World Music Compilation Compilation
Not all of us can be experts on the 1970s rock scene in Benin and also be all over the late 1960s Thai jazz & molam movement, which is why world music compilations made by thorough musical archivists are so worth your time. Of course not everyone wants to know...
Best Albums of 2020 – longlist
Who’ll make the final cut? My best albums of 2020 list is growing. Beats, jazz, indie, rap, afrobeat, drone…
The Inside World
Two mixes in one year, this is bordering on prolific! Ken Nordine kicks this mix off with some of his unique ‘word jazz’ stylings, before we move over to world jazz, a whole heap of afrobeat, classic and modern, the surprisingly beautiful theme music to...
A Short Walk In The Hindu Kush
Even the most casual remarks let drop by this remarkable people had the impact of a sledgehammer. Tū tōtt baglo piltiā. ‘Thy father fell into the river.’ I non angur ai; tū tā duts angur ai. ‘I have nine fingers; you have ten.’ Ōr manchī aiyo; buri aīsh kutt. ‘A dwarf has come to ask for food.’ And Iā chitt bitto tū jārlom, ‘I have an intention to kill you’, to which the reply came pat, Tū bilugh lē bidiwā manchī assish, ‘You are a very kind-hearted man.’