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Daily Discovery: Makadem – Nakili Session

Makadem’s Nakili Session at The Beer District in Nairobi centres on his Nyatiti playing and the Benga lineage linked to his work.

#Makadem #NakiliSession #Kenya #Nyatiti #Benga #DailyDiscovery #RhythmPassport
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November 30, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Daily Discovery: Koyel Basu – El Quetzal (Ochin Pakhi)

A bilingual recording linking Baul lyrics by Lalon Shah with Son Jarocho instruments including dotara, leona, jarana, cajón, tabla and zapateado, tied to her album Donde La Tierra Canta.

#KoyelBasu #ElQuetzal
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November 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Daily Discovery: Yaatri & Rebel Elements – "Raina"

Tabla phrases shaped by tala patterns meet drum kit, programmed drums and synth bass on this Leeds collaboration released 19 November.

#Yaatri #RebelElements #Raina #Leeds #Indian #Jazz
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November 28, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Daily Discovery: Soma Soma – O Mundo Parou

Bristol's Soma Soma address pandemic stasis on "O Mundo Parou", opener from Nem Toda Flor. Started in Brazil 2020, influenced by '70s samba before lockdown redirected the lyrics. Out via Mintaka Records

#SomaSoma #Bristol
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November 27, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Daily Discovery: COLECTIVA – "EERO"

London collective COLECTIVA released "EERO" through Jazz re:freshed — a five-minute Afro-Latin and jazz piece the all-female band describe as an ode to grief. Their eponymous debut EP follows on 12 December

#COLECTIVA #EERO #Jazz
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November 26, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Daily Discovery: Jimmy Cliff – Acoustic Live @ KCRW (2012)

Jimmy Cliff’s 2012 KCRW acoustic session, reposted yesterday yesterday in tribute, returns to Rebirth songs and Many Rivers To Cross and shows how far he took Jamaican reggae.

#JimmyCliff #Jamaica
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November 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Daily Discovery: Yilian Cañizares – "Maputo"

Cuban-Swiss violinist Yilian Cañizares released "Maputo" on 18/11. Ronga lyrics, violin, guitar, guimbass and percussion recorded in Paris with Childo Tomas and Inor Sotolongo. From album Vitamina Y, out 6 February.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Daily Discovery: Or Kantor – The Golden Temple Revelation

The Golden Temple Revelation opens Or Kantor’s album Snake Island on Anova Music, a three minute Subterranean music single with Sefi Zisling that links Mediterranean ballads, desert blues and spiritual jazz
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November 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Daily Discovery: Saint Levant – WAZIRA Live at Carthage

Saint Levant took "Wazira" to Tunis's Carthage Festival in August. Song about exile and reunion over trap-based Arab-pop with crowd call-and-response. From Love Letters / رسائل حب (Deluxe).

#SaintLevant #Wazir
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November 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Daily Discovery: Sonic Alley – Rock The Night

Calgary band Sonic Alley share a visualiser for lovers-rock track "Rock The Night". Written and produced entirely by the band ahead of their May 2026 album.

#SonicAlley #RockTheNight #Reggae #LoversRock
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November 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Daily Discovery: The Klezmatics – Spin Dreydl Spin

New York klezmer group The Klezmatics reissue instrumental "Spin Dreydl Spin" for their 40th anniversary. Violin, Jew's harp & drums from the expanded Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukkah, out via Shamus Records.
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November 22, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Daily Discovery: JonQuan – Gwan Walk

JonQuan connects his vintage-rooted production with Rik Jam’s singjay phrasing on “Gwan Walk”, released 14 November via Easy Star Records.

#JonQuan #GwanWalk #UnitedStates #Jamaica #reggae #rootsreggae #EasyStarRecords
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November 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Daily Discovery: Curayaku – Échale Leña al Fuego

Curayaku centre San Bartolo in “Échale Leña al Fuego”, built on Afro-Peruvian percussion, cajón, guitars and a cumbia line. It follows Abriendo Camino and reinforces their coastal connection.

#Curayaku #Peru
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November 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Daily Discovery: Rakino Quartet – I Could Go Again If You’re Up For It

Rakino Quartet present “I Could Go Again If You’re Up For It”, shaped by jazz, afrobeat and trip-hop as they work toward Backwards Into The Beyond for early 2026.

#RakinoQuartet #London #Afrobeat
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November 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Daily Discovery: OBIDAYA – What May Be (Their Purpose)

Four voices, Hammond and clavinet frame OBIDAYA’s “What May Be (Their Purpose)”, with lyrics addressing excess and profit-led choices inside New Chapter.

#OBIDAYA #WhatMayBe #Reggae #France #RootsReggae
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November 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Daily Discovery: Boogát – Sapatinho

Boogát and Diogo Ramos revisit Sapatinho with a Poirier remix shaped in Montreal, returning to their 2024 Del Horizonte single.

#Boogat #DiogoRamos #Sapatinho #Montreal #Latin #HipHop #SambaFunk #QuebrasMusic
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November 19, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Daily Discovery: Sérgio Onze – Sapatinhos (Ao Vivo)

Live take recorded for RTP’s Em Casa d’Amália, placing Sérgio Onze in a space built around Amália Rodrigues’ legacy and linking to the album NÓS.

#SérgioOnzee #Sapatinhos #Fado #Portugal #Lisbon
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November 18, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Daily Discovery: The Oddroots – Awareness (Live Session Remix by The Oddroots)

Awareness returns as a Studio Miriam live session from Rome-based The Oddroots, expanding the 2024 Surna Records EP track with a 15-piece roots reggae & soul band.

#TheOddroots #Awarenes
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November 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Daily Discovery: AlMultaqa – Tawjah

Tawjah opens the EP Dafayer with an Afro-Arab ensemble working with oud, kora, adungu and balafon around Sudanese pentatonic writing from the UAE.

#AlMultaqa #Tawjah #Dafayer #UnitedArabEmirates #Sudan #AfroArab
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November 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Daily Discovery: KIMIA – Sotula

KIMIA voices Sotula in Lingala as a tribute to her mother, recorded with producer Julien Noko Decoret before her Trans Musicales appearance.

#KIMIA #Sotula #France #Congo #AcidAfro
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November 15, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Daily Discovery: Chicago Immigrant Orchestra – Merci Bon Dieu

“Merci Bon Dieu” brings a Haitian song by Frantz Casseus into CIO’s album Sanctuary, sung in Haitian Creole. A WGN-TV live version adds Igbo vocals and spoken word by Ugochi Nwaogwugwu.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Nusantara Beat spoke with us at Budapest Ritmo and again in late October, discussing their debut album, Indonesian heritage, family music and their progression from classic reinterpretations to original work.

#NusantaraBeat #Amsterdam #Indonesia #Glitterbeat
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November 14, 2025 at 1:06 PM
João Selva speaks with us about Onda, the coastal journey that shaped it, the fast studio sessions with Patchworks, the shifting form of the songs on tour, and the new work he’s developing. The interview also looks ahead to his UK dates

#JoaoSelva #Onda #Brazil
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November 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Daily Discovery: Tone of Voice Orchestra – Tourist at God’s Mercy

Tone of Voice Orchestra link samba percussion and Nordic folk harmony on "Tourist at God’s Mercy", the first single from Running from the Devil, released on 7 November.

#ToneOfVoiceOrchestra #Denmark
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November 13, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Daily Discovery: Barzo – Minagan

Barzo and Kaleta connect afrobeat with Afro-Latin and Caribbean rhythm on "Minagan", from GRIOT, released 7 November 2025 by Wonderwheel Recordings.

#Barzo #Minagan #CostaRica #Benin #Nigeria #afrobeat #AfroLatin #AfroCaribbean
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November 12, 2025 at 12:16 PM