With Loop Tales, Camille El Bacha and Naghib Shanbehzadeh bring Western classical piano into dialogue with Persian and Middle Eastern percussion. The piano evokes echoes of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Ravel and Steve Reich, while percussion adds a vibrant rhythmic dimension. Each piece unfolds as a looping narrative built on repetition and evolving cycles that gradually transform. Piano and percussion create an immersive counterpoint where musical traditions intersect, shaping a sonic space in which cultures meet and reinvent themselves.

Displaced Dreams, the new album by Cypriot violinist and composer Michalis Kouloumis, is a deeply emotional reflection inspired by the plight of displaced people—an experience that also shaped his own family history. Blending musical elements from the Eastern Mediterranean and Western traditions, Kouloumis crafts a poignant statement on shared humanity amid global political turmoil. This work offers both a personal and universal narrative through a unique fusion of styles.

The legendary Roger Waters and acclaimed Palestinian musician Mona Miari are releasing a re-imagined version of the iconic song Comfortably Numb. 47 years after it was first released, with new Arabic verses that transform the Pink Floyd classic into a powerful battlecry to bring global attention to the continued genocide in Gaza. This new interpretation amplifies the song’s original message of rejecting extreme alienation and apathy.

Purbayan Chatterjee, one of India’s most celebrated and exploratory modern sitarists, and five-time GRAMMY Award-winning guitarist, composer, and producer Mark Lettieri (Snarky Puppy) have announced their collaborative debut album Feathered Creatures, set for release on June 5. Throughout the new project, the duo channel their masterful musicianship into a bold new sonic territory – forging a dynamic dialogue between progressive Indian classical sitar and electric guitar. Feathered Creatures is an artistic team-up crafting new and exciting sounds out of pure skillful collaboration, the result of true cross-continental creative kismet.

Kronstad 23 return with Dødehavet, the Norwegian quartet’s third album and first release on Batov Records. Continuing their instinctive, analogue-led approach, the record sits between cinematic jazz and psychedelic rock, threaded with Scandinavian folk and wider global influences. Recorded live to tape with minimal preparation and no modern studio intervention, Dødehavet captures a band working on feel, interaction and momentum rather than polish or precision.

With over 20 million albums sold worldwide and a Grammy® win for Best World Music Album, Gipsy Kings bring their globally lauded legacy to Historia. Inspired by childhood memories of family gatherings and community celebrations, Historia captures the timeless spirit, energy and passion that has defined their sound for decades. Historia is a vibrant journey through the rich rhythms and soulful melodies of Gipsy culture. Blending flamenco guitars, joyful choruses, and lively dance rhythms, the album celebrates music, tradition, and togetherness.

Bambaraoui performs both entirely traditional songs from the Gnawa and hunter music repertoires, most lying at the intersection of the two, but with new arrangements. The music also ventures into blues, funk, and modern dance music styles that, in one way or another, have their origins in West Africa. Bambaraoui is a journey into the past, the present, and into the future.

Transara is the gateway to an invisible world, a path leading beyond a state of consciousness. Breaths combine, oscillate, vibrate…rhythms meld into textures… all forming part of the same multi-sensory experience. The stories in this narrative are all introspections, and they are connected via multiple threads to a single, grand ‘whole’ that makes us question the very notion of reality. Emboldened by this sense of interweavement, Anissa, Léo and Robinson truly inhabit their roles as conduits for a multicultural heritage which has its roots in a profound sense of connectedness.

The borderless, tropical band “of Tropique,” whose core sound blends funk and rock-infused exotica, releases a 12-track full-length album on vinyl LP! This work maximizes their core lineup as a guitar-less trio, featuring a diverse array of 14 guest musicians to construct a rich sonic landscape. This landmark release in the history of domestic exotica and tropical music features Mutsumi Kobayashi of the Minyo Crusaders, Rockin' Enocky of Jackie & The Cedrics, to global talents like Joshua Camp of CHICHA LIBRE and MIRAMAR, the standard-bearer of US new wave Latin bands, and more! It's a masterpiece that delivers the full thrill, excitement, and pleasure of encountering unknown music.

A year after “Live in NYC” (2025), the album that won a Latin Grammy in the Best Latin Jazz/Jazz Album category, the Hamilton de Holanda Trio is releasing another album on 20 May, “Nova”.

Airto Moreira and Flora Purim, the legendary King and Queen of Brazilian Jazz, have captivated audiences for over six decades with their vibrant albums and exhilarating live performances. With a dedicated global fan base including the UK’s jazz funk and jazz dance scene to Japan’s concert halls, the power couple continues to make waves in the industry – Flora’s ‘If You Will’ (2022) album was even nominated for a Grammy!

Introducing "East is East", the latest album from Infusion Baroque. This fourth album from the Montreal-based ensemble is a fusion of Western Baroque, Persian and Indian music traditions. Featuring collaborators Amir Amiri, Hank Knox, Thibault Bertin-Maghit, Hamin Honari, Vidita Kanniks, and Shawn Mativetsky, the thirteen tracks see Western and Eastern musical traditions find common ground in transcultural music.In "Bergamasca" and "La Folia", baroque composers are realized with Persian santur, tombak, and daf alongside the Western harpsicord, violin, cello, and recorder.

Shika Shika presents Huaynos Floridos, the third album by Argentine artist, researcher, and educator Gregorio Quirós. In this new work, Quirós delves into huayno as an expanding field, exploring its possibilities through an instrumentation that overflows the boundaries of the Andes. Colombian chonta marimbas, Mexican jaranas, Argentine percussion and bass drums, along with other Latin American instruments, shape a sonic palette that travels the continent from north to south, proposing a renewed, bold, and contemporary timbre.

Alternesia Revisited is a re-imagining of Jon Iverson's ground-breaking world-gamelan-fusion album Alternesia first issued in 1998.

Crossroads is a new project born from the collaboration between the Belgian quartet Motyk and the Georgian women’s choir Sathanao. The program weaves the mystical polyphony of Georgian singing with Motyk’s dynamic and adventurous compositions, creating a compelling dialogue between past and present, tradition and innovation, in which both ensembles challenge and enrich one another.