
New African Music

Looking for new African music?
Here’s our regularly updated list of African flavoured album releases.
Album Releases 2020
**ALBUM OF THE MONTH**
Month – November 2020
Artist – Star Feminine Band (Benin)
Title – Star Feminine Band
Label – Born Bad Records
Genre – Beninese sato/ highlife/garage rock/Congolese rumba
Month – November 2020
Artist – Bombino (Niger)
Title – Live in Amsterdam
Label – Partisan Records
Genre – Desert Rock/Blues/Tuareg
Month – October 2020
Artist – Lucas Nwananga and His Band (South Africa/UK)
Title – Back to Soweto
Label – Umsakazo Records
Genre – Jive/ Mbaqanga/Soweto
Month – November 2020
Artist – Ausecuma Beats (Senegal/Mali/Australia)
Title – Ausecuma Beats
Label – Music in Exile
Genre – Afrofusion/Afrobeat/Jazz
Month – September 2020
Artist – Bantu (Nigeria)
Title – Everybody Get Agenda
Label – Soledad Productions (Broken Silence)
Genre – Afrobeat/Funk/Jazz
Month – September 2020
Artist – Dandana (Netherlands/Senegal/The Gambia)
Title – Free the system
Label – Rebel Up! Records
Genre – Afrofuturist
Month – September 2020 Artist – Sidi Touré (Mali) Title – Afrik Toun Mé Label – Thrill Jockey Records Genre – Desert Blues/Folk /Rock
Month – September 2020
Artist -Flem, feat. Vieux Farka Touré & Amy D (Mali)
Title – Nomades
Label – Enzo Productions
Genre – Rap/Desert Blues/Rock
Month – September 2020
Artist – Afel Bocoum (Mali)
Title – Lindé
Label – World Circuit Records
Genre – Desert Blues/Traditional
Month – September 2020
Artist – Orchestra Baobab (Senegal)
Title – Specialists in all Styles – (Reissue 50th Anniversary LP)
Label – World Circuit Records
Genre – Afro/Latin
Month – August 2020
Artist – Mystic Mbira Music duo – Chartwell Dutiro & Jori Buchel (Zimbabwe/Netherlands)
Title – Musumo
Label –
Genre – Traditional/Mbira
Month – August 2020
Artist – Baba Sissoko (Mali)
Title – Mali Music Has No Borders (feat. Mediterranean Blues)
Label – Caligola Records
Genre – Blues/Reggae/Traditional
Month – July 2020
Artist – Invisible System (Mali/UK)
Title – Ambiences in Mali
Label – Harper Diabate Records
Genre – Ambient/Chill/ Field recordings
Month – July 2020
Artist – Invisible System (Mali/UK)
Title – Bamako Moon
Label – Harper Diabate Records
Genre – Traditional/Blues/
Electronic/Fusion
Month – July 2020
Artist – Alhousseini Anivolla and Girum Mezmur (Niger/Ethiopia)
Title – Afropentatonism
Label – Piranha
Genre – Ethio Jazz/Desert Blues/Fusion
Month – July 2020
Artist – Keleketla! (Global Collaboration)
Title – Keleketla!
Label – Ahead of Our Time
Genre – Afrobeat/Electronic
Month – June 2020
Artist – Groupe RTD
(Djibouti)
Title – The Dancing Devils of Djibouti
Label – Ostinato Records
Genre – jazz/funk/reggae
Month – June 2020
Artist – Bandé-Gamboa
(Guiné-Bissau /Cabo Verde)
Title – Horizonte – Revamping Rare Gems from Cabo Verde and Guiné-Bissau
Label – Heavenly Sweetness
Genre –
Month – March 2020
Artist – Jabel Kanuteh & Marco Zanotti
(Gambia/Italy)
Title – Freedom of Movement
Label –
Genre – Jazz/Kora/Mande
Month – March 2020
Artist – Rapasa Nyatrapasa Otieno
(Kenya/UK)
Title – Tipona
Label – Rapasa Nyatrapasa Otieno
Genre – Traditional/Benga/Nyatiti
Month – March 2020
Artist – Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela
(Nigeria/South Africa)
Title – Rejoice (LP)
Label – World Circuit Records
Genre – Afrobeat/jazz
Month – March 2020
Artist – Awale Jant Band
(Senegal/UK)
Title – Yewoulen (Wake Up)
Label – ARC Music
Genre – Afrobeat/Soul/Jazz/Funk
Month – March 2020
Artist – Bela Fleck & Toumani Diabate (USA/Mali)
Title – The Ripple Effect
Label – Craft Recordings
Genre – Fusion/Banjo/Kora
Month – March 2020
Artist – Bela Fleck & Toumani Diabate (USA/Mali)
Title – Throw Down Your Heart
Label – Craft Recordings
Genre – Fusion/Banjo/Kora
Month – February 2020
Artist – Various (Burkina Faso)
Title – Kparr Dirè – Balafon Music from Lobi Country
Label – Mirror World Music
Genre – Traditional
Month – February 2020
Artist – Ali al-Abady and Otaak Band (Egypt)
Title – Dunya al-Ushaq
Label – Mirror World Music
Genre – Acoustic Folk/ Traditional
Month – January 2020
Artist -Les Amazones D’Afrique
(Pan African Collaboration)
Title – Amazones Power
Label – Real World Records
Genre – AfroPop/Funk/Blues
Month – January 2020
Artist – Arat Kilo
(France/Ethiopia)
Title – Afrobeat (Parigo N30)
Label – Parigo
Genre – EthioJazz/Afrobeat
/Jazz/Dub
Have we missed any new African music ?
We cannot possibly list every new release, this is only what we discover and enjoy.
To add any new African music releases, please contact Den@africanmusicguide.co.uk
with the details and we will happily add it to Calabash!