Radio Tarifa - Rumba Argelina (World Circuit)
Next on the list of re-releases by World Circuit Records is 'Rumba Argelina', the 1993 long-player debut of Spanish band Radio Tarifa.
Guillermo Portabales - El Carretero (World Circuit)
To be honest, we'd rather see a new World Circuit release, but for the time being the label continues to focus on reissuing its own back catalogue. This time it's 'El Carretero', a collection of the best work by Cuban guajira artist Guillermo Portabales; a compilation album that was first released in 1996.
Tommy Tornado And The Clerks - Back On Track (Self-published)
Dutch Saxophonist Thomas Streutgers came pretty close to giving up on his alter ego Tommy Tornado. Rude Rich & The High Notes, the band that had backed him on his first two albums, had disbanded and Thomas had his hands full with The Busquitos, the jazz-comedy act playing up to 120 shows a year. Fortunately, some persistent fans kept pushing and in 2014 Thomas found a new backing band in The Clerks, a seven-piece crew from Cologne.
Kologne - A New Chapter (Self-published/Puur Live Entertainment)
Just under a year after the release of his 'Ease Off' EP, Kologne now presents the full-length 'A New Chapter' album, for which he recycled 5 tracks from the aforementioned EP and supplemented them with 9 "new" songs recorded between 2007 and 2018.
Munay Ki Dub - MKD EP (Dub-O-Phonic)
A few months after the Dub-O-Phonic label introduced us to the Argentineans of The Dubbstyle, we return to the cradle of tango for 'MKD', an EP by Munay Ki Dub, a trio from Traslasierra in the province of Cordoba in central Argentina.
Acsel & The Reggae Rebel Band - Sounds Good (Redgoldgreen Label)
Acsel & The Reggae Rebel Band is an Italian formation from Villa Bartolomea, a small village near Verona, founded by front man Alex Viaro aka Acsel.
BaBa ZuLa - Derín Derín (Glitterbeat Records)
Leaving aside the 2017 double compilation album 'XX', 'Derín Derín' is the first LP by Turkish musical rebel collective BaBa ZuLa in about 5 years.
Dub Inc - Millions (Diversité)
With 'Millions', French band Dub Inc presents its seventh album, a successor to 2016's 'So What' and one of the most impressive releases in their more than twenty-year career!
Dawtas Of Aya - Perseverança E Resistência (Self-published)
Dawtas Of Aya is a Brazilian women's trio consisting of dub poet Carol Afreekana, singer Regiane Cordeiro and singjay Sistah Mari; three strong black women who saturate their songs with a powerful pan-African lyricism.
Habib Koite - Kharifa (Contre Jour)
Some twenty-five years after the release of his debut album 'Muso Ko' and five years after predecessor 'Soô', Malian bard Habib Koite returns with 'Kharifa'. Over the years Koite's sound has become much more refined, but the formula has hardly been tampered with.
Seagulls - Regg 'N Roll EP (Self-published)
A Prophet is seldom honored in his own country, and that certainly applies to Seagulls, a three-piece Ostend formation consisting of brothers Sil, Ward and Bavo Meeus, who with 'Regg 'N Roll' are already presenting their second EP.
Maxi Priest - It All Comes Back To Love (S-Curve Records)
Exactly five years after 'Easy To Love', reggae crooner Maxi Priest returns with 'It All Comes Back To Love', for which this time he handed the reins to his buddy and colleague Shaggy.
Mah Damba - Hakili Kélé (Buda Musique)
Mah Damba, niece of the famous Fanta Damba and daughter of djeli Baba Sissoko, is a griotte or djeli-moussa from an illustrious lineage of Malian griots, but withdrew from the music scene after the demise of her husband and musical mainstay, ngoni master Mamaye Kouyate.
The Souljazz Orchestra - Chaos Theories (Strut Records)
'Chaos Theories', the new album by Canadian band The Souljazz Orchestra, turns out to be the logical sequel to its 2017 predecessor 'Under Burning Skies', which was strongly influenced by music from the nineteen eighties.
Ana Mazzotti - Ninguem Vai Me Segurar + Ana Mazzotti (Far Out Recordings)
The latest release on the Far Out Recordings label is this time entirely dedicated to the oeuvre of the somewhat forgotten Brazilian singer-songwriter Ana Mazzotti.
Clinton Fearon - History Say (Baco Records)
With a musical career spanning more than 5 decades, Clinton Fearon has nothing left to prove. Still, the Jamaican veteran spent more time than usual on 'History Say'.
Afrosideral - El Olimpo De Los Orishas (Wonderwheel Recordings)
Afrosideral is the pseudonym of Dasari Kumar Mora, a Cuban who emigrated to Madrid, first made a name for himself in the hip-hop scene under the name Kumar Sublevao-Beat and already gained experience with bands like Havana Cultura, Afrikun and Electrorumbaiao, but with 'El Olimpo De Los Orishas' now takes a completely different musical route.
Tinariwen - Amadjar (Wedge/Pias)
The story behind 'Amadjar' (Tamasheq for "unknown visitor") started in October of 2018 at the Taragalte Festival for nomadic cultures in the Moroccan Sahara. After their set at the festival, the members of Tinariwen immediately drove on to Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania, an almost two week journey. Every evening the caravan halted somewhere and under the beautiful starry sky the various musicians started to work on the foundations of this long-player.
Various Artists - Alefa Madagascar: Salegy, Soukous & Soul From The Red Island 1974-1984 (Strut Records)
For 'Alefa Madagascar: Salegy, Soukous & Soul From The Red Island 1974-1984', Mauritian Percy Yip Tong and Réunionese deejay collective La Basse Tropicale delved into the archives of Malagasy labels like Jean-François de Comarmond's Discomad and Charles Maurin Poty's Kaiamba.
Jungle Weed - Flying Island (Universal Egg)
With 'Flying Island', the Universal Egg label is finally presenting an album release by another artist than Zion Train themselves again. Jungle Weed aka Dub Trotter, is the alter ego of Jules Deville, a dub producer and globetrotter from Toulouse in the south of France.