Higher Plain Music

Elsiane’s vocalist and songwriter Elsieanne Caplette launches solo career, celebrating regaining her distinctive voice following an accident

Witchy trip hop at its best

Live Vault – Florence + The Machine

Sharkeologist’s Nirvana cover comes with a Nerdvana music video quiz

Introducing… Dana Margolin

Anamanaguchi signals a new era with hyperpunk anthem ‘Yes I Guess’

Laura Misch releases stunning ‘Live at the Barbican’ concert on YouTube

Bison Rouge – ‘Her Salt’ Review

Introducing… Essence Martins

Confessional rock with soft punches to the gut.

Steady Holiday sings about motherhood with her new single ‘New Generation’

Introducing… Maripool

Deep Sea Diver’s cover of Massive Attack’s ‘Teardrop’ is fabulous

Introducing… Greenness

James Ellis Ford turned his leukaemia treatment sessions into a creative outlet for music

Introducing… Squirrel Flower

Live Vault – Florence + The Machine

Her Reading headline performance is available for all.

Baths – 3 Negative Pop(?) Songs – Review

Sheherazaad announces debut album ‘Khudgarzi’ with symphonic single ‘Andhera’

Bison Rouge – ‘Her Salt’ Review

Gregory Douglass returns with ‘Bespoke’, and announces first studio album in a decade

A Thousand Mad Things – ‘Hate It’ Review

Introducing… Robbie and Mona

Sharkeologist’s Nirvana cover comes with a Nerdvana music video quiz

The music video visits key locations to Cobain and Nirvana's legacy.

Introducing… Aqualine

James Ellis Ford turned his leukaemia treatment sessions into a creative outlet for music

Chelsea Wolfe returns with a double single and a world tour

Manic Pixxies – ‘I know my headphones really well’ review

Merwulf – ‘In The Golden Age’ Review

Introducing… O’Phantom

Introducing… Dana Margolin

Tender indie folk reflections about life on the way down.

Introducing… Lisa Michelle Anderson

Gregory Douglass returns with ‘Bespoke’, and announces first studio album in a decade

Introducing… Maiah Wynne

Half of Piano Magic formed a new band, and I had no idea

Abigail Hubbard – ‘People Watching’ Review

Introducing… Greenness

Baths – 3 Negative Pop(?) Songs – Review

3 quirky earworms to cry-dance to

Bison Rouge – ‘Her Salt’ Review

Nanika – ‘Fears’ Review

Introducing… Marina Yozora

Introducing… SOFY

Introducing… Beatrice Deer

Pattie Gonia & Imogen Heap collaborate for social and environmental justice

Introducing… Dana Margolin

Tender indie folk reflections about life on the way down.

Steady Holiday sings about motherhood with her new single ‘New Generation’

Half of Piano Magic formed a new band, and I had no idea

Introducing… Maripool

Introducing… Greenness

Higher Plain Music Radio EP.014: Ephemeral Jazzy Tendrils Sliding Through My Folk

Introducing… Squirrel Flower

Postmodern Machine – ‘The End is a Beginning’ Review

Piano-inspired, machine-driven... or machine-inspired, piano-driven?

Bison Rouge – ‘Her Salt’ Review

Introducing… Vilde

Void Comp – ‘Doesn’t Mean Anything’ Review

Imogen Heap’s new single ‘Aftercare’ shows AI in an empowered light

Muuju – Bedforms Review

Introducing… APACALDA

As Seas Exhale – ‘Boreal’ Review

The warmest Arctic ambient classical hug

Postmodern Machine – ‘The End is a Beginning’ Review

Gentle Love – ‘Prescription for Sleep: Ghibli’ Review

Gregory Douglass returns with ‘Bespoke’, and announces first studio album in a decade

Agnes Obel teases new album with a song snippet

Linus Alberg – ‘UON’ Review

Blurstem – ‘Fallen Fragments’ Review

Gregory Douglass returns with ‘Bespoke’, and announces first studio album in a decade

Music's best-kept secret is about to unleash a beast of an album.

Tori Amos returns with uplifting mother/daughter bonding single ‘Stronger Together’

Bruno Bavota+Chantal Acda – ‘Safer Places’ Review

Introducing… Miarlequin

Tori Amos announces ‘Strange Little Girls’ Remaster on Vinyl with unreleased tracks to boot

Vanessa Carlton returns with first new music in 5 years

JFDR – from figure 8 Review

Gregory Douglass returns with ‘Bespoke’, and announces first studio album in a decade

Music's best-kept secret is about to unleash a beast of an album.

Tori Amos returns with uplifting mother/daughter bonding single ‘Stronger Together’

Tori Amos announces ‘Strange Little Girls’ Remaster on Vinyl with unreleased tracks to boot

Vanessa Carlton returns with first new music in 5 years

Sarah McLachlan returns with new single ‘Better Broken’

Introducing… Camilla Wickman

Tori Amos – The Music of Tori and the Muses / Tori and the Muses Review

Gus Ferguson – ‘Requiem for Gaza’ Review

A Neo-Brutalist triptych with something bold and important to say.

Kate de Rosset – ‘It Will Burn’ Review

ELE YPSIS – Quintet No 1 – Tik Tak Review

Árstíðir – Vetrars​ó​l Review

Berlinist’s live concert showcases Neva’s stunning soundtrack

Pêtr Aleksänder – The Whole World Laid Out Before Me Review

Agnes Obel teases new album with a song snippet

30 seconds is all we need to get excited.

Introducing… Maiah Wynne

Shelby Natasha – ‘It Was Mine’ Review

Tori Amos returns with uplifting mother/daughter bonding single ‘Stronger Together’

Bruno Bavota+Chantal Acda – ‘Safer Places’ Review

Introducing… Miarlequin

Hanakiv returns with new album ‘Interlude’… and the pianist is bringing her voice this time

Sister Species – Lena In The Bog Review

A folk rock band that brings its own three-piece trumpet section.

Live Vault – Anoice

Tori Amos – Diving Deep Live Review

Birdmask – Isolde EP Review

The Ophelias – Ribbon Review

Endless Forms – The House of Love Review

Introducing… Victory Chimes

Using the electric piano to create bass riffs to rock to.

Svaneborg Kardyb – Superkilen Review

Kelly Moran – Moves in the Field Review

Svaneborg Kardyb – At Home (An NPR Tiny Desk Concert) Review

Lucinda Chua – YIAN review

Hania Rani returns with new single ‘Hello’, embracing her ethereal jazzier side

Svaneborg Kardyb – Over Tage Review

Sharkeologist’s Nirvana cover comes with a Nerdvana music video quiz

The music video visits key locations to Cobain and Nirvana's legacy.

Introducing… Essence Martins

Introducing… Bimbo

Introducing… Pegzilla

Introducing… Lisa Michelle Anderson

Introducing… Aqualine

Live Vault – Mikaela Davis

Sharkeologist’s Nirvana cover comes with a Nerdvana music video quiz

The music video visits key locations to Cobain and Nirvana's legacy.

Kathryn Mohr – ‘Carve’ Review

Introducing… Starly Kind

Higher Plain Music Radio returns: Best Alternative Music from 2025 Mixtape (Side A) show released

Introducing… Marta Vega

NERiMA – ‘All My Mistakes’ Review

Introducing… TV Moms

Emma Ruth Rundle announces new album and releases single that merges her acoustic and heavy rock sides

An album of hope in These Killing Times

Live Vault – Castle Rat

NERiMA – ‘All My Mistakes’ Review

MSPAINT – No Separation Review

Introducing… TV Moms

Introducing… The Family Battenburg

Live Vault – St. Vincent

Introducing… Dana Margolin

Tender indie folk reflections about life on the way down.

Steady Holiday sings about motherhood with her new single ‘New Generation’

Half of Piano Magic formed a new band, and I had no idea

Introducing… Maripool

Introducing… Greenness

Higher Plain Music Radio EP.014: Ephemeral Jazzy Tendrils Sliding Through My Folk

Introducing… Squirrel Flower

As Seas Exhale – ‘Boreal’ Review

The warmest Arctic ambient classical hug

Djunah returns with a noise-rock opera about complex trauma, inspired by Italian horror films

Introducing… Fall of Messiah

Bird’s Robe Celebrate 15 Years of Australian Prog Rock and Post Rock with Documentary Series

Live Vault – Anoice

Introducing… Maud the Moth

Tycho – Infinite Health Review

Introducing… Sarah Nimmo

If Annie Lennox and Heather Small taught today's generation how to write queer power pop.

Clark returns with new album produced by Thom Yorke

Introducing… Maya Malkin

Please Lose Battle – Fond de Frigo Review

Introducing… The High Water Marks

Introducing… Sofia Portanet

ANIIML – ‘Oh Awe’ Review

Introducing… Pegzilla

A foreboding warning for abusers, delivered using doom rock anger.

Throw Down Bones – ‘4EP’ Review

Kathryn Mohr – ‘Carve’ Review

Kadhja Bonet’s ‘Geodesic Planet’ shows there can be beauty in unfinished and incomplete art

Yuuf – ‘Mt. Sava’ Review

In The Pines – ‘Sunbeam Dream’ Review

Introducing… Midnight Rodeo

Anamanaguchi signals a new era with hyperpunk anthem ‘Yes I Guess’

Game boy hyperpunk anthems to let all your limbs fly free.

Introducing… Pegzilla

Manic Pixxies – ‘I know my headphones really well’ review

Otoboke Beaver – ‘Is The New Album Out Yet?’ Review

Introducing… Starly Kind

Introducing… OGRE

MSPAINT – No Separation Review

Introducing… Aqualine

For fans of Pixies, Nirvana, Sonic Youth, and Radiohead if they had a sense of humour...

Introducing… Maripool

Introducing… Marina Yozora

Kathryn Mohr – ‘Carve’ Review

Explore the darker dream pop and electronic side of 2026’s first chaotic months

Divorce Attorney – ‘Always Something’ Review

Introducing… Starly Kind

Introducing… Dana Margolin

Tender indie folk reflections about life on the way down.

Live Vault – Natalie Nicoles

Introducing… Lisa Michelle Anderson

Introducing… Maiah Wynne

Àbáse announces new album ‘Nefelejcs’

Abigail Hubbard – ‘People Watching’ Review

Introducing… Radie Peat

Sheherazaad announces debut album ‘Khudgarzi’ with symphonic single ‘Andhera’

A melting pot of traditions and ten tales of survival.

i Häxa – ‘Oceans’ Review

Chelsea Wolfe returns with a double single and a world tour

Kathryn Mohr – ‘Carve’ Review

Frenchy and the Punk declares ‘War on War’

Kaya North – ‘Hunt’ Review

Mike Tod’s rendition of ‘Oh, Death’ is this year’s St. Patrick’s Day haunt

Half of Piano Magic formed a new band, and I had no idea

Ghost rock is back.

So I’m releasing a VGM-inspired album in September, and here’s the second single

Yaelokre – ‘Composing Colentine’ Review

Bruno Bavota+Chantal Acda – ‘Safer Places’ Review

Introducing… Makk

Introducing… Felix Antonio

JFDR – from figure 8 Review

Àbáse announces new album ‘Nefelejcs’

Hungarian folk meets trap beats and ethno jazz!

Elizabeth Vogler – ‘Au Nom Deus Asos’ Review

Kardemimmit – ‘Kardemimmit Live Special’ Review

Yaelokre – ‘Composing Colentine’ Review

Higher Plain Music Radio returns: Best Alternative Music from 2025 Mixtape (Side A) show released

Kalandra – ‘Mørketid’ Review

Faun and Chelsea Wolfe collaborate for new single ‘NIMUE’

Introducing… Dana Margolin

Tender indie folk reflections about life on the way down.

Introducing… Lisa Michelle Anderson

Gregory Douglass returns with ‘Bespoke’, and announces first studio album in a decade

Introducing… Maiah Wynne

Half of Piano Magic formed a new band, and I had no idea

Abigail Hubbard – ‘People Watching’ Review

Introducing… Greenness

Kardemimmit – ‘Kardemimmit Live Special’ Review

Finnish folk excellence.

Yaelokre – ‘Composing Colentine’ Review

Myrkur’s latest single takes part in Denmark’s Eurovision selection process

Kalandra – ‘Mørketid’ Review

Ásgeir takes on lyrics and liberation on new single ‘Ferris Wheel’ with new album in 2026

Faun and Chelsea Wolfe collaborate for new single ‘NIMUE’

Psamathes – Unjer eg Adrum Review

Drumspyder – ‘Fivefold Craft’ Review

Rhythmic meditation rooted in medieval British and Celtic song.

Faun and Chelsea Wolfe collaborate for new single ‘NIMUE’

Wendy Rule – Meditations on Darkness and Light Review

Sara Parkman – Eros, Agape, Philia Review

Introducing… Sun V Set

Nemuer are a dark pagan folk band that runs a 24/7 radio station dedicated to the genre

Nanna Barslev – Lysbaerer Review

Àbáse announces new album ‘Nefelejcs’

Hungarian folk meets trap beats and ethno jazz!

Suntou Susso’s award-winning Kora-based music kicks off extensive UK tour

Drumspyder – ‘Fivefold Craft’ Review

El Búho – ‘Kerala Rain’ Review

Higher Plain Music Radio returns: Best Alternative Music from 2025 Mixtape (Side A) show released

Tidiane Thiam – ‘Siftorde’ Review

Introducing… Hedera

Button Masher announces new album, a homage to VGM greats like Uematsu, Kikuta, and Mitsuda

For fans of 90s JRPG soundtracks amped to 11.

Roboctopus – ‘Vaporchip Volume 1’ Review

Boy Without Batteries – ‘Glass Cannon’ review

Grizzly Cogs – ‘Tiny Jukebox’ Review

PICE – Game Over Review

Manoske – Kairanban EP Review

Run! Run! Jump! Punch! – Pizza Trois Sauvages Review

Anamanaguchi signals a new era with hyperpunk anthem ‘Yes I Guess’

Game boy hyperpunk anthems to let all your limbs fly free.

Introducing… Flesh Produce

Grizzly Cogs – ‘Tiny Jukebox’ Review

Run! Run! Jump! Punch! – Pizza Trois Sauvages Review

Live Vault – Master Boot Record

Anamanaguchi’s cover of Nirvana’s ‘Territorial Pissings’ is glorious

Live Vault – Master Boot Record

Roboctopus – ‘Vaporchip Volume 1’ Review

What if a Gameboy and some disco music got stuck in an elevator?

Grizzly Cogs – ‘Tiny Jukebox’ Review

Shirobon – Breaker Review

Shirobon – Data Mind Review

Corset Lore – 81 Terpsichore Review

ChronoWolf – Doki Doki Gravity Dive Soundtrack Review

Lukhash – We Are Stardust Review

Introducing… Mass Minor

Depeche Mode meets Sacred Skin

Baths – 3 Negative Pop(?) Songs – Review

Introducing… devonwho

Throw Down Bones – ‘4EP’ Review

A Thousand Mad Things – ‘Hate It’ Review

Jon Hopkins and Imogen Heap collaborate for track ‘Reckoning’ after 30 years of friendship

Bio Music Vibrations uses technology to listen to plants and trees around us

As Seas Exhale – ‘Boreal’ Review

The warmest Arctic ambient classical hug

Postmodern Machine – ‘The End is a Beginning’ Review

Bio Music Vibrations uses technology to listen to plants and trees around us

kwes. – ‘Kinds’ Review

Introducing… Filip Leyman

Heinali and Andriana-Yaroslava Saienko – Гільдеґарда (Hildergard) Review

Innovative Landscapes Laboratory – Spontaneous Dimensions Review

A Thousand Mad Things – ‘Hate It’ Review

Theatrical dark wave and synth pop for all our sad goths needs

Introducing… Sarah Nimmo

Bic Runga – ‘Red Sunset’ Review

Soft Cell’s ‘Out Come The Freaks’ signals the duo’s final album following Dave Ball’s passing

Minute Taker’s upcoming album looks set to be a retro-future synthwave powerhouse

Pattie Gonia & Imogen Heap collaborate for social and environmental justice

ionnalee, iamamiwhoami – BLUE in Concert (Live Versions) Review

Introducing… Mass Minor

Depeche Mode meets Sacred Skin

PJ Harvey returns with ‘Voyager’, with a new project in the works

Higher Plain Music Radio EP.013: Dark. Electronic. Basement.

The Anchoress returns with a baby, not a lobotomy, for her third album

Bic Runga – ‘Red Sunset’ Review

Introducing… Magnetic Skies

Live Vault – C Z A R I N A

Introducing… Jahrund

My favourite dark pop discovery of 2026 to date...

Minute Taker’s upcoming album looks set to be a retro-future synthwave powerhouse

ionnalee, iamamiwhoami – BLUE in Concert (Live Versions) Review

Introducing… Lone Assembly

Grizzly Cogs – ‘Tiny Jukebox’ Review

Dan Terminus – ‘NOIR’ Review

Jim E. Brown’s single about having a mental breakdown in a supermarket feels exactly how it is to be in the UK in 2025

Someone has put Nigel Farage inside a Parappa the Rapper song, and it is glorious

Now blame it on the poor! Now blame it on the poor!

So I’m releasing a VGM-inspired album in September, and here’s the second single

Nobuo Uematsu shares behind the scenes making of for Merregnon: Heart of Ice

The White Mages – ‘Ode to Final Fantasy’ Review

Square Enix Vocal Covers – “Timeless Classics Vol.2” Review

Piano Day 2026 Celebrations with a Higher Plain Music Radio Mixtape

Grizzly Cogs – ‘Tiny Jukebox’ Review

Elsiane’s vocalist and songwriter Elsieanne Caplette launches solo career, celebrating regaining her distinctive voice following an accident

Witchy trip hop at its best

Biomigrant – ‘Cetáceo’ Review

Postmodern Machine – ‘The End is a Beginning’ Review

Marley Carroll – ‘Southern Research Station’ Review

Baths – 3 Negative Pop(?) Songs – Review

Thief’s dark electronica returns with lead single ‘Moon and Kill’ from forthcoming 5th studio album

Bison Rouge – ‘Her Salt’ Review

Throw Down Bones – ‘4EP’ Review

Workout music for demons

ACTORS and ULTRA SUNN release new singles as label Artoffact provide our goth summer

Dan Terminus – ‘NOIR’ Review

If you enjoy dark electronic music then Alfa Matrix’s celebratory 69 track pay-what-you-want album is for you

Camilla Sparksss – ICU RUN Review

Introducing… Lunar Lock

Almaazz – Sot Wa Sada Review

Jon Hopkins and Imogen Heap collaborate for track ‘Reckoning’ after 30 years of friendship

The sound of summer is here.

Bonobo announces new album ‘Distance in Static’ as an era-ending release

Soft Cell’s ‘Out Come The Freaks’ signals the duo’s final album following Dave Ball’s passing

Introducing… Flesh Produce

Camilla Sparksss – ICU RUN Review

Introducing… HAAi

Fever Ray – The Year of the Radical Romantics Review

Biomigrant – ‘Cetáceo’ Review

Merging the humpback whale song into fresh Afro-Latin electronica.

Postmodern Machine – ‘The End is a Beginning’ Review

Marley Carroll – ‘Southern Research Station’ Review

Baths – 3 Negative Pop(?) Songs – Review

RUMTUM – ‘In a Forest EP’ Review

Aluminé Guerrero & El Búho – ‘Patagonia Patagonia’ Review

Bonobo announces new album ‘Distance in Static’ as an era-ending release

Introducing… Mass Minor

Depeche Mode meets Sacred Skin

Aythis – ‘The Black Beyond’ Review

ACTORS and ULTRA SUNN release new singles as label Artoffact provide our goth summer

A Thousand Mad Things – ‘Hate It’ Review

Higher Plain Music Radio EP.013: Dark. Electronic. Basement.

Dead Can Dance’s Brendan Perry can’t dance around his puzzling generative AI stance

Frenchy and the Punk declares ‘War on War’

Jesse Mac Cormack – Joy Review

A euphoric collection of dance anthems to lift your spirit.

Nanode – FLOTE Review

Introducing… Keinemusik

Introducing… SNAILS

Introducing… Evil House Party

Introducing… Violent Vickie

RoboRob – Kingdom Heartbeats Review

Jon Hopkins and Imogen Heap collaborate for track ‘Reckoning’ after 30 years of friendship

The sound of summer is here.

Higher Plain Music Radio EP.013: Dark. Electronic. Basement.

Introducing… Loma Reqs

Jinjé & A. Montane – ‘Neon Garden EP’ review

Boy Without Batteries – ‘Glass Cannon’ review

HAAi turns her new album ‘HUMANiSE’ into a superb live audio visual performance

Fever Ray – The Year of the Radical Romantics Review

Throw Down Bones – ‘4EP’ Review

Workout music for demons

Drumspyder – ‘Fivefold Craft’ Review

PICE – Game Over Review

Humano – Los Diablos Siguen Ahí Review

Kaöb – Danza Lingüística Review

Chouk Bwa & The Ångströmers – Somanti Review

Shirobon – Breaker Review

Elsiane’s vocalist and songwriter Elsieanne Caplette launches solo career, celebrating regaining her distinctive voice following an accident

Witchy trip hop at its best

i Häxa – ‘Oceans’ Review

Abigail Hubbard – ‘People Watching’ Review

Bonobo announces new album ‘Distance in Static’ as an era-ending release

Introducing… Blue Loop

Introducing… 16 Underground

Emiliana Torrini – Miss Flower Review

Postmodern Machine – ‘The End is a Beginning’ Review

Piano-inspired, machine-driven... or machine-inspired, piano-driven?

Gus Ferguson – ‘Requiem for Gaza’ Review

Nobuo Uematsu shares behind the scenes making of for Merregnon: Heart of Ice

Linus Alberg – ‘UON’ Review

Kadhja Bonet’s ‘Geodesic Planet’ shows there can be beauty in unfinished and incomplete art

Blurstem – ‘Fallen Fragments’ Review

Marika Takeuchi – ‘Iridescence’ Review

Postmodern Machine – ‘The End is a Beginning’ Review

Piano-inspired, machine-driven... or machine-inspired, piano-driven?

Aythis – ‘The Black Beyond’ Review

Linus Alberg – ‘UON’ Review

Anja Plaschg (Soap&Skin) forms new band EXIT VOID, and it’s just as haunting as their solo material

PILOTPRIEST – ‘Spring EP’ review

Akira Yamaoka – ‘Return to Silent Hill’ Original Motion Picture Soundtrack review

Dan Terminus – ‘NOIR’ Review

As Seas Exhale – ‘Boreal’ Review

The warmest Arctic ambient classical hug

Higher Plain Music Radio EP.014: Ephemeral Jazzy Tendrils Sliding Through My Folk

The 2026 World Harp Competition is in full flow – watch the semi finals and final live

Marika Takeuchi – ‘Iridescence’ Review

Piano Day 2026 Celebrations with a Higher Plain Music Radio Mixtape

Barry Hudson-Taylor – ‘Flutter’ Review

Øystein Skar – ‘Stories for A’ review

Postmodern Machine – ‘The End is a Beginning’ Review

Piano-inspired, machine-driven... or machine-inspired, piano-driven?

Agnes Obel teases new album with a song snippet

Marika Takeuchi – ‘Iridescence’ Review

Hani Rani’s new album is the soundtrack ‘Sentimental Value’ that extends beyond the film

Hideyuki Hashimoto – ‘Sign’ Review

Introducing… Sofi Paez

Introducing… Molly Joyce

Postmodern Machine – ‘The End is a Beginning’ Review

Piano-inspired, machine-driven... or machine-inspired, piano-driven?

Bison Rouge – ‘Her Salt’ Review

Gus Ferguson – ‘Requiem for Gaza’ Review

Linus Alberg – ‘UON’ Review

Blurstem – ‘Fallen Fragments’ Review

Piano Day 2026 Celebrations with a Higher Plain Music Radio Mixtape

Barry Hudson-Taylor – ‘Flutter’ Review

PJ Harvey returns with ‘Voyager’, with a new project in the works

What would the Voyager spacecraft tell us if it could?

Nobuo Uematsu shares behind the scenes making of for Merregnon: Heart of Ice

Kadhja Bonet’s ‘Geodesic Planet’ shows there can be beauty in unfinished and incomplete art

St Vincent, Jules Buckley – ‘Live in London!’ Review

Ambre Ciel – still, there is the sea Review

Lido Pimienta – La Belleza Review

Final Fantasy Distant Worlds London 2025 Review

Linda Rum – ‘Vienna’ Review

A warm and uplifting tribute to a city of creative spirit.

Live Vault – KASHIWA Daisuke

Introducing… Jeremy Dutcher

Alberto Giurioli – Life Review

Introducing… Bryan Senti

Introducing… Bruit ≤

Manu Delago & Max ZT – ‘Deuce’ Review

A union of handpan and hammered dulcimer made in paradise.

Poranguí launches new video series explaining the lineage of medicine music instruments

Sahel Sounds launches Autotune The World, a new label capturing world music in transition

Aluminé Guerrero & El Búho – ‘Patagonia Patagonia’ Review

Placa Placa – ‘Placa Placa’ Review

Suntou Susso’s award-winning Kora-based music kicks off extensive UK tour

Dead Can Dance’s Brendan Perry can’t dance around his puzzling generative AI stance

Sahel Sounds launches Autotune The World, a new label capturing world music in transition

Local music found in the local markets!

Placa Placa – ‘Placa Placa’ Review

Suntou Susso’s award-winning Kora-based music kicks off extensive UK tour

Imarhan – ‘Essam’ Review

Tidiane Thiam – ‘Siftorde’ Review

Introducing… Asher Gamedze

Crown Lands – Ritual II Review

Shelby Natasha – ‘It Was Mine’ Review

A melting pot of Chinese folk, lo-fi beats, and ethereal vocals.

Introducing… Tian Qiyi

Aga Khan Master Musicians – Nowruz Review

Mindy Meng Wang, Sui Zhen – Origin of You Review

Introducing… Zen (Ansa GaRangDengZhen)

Mindy Meng Wang – Phoenix Rising Review

Kaya Project – Zheng ’21 Review

Introducing… Varijashree Venugopal

A bombastic six piece arrangement of some of the finest Carnatic music released last year.

Sunday Driver UK – Sun God Review

Anoushka Shankar – Chapter II: How Dark It Is Before Dawn Review

Sheherazaad – Qasr Review

Sonny Singh – Chardi Kala Review

Ranjana Ghatak – The Butterfly Effect Review

Ravi Shankar – Nine Decades Vol. 6 Dutch-India Airwaves Review

Sheherazaad announces debut album ‘Khudgarzi’ with symphonic single ‘Andhera’

A melting pot of traditions and ten tales of survival.

Introducing… Loma Reqs

Introducing… Ko Shin Moon

Maryam Rahmani – Kamand Review

Introducing… Nadah El Shazly

Aga Khan Master Musicians – Nowruz Review

Introducing… Tragoe Damon

Biomigrant – ‘Cetáceo’ Review

Merging the humpback whale song into fresh Afro-Latin electronica.

Aluminé Guerrero & El Búho – ‘Patagonia Patagonia’ Review

Placa Placa – ‘Placa Placa’ Review

El Búho – ‘Kerala Rain’ Review

Live Vault – Mose’s 3-hour set in Brazil to tease upcoming album

Mas Aya – Still, Flowing Review

Miguel Noya – Biofonía II: Voces de la Tierra Review

Poranguí launches new video series explaining the lineage of medicine music instruments

Learn about the didgeridoo and other ancient instruments.

Alessandro Ambrosi – ‘The River in The Sky’ Review

Paul Cheneour & Zhuyang Liu – ‘Fire Serpent’ Review

Suntou Susso’s award-winning Kora-based music kicks off extensive UK tour

Dead Can Dance’s Brendan Perry can’t dance around his puzzling generative AI stance

Shelby Natasha – ‘It Was Mine’ Review

Introducing… Loma Reqs

The Inner Echo community releases their field recording community challenge project to take you around the world in 30 minutes

22 snapshots of natural and urban life.

Mileece – ‘Foundations’ Review

Bio Music Vibrations uses technology to listen to plants and trees around us

SHHE – ‘Thalassa’ Review

Alessandro Ambrosi – ‘The River in The Sky’ Review

Blurstem – ‘Fallen Fragments’ Review

Kaya North – ‘Hunt’ Review

RUMTUM – ‘In a Forest EP’ Review

Late 90s downtempo for 2am post-club vibes.

Shelby Natasha – ‘It Was Mine’ Review

Introducing… Shelby Natasha

Hideaki Masago – Jomon Journey Review

Muuju – Bedforms Review

Yuuf – Alma’s Cove Review

Jolanda Moletta and Karen Vogt – Sea-swallowed Wands Review

Elsiane’s vocalist and songwriter Elsieanne Caplette launches solo career, celebrating regaining her distinctive voice following an accident

Witchy trip hop at its best

i Häxa – ‘Oceans’ Review

Introducing… Maiah Wynne

Half of Piano Magic formed a new band, and I had no idea

So I’m releasing a VGM-inspired album in September, and here’s the second single

Shelby Natasha – ‘It Was Mine’ Review

kwes. – ‘Kinds’ Review

Biomigrant – ‘Cetáceo’ Review

Merging the humpback whale song into fresh Afro-Latin electronica.

The Inner Echo community releases their field recording community challenge project to take you around the world in 30 minutes

Laura Misch releases stunning ‘Live at the Barbican’ concert on YouTube

Datassette’s Audio Survey series plots field recordings onto UK Ordnance Survey maps

Bio Music Vibrations uses technology to listen to plants and trees around us

SHHE – ‘Thalassa’ Review

Alessandro Ambrosi – ‘The River in The Sky’ Review

Manu Delago & Max ZT – ‘Deuce’ Review

A union of handpan and hammered dulcimer made in paradise.

Poranguí launches new video series explaining the lineage of medicine music instruments

Introducing… Christa Wells

Hideaki Masago – Jomon Journey Review

Introducing… Eve Goodman + SERA

Introducing… Victoria Akua

Deya Dova Live at Dreamersland is the Equinox Reset You Need

Manu Delago & Max ZT – ‘Deuce’ Review

A union of handpan and hammered dulcimer made in paradise.

Didge Project showcases sound bath instruments and how to play them

Bio Music Vibrations uses technology to listen to plants and trees around us

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