Koffee is a 19 year old rapper reggae singer, songwriter, and guitarist from Spanish Town, Jamaica. She released this debut single in 2018, and her 2019 EP Rapture won the Grammy Award last month for Best Reggae Album – the first woman ever to to do so!

Yodhakaa, is an Indian band comprising of Darbuka Siva on percussion, Pradeep Vijay (male lead, slide guitar) and Susha (Subiksha Rangarajan (female lead). In this simple sounding complex mix, they are joined by an amazing guitarist and singer Sean Roldan …

The Roots are an American hip hop band formed in 1987 in Philadelphia. Known for a jazzy and eclectic approach to hip-hop featuring live musical instruments, they are featured as the house band on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon.

This Tiny Desk Concert format by NPR (National Public Radio) does…[Read more]

I didn’t even know Afrobeat was a genre. Newen Afrobeat is a band in Chile from this genre an. They have a lot of inspiration from Fela Kuti a Nigerian multi-instrumentalist, composer, and human rights activist. The word Newen means ‘strength’ in the Mapuche language.

Most of you would have heard Old Town Road by now 🙂 It is the longest-running No. 1 song.
1. In 2008, rock legends Nine Inch Nails released the album Ghosts I–IV
2. A 19-year old from the Netherlands known as YoungKio created the “Old Town Road” beat, incorporating a sample from the song “34 Ghosts IV” from the above album
3. In 2018, Lil N…[Read more]

Pakistan + Punjabi !! This one is fresh .. less than 8 hours as per YouTube …
Coke Studio is a Pakistani television programme and international music franchise which features live studio-recorded music performances by established and emerging artists. It is the longest-running annual television music show in Pakistan since 2008.…[Read more]

Jet is an Australian rock band formed in 2001. The below song is a single by them considered as their signature song. The original video in black and white is amazing, but I feel this silhouette version for the Apple iPod Commercial is my pick for today …

Parov Stelar, is an Austrian musician, composer, producer and DJ. His musical style is based on a combination of jazz, house, electro and pop. This electro-swing track has a lot of retro feel to it. Austria, by the way has a strong heritage with classical music greats like Mozart, Strauss and Hayden.

Maati Baani is a music group formed by the duo Nirali and Kartik. Most of their songs are a mix of instruments, artists performing from across the world … with a significant Indian local touch. Balma features 11 musicians from 5 countries …

Here comes the Spiderman! With the release of the latest Spiderman movie, I thought of featuring this jazzy version by Michael Bublé – a Canadian singer, songwriter, actor and record producer …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WQJg5fP0U8

Hindi Zahra is a Moroccan singer and actress. Apparently her stage name is simply her birth name inverted. This song is in Berber, an indigenous North African language. Yet to find out who is the guitarist … 🙂

John Mayer is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. He had multiple stints with music, but shot to fame for his guitar + singing on stage, and even performed with the likes of Eric Clapton and B B King. Some of his new music is also reflective of the old styles that we don’t see much nowadays …