Int'L & World Music

In March 2022, EMPIRE assembled some of Africa's finest singers and songwriters, the musical equivalent of Ocean's Eleven, at a writing camp in San Francisco. The result is Where We Come From, Vol. 1, a 15-track compilation featuring Afrobeats royalty...

In January 2004, S?bastien Tellier released 'Politics', an ambitious album which preaches the defense of the oppressed peoples, in a luxurious dressing. The press ignites, but he was considered as an original elitist. Nevertheless, 'La Ritournelle' is a...

In 'Hitsville Re-Visited', the mighty trio add a dose of uptempo funk into traditional highlife grooves. The legendary Ebo Taylor was involved in many funk and highlife records to emerge from Ghana in the 70's and 80's. He worked with bands such as...

In a career that has spanned four decades, the acclaimed recording artist, multi-instrumentalist and singer of Irish music ballads, Noel McLoughlin has carved a repertoire that in addition to Irish Folk, includes Scottish, English, American folk and...

In 2022, a year after the release of Kvitravn and as a prelude to their forthcoming and much anticipated live dates, Wardruna present Kvitravn - First Flight of the White Raven - an immersive audio arrangement that underscores the experiential paradigm...

In 2020, Sahel Sounds hosted a project called Music from Saharan WhatsApp. This series consisted of ephemeral digital EPs, documenting live performances by some of the most exciting acts in the Sahel playing music, including Nigeri?n techno, wedding...

In 2019, after negotiations spanning many years, Ostinato Records became the first label granted access to the grand Archives of Radiodiffusion-T?l?vision de Djibouti (RTD), a vault of secrets and stories from East Africa. The first result in our...

In 2017, to commemorate Akina Nakamori's 35th anniversary since her debut, she made her first LP version of 'SHAKER+3 [UHQCD]', which was released by Universal Music 'SHAKER' released in 1997 includes 3 songs as bonus tracks, including the singles...

In 2010, Aliz?e comes back with a 4th album: "Une Enfant du Si?cle" (Institutes/Jive). The album is inspired by and depicts the life of Edie Sedgwick. This new 'concept' album is hailed by critics thanks to the various collaborations with Chateau...

In 2003, Pisco Crane assembled a six-piece band from motivated and talented like minds in the Kinshasa slums where he grew up. Pisco had been involved with a handful of local rap acts when he was younger, but after meeting legendary instrument builder...

In 1989, pianist and composer Yumiko Morioka put together a group of diverse street musicians and semi-professional players for a project that would come to be called the Synergetic Voice Orchestra. Inspired by Yumiko's love of different musical cultures...

In 1988, David Blair Stiffler risked life and limb to document under-recorded cultural groups living lives of extreme isolation in the mountainous Philippine regions of Nueva Ecija, Aurora, & Luzon. These are the fruits of that expedition. In the grand...