With a unique voice and truely authentic style, K'naan's music brings an enormous dose of realness, soul, and urgency to the hip hop world in a time when people are desperate for it.

Singing mostly in Shona, with the mbira still deep in the mix , his fiery voice has matured into a powerful call to arms, intimate in its understanding of the human cost of war.

A meeting of two vocal traditions with truly explosive results, this project explores the musical links between the two transcendental traditions of Qawwali and Flamenco.

Barcelona natives Ojos de Brujo have been gradually gaining recognition for their summery Spanish folk songs, which encompass flamenco, as well as Celtic influences.

Full and fierce, the pan-national band (including vocalists) draws on Afrobeat, Afro-pop and salsa to sketch its giant savannahs of sound, underpinned always by Diabate's transcendent kora.

An amalgam of European electro-beats, West African polyrhythms, Arabic and Middle Eastern melodies and, all-stops-out rock.

A heady mix and one that shifts between dance, Arabesque rhythms, French chanson and jazz with elements of other genres thrown in like so many subtle spices in a good sauce.

Congolese music is like the heartbeat of the African continent. The twin capitals of Kinshasa and Brazzaville on the banks of the River Congo supply the international music scene with a non-stop flow

The traffic-choked streets of Tehran and the magnificent mosques of Esfahan, the underground DJs and the Sufi minstrels of Kurdistan, are all reflected in the vibrant musical scene in Iran.

With highlife guitars and horns, Guinean big-band music, early Senegalese mbalax with its tasty Latin influences and the funky Afro-beat sound that shakes the hippest dancefloors across the globe, thi

This is melting pot music, with some French country music, blinding banjo, Cuban rhythms and a bit of blues all held together by tight, sweet-sounding tunes.

CD 'Drive East' is an electrifying brand of New India Fusion which melds the best of North and South Indian classical tradition with a hint of flavours from other world regions such as Latin America,

With Diwan 2 Rachid returns to his roots with a selection of songs that draw on his rich heritage and the Rai music traditions.