Today's Top Tune

In 1985, Sufi singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan took the stage at WOMAD Festival in front of a non-Asian audience to sing in what turned out to be a transcendent night. Unheard for 34 years, this magical performance has finally been restored and...

Based in London, Theo Bard augments his music with manipulated sound. This builds intensity on "Forget," an exploration on the loss of love. We file this song in the "melancholic electronic" category.

Sultry and seductive, you can't help but sway when Gavin Turek's "2am" starts to play. It all began when co-pilot Chris Hartz came up with a thick groove reminiscent of Chaka and Rufus days.

French-born producer Petit Biscuit began work on "We Were Young" even before the release of his debut recording. Petit Biscuit says: "I needed a lot of time with it, and meeting JP Cooper - who's singing on the track - was the last push to...

Following a hiatus to pursue film work, Sam Spiegel finally returned to music making.  "Wishin'" is a song written with rising British vocalist Bipolar Sunshine in a Baile funk mode.

Malian duo Amadou & Mariam team up with the Grammy Award-winning gospel group Blind Boys of Alabama for a stirring collaboration on "Bamako To Birmingham."  The song is a musical conversation proving that music brings cultures together and has no...

Tod Lippy is known as the creator of the award-winning arts publication Esopus, but little did we know he is also a musician in his own right. We're happy to debut "Good Start" and hope it leads him to many good things to come.

Anya Marina writes the kind of songs that can further the narrative on a TV show; catchy axioms we can all relate to. "Over You" is one of those ditties. 

 

*See Anya September 6 at the Hotel Cafe

After a successful debut tour across the US, including a stop on MBE, Turkish sextet Altin Gün ignite their psychedelic sound with an infusion of 60's Anatolian rock. Founder and bass player Jasper Verhulst explains: “We do have a weak spot...

Khruangbin dive into dub  on "A La Sala." They worked with legendary dub-ster Scientist, as the instrumental trio put forth a meditative groove.