Mondo Local Field Reports:  

Mauro Durante, violin and Justin Adams, guitar performing at Le Poisson Rouge presented by the World Music Institute

Lonnie Holley at The Local, Saugerties, NY. January 21st, 2024

Nelida Karr from Equatorial Guinea at the Afromondo showcase at SOBs January 11th, 2024

Sid Williams took the time to play Clifton Chenier’s “I got a Littlre Girl” when we stopped by his business in Lafayette to learn about zydeco music fist hand

Dazzling new release, “Ivoca”, from Will Villa featuring Mambe and Sesman

SUXAAT from Senegal performing at Club Atlantik in Dakar

French guitarist and producer Yohann Le Ferrand teams up with some of West Africa's greatest singers -- including Malian powerhouse Mamani Keita -- on his new EP, Yeko

Mamady Kouyate and the Mandingo Ambassadors performing at St Ann Church in Brooklyn during the Brooklyn Folk Festival, Saturday, November 13th, 2021.

Brooklyn Jouvert band Pagwah presented Holy Matrimony/Contradiction in Prospect Park August 29th with covid restrictions still in place.

Big Lazy performing at Barbes, in Brooklyn, April 10th, 2021 , the night the club reopened after COVID quarantine. Guitar Stephen Ulrich, Yuval Lion drums Andrew Hall bass http://www.biglazymusic.com

Noura Mint Seymali performing at Spectacle Sahariennes in Orlean, France, June 6th 2021. Video Credit Nadine Algay

Benjamin Vanegas “Onda Migrante” from Exodus. Video from a documentary by Fabrizio Terán

Coumbia Sorra at home in Dakar. Video Alex Boicel

Nicole Obélé new video clip “Kunde”

Awa Sadio new release "Thionck Essyl" featuring Ma Keita on bass
Senge: "Dikom Lam la moto"

Cheikne Bengue Sissoko and his 5 tamans percussion group at the “Night of Tamens” Festival Bamako

Chadia live from Dakar, 2020. Video Credit Alex Boicel

Ayana Bolingo Amio clip officiel A/C Bébey Manga

New Punta rock from Ideal Castillo

New from Abiyah Yisrael: “HerbTree” from Reggaeville.com. Filmed in Dominica, in part at the Farmacy, a business started by Ron Mellow after the hurricane destroyed his house.

Nou pwal wè si se vre ( Official Video/video officiel) https://www.facebook.com/BoukmanEksperyans/ https://www.instagram.com/boukmaneksperyans/ #Boukmanekspe...
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Voici le vidéo de "Dis la vérité", chanson qui fera partie du 2ième album "Imagine". Parole de #SekoubaBolomba, auteur et interprète. Musique de #GabrielTchoupa pour arrangeur et compositeur. Vidéo tournée dans la région de New-York.
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Queen Koumb - COCOCO premier single en prélude à la sortie de son troisième album. Auteur : Queen Koumb Compositeur : Queen Koumb Arrangement : David TAYORAULT Real vidéo : Ferdinand NSEKE Boite de prod vidéo: Ns Pictures Label Management : Afrika Scène Contact : (+241) 06 87 92 97

Calle Nueva York feat Paco Mendoza & Neva

Voici le clip officel du single "Ma beauté" de N'do-Man, dédié à toutes les beautés africaines. New release from Ndo-Man “Ma Beaute” a smooth rap salutingto African women.

The beautiful voices of Colombia’s Pacific coast Canalon de Timbiqui now celebrating the release “Mar y Rio” a new album

Old Growth Series - Season 3 - Episode 8 Outside Magazine presents Lost Bayou Ramblers in this episode of the Pickathon Old Growth Series. Visit Outside Magazine (http://outsideonline.com) on the 1st Thursday of every month for a new Old Growth Series episode in Season 3 (Oct. 2018 - Aug. 2019).
Bombino at Le Poisson Rouge March 20th 2019 (r. Ortiz)

Natu Camara from “Dimedi” album release October 30th 2018

Cameroon vocalist Mirya Bika’a performance at Visa For Music Rabat, November 2018

Etienne Innocent Serge La Thron, above, a master traditional drummer formerly with the National Ballet de Cote d’Ivoire performing with his multigenerational group.