Music

Lagos

The Kuti Legacy

Femi Kuti on politics, family and the future of Nigerian music

by Molara Wood
Photography by Pius Utomi
A uniquely congenial atmosphere welcomes visitors to The New Afrika Shrine in the Ikeja area of...

India

Gully Culture

For one aspiring rapper from Mumbai’s biggest slum, failure is not an option

by Akanksha Singh
Dharavi is Asia’s second largest slum. About one million people live in just over about a...

Jamaica

King Yellowman

Meeting the Jamaican dancehall legend

by Garnette Cadogan
Photography by Marlon James
This story first appeared in print in Stranger’s Guide Caribbean. Climbing quiet, verdant hills that lead...

Moscow

Russia’s Hip-Hop Underground

How an uncensored strain of rap is mounting a fight for free expression

by Michael Idov
Photography by Maria Ionova-Gribina
Last summer at Moscow’s Flacon, a former Soviet crystal factory converted into a hub of hipster...

Morocco

K-pop in Morocco

BTS has catapulted Korean pop into some unlikely places

by Kyle Haddad-Fonda
Not long ago, a Chinese man who lives in Dubai told me about a survey conducted by...

Mexico

DIY Disaster

The bands and music scene that organized during the Mexico City earthquake

by Michelle Threadgould
At the center of rock alternativo and the many intersecting indie rock scenes in Mexico City...
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