Ammar Kalia

Over the past 30 years, U.K. jazz has taken on multiple, ever-changing guises. From the genre-spanning fusions of the group Polar Bear,...

Various Artists – Perú Selvático: Sonic Expedition Into the Peruvian Amazon 1972-1986 Anchored in hip-swaying, syncopated clave rhythm...

Few artists can claim to lead mainstream British rap like Michael Ebenezer Kwadjo Omari Owuo junior, an artist from south London known as...

Cheick Tidiane Seck – Kelena Fôly There are few places to hide on a solo piano record. The often fragile and expressive format has been a...

Over the past decade, British experimental electronic duo Autechre have been playing live shows in the dark. Not the darkness of a...

Sarathy Korwar – Kalak Sarathy Korwar has a light touch behind the drum kit. Since debuting with 2016’s Day to Day, where he mixed the...

Mabe Fratti – Se Ve Desde Aquí Life after lockdown has been a time of creative change for Mabe Fratti. The Guatemalan cellist and...

The release of producer Beatrice Dillon’s 2020 debut album, Workaround, heralded a unique talent. Over 14 compositions – each clipping...

Pakistani quartet Jaubi are best described as improvisers rather than a band that operates within a particular genre. Although their...

Star Feminine Band – In Paris Benin’s Star Feminine Band have had a remarkable journey to releasing their music. The seven-piece...

Fifteen years ago, Wimbledon singer-songwriter Jamie Treays – AKA Jamie T – released his debut album, Panic Prevention. Armed with a...

Lamin Fofana – The Open Boat Across the eight tracks of Lamin Fofana’s latest album trilogy, the Sierra Leonean producer builds on his...

Tumi Mogorosi – Group Theory ‘New Black music is this: find the self, then kill it.” The US poet Amiri Baraka wrote these words in the...

Auntie Flo & Sarathy Korwar – Shruti Dances Drummer and composer Sarathy Korwar has made a career of unifying unexpected collaborators....

Early 00s pop TV was fertile ground for hyperactive performances. From the flirty cheek of TMi to the saccharine staging of CD:UK,...

Joe Rainey – Niineta The drum is central to powwow music. Singers beat in unison on its skin as their voices overlap with vibrato-laden...

Horace Andy – Midnight Rocker Few singers have better mirrored the mercurial sound of dub than Horace Andy. Finding prominence with a...

The last time I saw Sean Bowie, AKA Yves Tumor, they were shirtless and writhing on stage, wreathed in dry ice. Their tall frame paced...

Sélène Saint-Aimé: Potomitan In Haitian Vodou, the potomitan is the central pillar that holds up the temple. At its base is where ritual...

Earlier this month, Streatham rapper Dave closed the Brit awards wielding an electric guitar that shot flames out of its neck while he...