ASHKHBAD, a word which derives &hellip read more »

Releases by Ashkhabad:
  • City of Love cover
Releases featuring Ashkhabad:
  • City of Love cover

more »Aurelio

From Honduras

Born in the tiny coastal hamlet of Plaplaya on Honduras' Caribbean coast, Aurelio Martinez, 39, may be one of the last generations to grow up steeped in Garifuna tra&hellip read more »

Releases by Aurelio:
  • Laru Beya cover

more »Ayub Ogada

From Kenya

Ayub Ogada's 20-year career as a professional musician includes eight years spent in a Nairobi band, some time busking on the Northern Line and a tour with Peter Gab&hellip read more »

Releases by Ayub Ogada:
  • En Mana Kuoyo cover
Releases featuring Ayub Ogada:
  • En Mana Kuoyo cover
  • En Mana Kuoyo cover
  • En Mana Kuoyo cover
  • En Mana Kuoyo cover
  • En Mana Kuoyo cover
  • En Mana Kuoyo cover
  • En Mana Kuoyo cover

more »Big Blue Ball

There is a dedicated website for Big Blue Ball with more information along with audio and video from the project. Big Blue Ball has taken on the curious legendary s&hellip read more »

Releases by Big Blue Ball:
  • Big Blue Ball cover
Releases featuring Big Blue Ball:
  • Big Blue Ball cover

more »Charlie Musselwhite

The story of the man and his music Charlie Musselwhite was born in the hill country of Mississippi and landed in Memphis at a time when the city was coming of age r&hellip read more »

Releases by Charlie Musselwhite:
  • Delta Hardware cover
  • Delta Hardware cover
Releases featuring Charlie Musselwhite:
  • Delta Hardware cover
  • Delta Hardware cover

more »Charlie Winston

From United Kingdom

"It's near impossible for me to write in one style only," says singer/songwriter Charlie Winston. "And today in my generation of songwriting, there's a bit of a lack&hellip read more »

Releases by Charlie Winston:
  • Running Still cover
  • Running Still cover
  • Running Still cover

more »Chris Wood

From United Kingdom

'The renaissance man of English folk' as the Irish Times called him. Chris's debut album The Lark Descending (2005) was hailed an instant classic. The founder of The&hellip read more »

Releases featuring Chris Wood:
  • The Imagined Village cover