Maral: Aural Histories

Los Angeles producer Maral draws from a rich vein of Persian folk, pop and classical to recast enduring sentiment in urgent new ways

Vieux Farka Touré and Khruangbin

Obongjayar

Binker & Moses

Emma-Jean Thackray: Everything will flow

When multi-instrumentalist and producer Emma-Jean Thackray contracted Covid-19, it threatened to derail her career. Instead, she recalibrated

Sons of Kemet

Nubiyan Twist

Toots & the Maytals

Asher Gamedze

Remembering Tony Allen, the pioneering Afrobeat drummer who inspired generations

With Fela Kuti, Tony Allen pioneered Afrobeat. His work as a solo artist and bandleader was just as foundational. We pay tribute to the late drummer who turned rhythm into joy

Shabaka and the Ancestors

Makaya McCraven and Gil Scott-Heron

Ezra Collective: Young Masters

We meet with one of London’s most exciting jazz bands to talk the genre’s evolution, working with Quincy Jones and choosing joy when confronted with bleakness

Shabaka Hutchings has something to say

We meet the visionary leader ushering in London’s jazz revolution