A profoundly beautiful new chapter in trumpeter/producer Volker Goetze's inspiring explorations of West African traditional music with jazz, this time with the revered Senegalese kora master Ali Boulo Santo Cissoko (Trilok Gurtu, Manu Dibango, Angélique Kidjo…) and legendary percussionist Mino Cinélu (Miles Davis, Weather Report, George Benson…).

The 1969 collaboration by salsa’s legendary duo Willie Colón and Héctor Lavoe, is a fantastic stew of a bold fusion of styles like son, guajira, bomba, guaguancó and more. The album’s highlight songs include, “No me den candela,” Willie’s response to Herbie Hancock’s “Watermelon Man,” “I Wish I Had A Watermelon” and the upbeat title track written by the duo.

New York-born, Tamil Nadu-raised singer and transdisciplinarian Ganavya – “among modern music's most compelling vocalists,” according to the Wall Street Journal – releases her new album, Nilam.

Uniquely inspired by sixteen pristine, biodiverse isles belonging to the territory of her homeland Sri Lanka, Tanya Ekanayaka’s sixteen contrastive and palpable compositions, or ‘Piano Isles’, comprising this album, embody two distinct forms of composition-performance.

PEDRA DO SOL is the title inspired by a precious stone known for its shimmering brilliance reminiscent of the sun's Rays. This song reflects that same light with a sound that ranges from the deep bass of the bass to the bright treble of the melody. Like the stone that gives it its name, music transmits energy, joy and a positive vibration, becoming a source of inspiration and well-being for those who listen to it.

Zulu Guitar's Pioneering Tricksters But for this compilation of rescued songs masterfully restored from rare 78 rpm shellacs, few could imagine the diversely beautiful roots of Zulu Guitar Music emerging during the period 1950 – 1965. Story-tellers and master musicians appropriate outlaw personae, re-purpose country and western, Hawaiian and other styles, to stretch and challenge our notion of “the Zulu guitar”. Twenty-five songs (18 on vinyl) plunge us into the depths of the migrant experience. Translations in the liner notes offer us glimpses of pugnacity, melancholy and heartache, all coloured by the paternalism that circumscribed the singers’ apartheid-dominated lives.

The hard Salsa follow up to the landmark Indestructible does not disappoint. Barretto is every bit as hard and swingin here in a hard salsa classic.

Ever since Ramón "Mongo" Santamaría arrived in the United States from Cuba in the late 1940s and hooked up with bebop legend Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente, Cal Tjader, and Pérez Prado, he's been the most imitated conga drummer in Latin jazz and salsa music. Further, his pioneering flute-violin charanga bands have almost singly expanded the parameters of Latin sounds in America.

Tezcan was born on March 15, 1945 in Istanbul, Turkey as the daughter of Cemal Konca, one of the first makeup artists in Turkey.

Mina Anna Mazzini (born 25 March 1940) or Mina Anna Quaini (for the Swiss civil registry), known mononymously as Mina, is an Italian singer and actress.

Celia Caridad Cruz Alfonso (21 October 1925 – 16 July 2003), known as Celia Cruz, was a Cuban singer and one of the most popular Latin artists of the 20th century.

MARTA VALADON is a free spirited violinist and singer- songwriter who began her career traveling all across Europe in her van, making the street her first and foremost stage. She has since settled in London, where she has woven herself into the fabric of its roots music scene.

Rodriguez's band, Pete Rodríguez y Su Conjunto, specialized in Latin boogaloo.

German Afghan, internationally celebrated singer and composer Simin Tander, known for her expressive and emotionally evocative voice, received the Annual German Record Critics‘ Award in 2016 for her ECM album with pianist Tord Gustavsen. Recently nominated for the German Jazz Prize 2024 in the „Vocal“ category, Tander continues to captivate audiences with her powerful yet delicate timbre.

Priya Darshini's Periphery is elegant, tranquil, intricately layered, timeless and virtuosic.