Apostles – Banko Woman
Cultures of Soul has forged quite a name for themselves in the record industry. Whether it’s tackling a Brazilian forty five box set, private press jazz, Bombay disco, rare female […]
Category Archives: African Music
Blay Ambolley – Afrika Yie
The name Blay Ambolley and his Sekondi Highlife Band are synonymous with African highlife music. His latest release, Ketan is his thirtieth release. That’s right we said thirtieth, and still […]
Black Flower – Bones
Belgian outfit Black Flower come through this morning with an Ethio-jazz track to start off your week. Steering the ship is saxophonist Nathan Daems, who alongside Jon Birdsong on coronet, […]
The Best of 2016: World Funky Jams
This past year we had quite a bit of other records that were funky but didn’t fall under the funk or soul genre. They were influenced by a whole lot […]
Dem JuJu Poets – Barabara
Today’s goodness comes courtesy of Davd Hanke from Renegades of Jazz who has a new side project called Dem JuJu Poets. This project will feature heavy dance floor jazz and […]
Etienne de la Sayette – Maputo Queens
With so much music out every day, sometimes it’s hard to keep up. So when we were introduced to Paris based composer/arranger/producer Etienne de la Sayette’s solo effort Maputo Queens, […]
Mukatsuku Records Afro Funk Gems Vol. 7: South Africa
In its seventh selection of Mukatsuku Records Afro Funk Gems, Mukatsuku Records visits South Africa and gives us two tracks that will certainly have the dance floor busting and grooving […]
Cymande To Release New Record
Remember when you first were introduced to Cymande? We can remember it like yesterday. One of our DJ buddies broke out “Bra” and “The Message” and we went nuts. We […]
The Sorcerers: The Ethiopiques Of The Modern Age
Music sounds and styles take many various forms, and a lot of sounds eventually come full circle in return. We’ve seen a certain funk and soul sound akin to the […]
Mr. Bongo Africa 45s 1 & 2
In this round of international 45s, Mr. Bongo goes back to Africa with a pair of scorchers to light up the dance floor any time. For the first in the […]
Flea Market Funk 