Have you ever wondered how funk influenced North-African rai music?
Or what sounds would emerge when Yemenite Jews embraced hip hop?

Do you think it's interesting that African ngoni players birthed the
American blues—which crossed the ocean a second time—influencing
West African players, who, in turn, influenced desert-dwelling Berber musicians?

Of course you have!
Of course you do!
Who hasn't?

Now buckle up, you're gunna love this mix.

Quarter To Africa
Israeli afro-arab funk jazz.
A-Wa
Three Yemenite sisters with a lot to say about their world.
Shantel
A German Dj who mashes up gypsy brass and yiddish roots music
with techno electronics.
Oum
A Moroccan singer, cultural ambassador and North-African-afrobeat-jazz alchemist.
Noga Erez
Hip-hop downtempo cool from Israel.
Rachid Taha
A French-based Algerian Rai star who can teach the Clash
a thing or two about the Casbah.
Balkan Beat Box
Brooklyn-based Israeli musicians fuzing traditional music (klezmer, balkan
and cumbia) with hip-hop, dancehall, rock and jazz.
Tinariwen
Berber blues from the Saharan region of North Mali.
Fatoutmata Diawara
A French-based Malian actress, guitarist and singer/songwriter
mashing up international styles.
Dhafer Youssef
A French-based Tunisian oud player and ethereal singer working in jazz,
avant-garde and North-African Sufi devotional music.