A compilation of Afrobeat classics that I’ve personally loved and been influenced by for years. As the first installment in the “Nigeria 70” series, it truly lives up to its reputation as the definiti…

"Lanquidity," the 1978 masterpiece by Sun Ra, the King of Cosmic Music—a deeply spiritual, ambient, soulful, and funky album—has been reissued on vinyl by STRUT.
This album also includes Side B2, “Ther…

"Sleeping Beauty," a masterpiece of spiritual, mellow, meditative space jazz originally released in 1979 by Sun Ra on his independent label El Saturn, has been reissued as a remastered LP by the prest…

Momoko Gill—an artist, songwriter, producer, drummer, and multi-instrumentalist whose album *Clay* with Matthew Herbert was also fantastic—has released her first solo album, *Momoko*, on Strut Records…

Repress!

16/10/26

A self-taught drummer who invented his own instruments — the "drumgita" and the "string-drum" — and experimentally explored a singular four-dimensional polyrhythmic musical world, Lori Vambe stands al…

Recorded during a 1975 session in Paris with members of the Afro-funk group The Lafayette Afro Rock Band, this track features New York-born master pianist Mal Waldron’s electric piano (Fender Rhodes) …

Making its official vinyl debut for the very first time, this buried treasure of 1973 Afro-funk gets a remastered reissue. Formed in 1970 in Long Island, New York as The Bobby Boyd Congress, the group…

[2025 Repress] A compilation from the prestigious STRUT label that revisits and reassesses the path traveled from 1986 to 1997 by Dance Mania Records, the ferocious, beastly, ghetto-raw, rowdy Chicago…

The queen of Brazilian jazz, FLORA PURIM, returns with her first new studio album in 15 years, released on the esteemed Strut label. A dazzling, deeply satisfying evergreen masterpiece full of flavor …

A 2LP vinyl edition featuring all 14 tracks: the 10 album cuts from "Now," Patrice Rushen's 1984 masterpiece and one of her all-time classic albums, plus 4 bonus tracks including 12-inch versions.
An a…

The first-ever compilation from legendary Afghan ghazal singer Mohammad Sadiq Fitrat, better known as Nashenas, released on STRUT's new series "United Sounds Of Asia."
Maft Sai, the DJ/shop owner drivi…

"Bow To The People," the sole album by THEATRE WEST — the theater collective founded in Dayton, Ohio in 1969 by a U.S. Air Force Vietnam veteran upon his return home, which at its peak counted some 27…

Italo disco classics curated by Stevie Kotey.