Category: R&B

• Phenomenal Somaliland fusion of punk and desert blues is a modern masterpiece – ‘Sharaf’ is lead single from Sahra Halgan, back with third album

  

  The new single Sharaf by Sahra Halgan – Somaliland’s iconic singer and freedom fighter – is a thunderbolt, announcing her return with third album Hiddo Dhawr. The cultural activist blends age-old Somali traditions with a raucous repetitive guitar riffs, handclaps and a relentless beat of a tambourine. Hiddo Dhawr is released on March 29th on the new…

  WTM

  February 4, 2024

  East Africa, R&B, Somaliland, Uncategorized

  Aymeric Krol, BKO Quintet, DANAYA, desert blues, L’étrangleuse, Maël Saletes, Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp, Régis Monte, Sahra Halgan, Sharaf, Somalia, Somaliland

• Tashif Kente’s 1991 album is South African gold – its timeless street-soul vibe is revived by the taste making DJ duo and label, Heels & Souls

  

  Heels & Souls Recordings is a label that has been curating a series of soulful jams, reflecting their stirring DJ sets and bountiful, deep crates. Now, they look back to the sounds of South Africa’s townships in 1991, picking four of Tashif Kente’s finest cuts from his sought after album A Boy And A Dream.…

  WTM

  October 18, 2023

  boogie, bubblegum, kwaito, new jack swing, R&B, Soul, South Africa, street-soul, UK

  A Boy And A Dream., Alec Khaoli, boogie, bubblegum, Condry Ziqubu, Gallo, Harari, Heels & Souls, kwaito, Marc Rantseli, new jack swing, proto house, R&B, Selwyn Shandel, Sipho Mabuse, South Africa, street-soul, Tashif Kente