Artists
Alostmen
Alostmen’s music is based on the Frafra traditions of the kologo, a stringed lute, using traditional instrumentation in new ways. “I’m a yout’man and into rap, reggae, Malian music. I add these to the band’s sound” explains Stevo.
Gyedu-Blay Ambolley
The Legendary Gyedu Blay Ambolley from Ghana, with his Sekondi Band, has 29 albums to his credit. The most recent “The African Soul” released in 2015 still remains a hit for Highlife/Afro/Jazz dance music fans globally.
Los Pirañas
Los Pirañas are a Bogotá power trio and an instrumental supergroup, with members from Meridian Brothers, Frente Cumbiero and Romperayo. They tear up cumbia, champeta and chicha with psychedelic guitar, punk energy and a wicked sense of humour. The result is wild, joyful and impossible not to dance to.
Yalla Miku
Blending post-kraut grooves, mutant folklore and electronic trance, Yalla Miku sparks dialogue between traditions from the Horn of Africa, Lebanon and the most unrestrained experiments of Geneva’s underground.
Blind Yeo
Blind Yeo are a shape-shifting psych collective from Falmouth, Cornwall, mixing motorik grooves, cosmic folk and wild improvisation. Their debut album, The Lemoine Point, is out now on Bongo Joe Records.
Cyril Cyril
Cyril Cyril have taken their very unique multi-percussion ufo-banjo ghost-like fanfare all over Europe with their first two albums, bringing back two collaborative songs with the Meridian Brothers earlier this year.
Samba Touré (Mali)
With new album 'Baarakelaw' in the pipeline for 2025 release, this protege to Ali Farka Touré has an 'anti-griot' approach to music, singing not of illustrious ancestors but of the simple community of daily life, and those often forgotten in this much celebrated style of music.
Me & My Friends
Soulful, poignant music with a beat: a unique blend of Afrobeat grooves with rich harmonies, languidly graceful cello and playfully funky clarinet, all tied together by the hauntingly elegant voice of singer and guitarist Nick Rasle.
Florence Adooni
A unique, Ghanaian combination of the soul of the northern savannah and the sound of the rainforest region, fusing the best of both cultures, crossing Frafra Gospel with High-Life.
Lamisi
Lamisi is the first female artist from her region to record and tour professionally with many stars from Ghana's flourishing music scene. She is also a powerful advocate for the rights of the girl child.
Batsükh Dorj
A mastery of the different throat singing styles typical of the Tuvans (Mongolia). Batsükh Dorj sings of his nomadic culture, imitating the rhythms of horses and the flow of water.
Electric Jalaba
A slick live fusion of EDM and Moroccan traditional gnawa music – Electric Jalaba explore the hypnotic overlap between traditional and modern trance grooves.
Sahra Halgan
Sahra Halgan’s music nods to Afrobeat, Tuareg and Ethio-Jazz. It encapsulates the hope and strength of her community and has become deeply embedded in the heart of Somaliland.
Daraa Tribes
Originating from Tagounite in Morocco’s Daraa River Valley, Daraa Tribes is a desert music group bringing together the diverse musical traditions of southern Morocco. Blending Gnawa, Sahrawi, Amazigh, Regada and Ikaaba rhythms with Sahara blues, rock and tribal sounds, the group creates a distinctive fusion rooted in the region’s rich cultural heritage.
Madalitso Band
Armed with a one-string slide bass, a four-string guitar, a cow-skin kick drum and two harmonious voices, Malawian duo Madalitso Band bring sunshine wherever they travel. Discovered busking in Lilongwe, they’ve played 450 shows in 20 countries since their international debut at Sauti Za Busara in 2017.
Nasanjargal Ganbold & Johanni Curtet
Nasanjargal Ganbold, aka 'Nasaa', is a master in the field. Hailing from the Altai, the cradle of khöömii (throat singing) in Mongolia. Accompanied by Johanni Curtet, specialist in throat-singing in the West, their music is an arresting interaction with the natural landscape that celebrates nomadic connection with nature.
Songø
Since 2019, the band have been creating their own version of afro-pop. Versatile frontwoman Sisanda Myataza sings & raps in Xhosa, English & French, performing Afrohouse & Amapiano to Afrobeat & more.
Pictish Trail
Pictish Trail is the psychedelic folk-pop project of Johnny Lynch, based on the Isle of Eigg in the Scottish Hebrides. His sixth album, Life Slime, finds beauty in emotional wreckage, twisting heartbreak into strange, euphoric electronic pop and lo-fi folk wonder.
Ustad Noor Bakhsh
Noor Bakhsh is known for his virtuosic playing, deeply rooted in Balochi musical forms, but his music also elicits influences from traditions and musical forms far beyond Balochistan.
Noura Mint Seymali
Noura Mint Seymali is Mauritania’s defining artist on the international stage, bringing the hypnotic power of Moorish griot music into electrifying new territory.