Dobet Gnahoré - Djekpa La You (Contre Jour)

Dobet Gnahoré belongs to a select group of artists, born to be on stage.

Rebelution - Bright Side Of Life (Discograph/Soulbeats Records)

The latest reggae revelation from the States is called Rebelution.

The Gladiators - Continuation (Médiacom)

The Gladiators are no longer The Gladiators: front man Albert Griffiths has retired for health reasons and is now replaced by son Al (hence the title of the album: 'Continuation') and the only remaining original member of The Gladiators, Gallimore Sutherland.

The Souljazz Orchestra - Rising Sun (Strut Records)

Yours truly got to know The Souljazz Orchestra as an infectious Canadian afrobeat band, but on 'Rising Sun' they let us down where that genre is concerned.

Various Artists - BalkanGrooves (Eastblok Music)

'BalkanGrooves' is a sort of Balkan Beats 2.

Naptali - Long Journey (Oneness Records)

As of now the German city of Munich is no longer only synonymous with football because it is also home to Oneness Records.

Don Carlos - Changes (Heartbeat Europe/Rounder)

Twelve years (!) after his last album release 'Seven Days A Week', Don Carlos finally returns with a new album.

Solo Banton - Walk Like Rasta (Reality Shock Records)

A reggae artist who calls himself after his favorite character from the Star Wars saga, it's different to say the least, but at the same time no more than a continuation of the movie tradition that deejays like Dillinger or Clint Eastwood already started years ago.

Tommy T - The Prester John Sessions (Easy Star Records)

A true music fanatic is always on the lookout for that one album that literally gives him goose bumps.

Various Artists - Harder Shade Of Black (Pressure Sounds)

With the reissue of 'Harder Shade Of Black' Pressure Sounds comes full circle, because this Leonard Chin produced album already appeared on the label under the title 'An Even Harder Shade Of Black' and was its very first release back in 1995.

Black Marshall - Another Day + To Di World (Self-published)

Black Marshall has been a fixture in the Belgian reggae circuit for a while now.

Kwame Bediako - Forward Ever (Wanafrika)

For Kwame Bediako, a Ghanaian residing in Chicago, 'Forward' is already his third self-published album.

Salim Jah Peter - Hold Up De Pouvoir (Believe)

Who said the revolutionary message of reggae is dead? In his home nation of Niger, Salim Jah Peter's 'Hold Up De Pouvoir' is seen as a danger to the state! The album was banned, three of Salim Jah Peter's employees were arrested and the singer himself is persona-non-grata.

Angelique Kidjo - ÕŸÖ (Razor & Tie/Naïve)

'Djin Djin', Angelique Kidjo's previous album, already dates back to 2007, but now there 'ÕŸÖ' for which the singer went in search of her childhood memories.

Müller & Makaroff - El Gaucho (Mañana/Naïve)

'El Gaucho' is a documentary by Andres Jarach; a road movie about the misadventures of Argentine cowboy Andres Retamal.

William Vivanco - El Mundo Esta Cambia'o (Naïve)

William Vivanco could well be Cuba's best kept secret.

Yapa - Pariwaga (Chapa Blues/Naïve)

Make no mistake, even though 'Pariwaga' may sound like the latest discovery from West Africa, in fact Yapa is a project of four friends (Fabrice Bourgignat, Simon Chenet, Christophe Combet and Xavier Hamon) from the Parisian suburbs, which, in an unusual line up of three guitarists and a percussionist, has been gaining in popularity in the city of light's underground scene.

Various Artists - Next Stop... Soweto: Township Sounds From The Golden Era Of Mbaqanga (Strut Records)

With 'Next Stop.

Sizzla - Crucial Times (Greensleeves)

Is this new Sizzla album just another chapter in an unstoppable list of releases from the singjay? Not quite: 'Crucial Times' was recorded with producer Homer Harris and every right-minded Sizzla-fan knows that he is the man that helped to make the unknown schoolboy Miguel Collins into the superstar Sizzla is today and was also responsible for giving him his stage name.

Various Artists - Songs For Reggae Lovers 3 (Greensleeves)

With the latest volume in their Songs For Reggae Lovers series, for the third year in a row the Greensleeves label makes sure you won't have any excuse not to be romantic on that crucial date in February.