World Circuit

Buena Vista Social Club (25th Anniversary Edition)

Buena Vista Social Club

Latin America - Released by World Circuit on 17 Sep 2021

International bestselling band The Buena Vista Social Club introduced Son Cubano, the first Afro-Cuban sound, to music lovers across the globe. Howeve ...

Timbuktu

Oumou Sangare

World - Released by World Circuit on 29 Apr 2022

As far as "lockdown albums" go, Oumou Sangaré definitely did not go for the "stuck at home with the curtains drawn" vibe. Instead, in a true lemonade- ...

Les Racines

Vieux Farka Toure

World - Released by World Circuit on 10 Jun 2022

Malian guitarist Vieux Farka Touré has always very much done things his own way. When his father—legendary Malian bluesman Ali Farka Touré—insisted th ...

Buena Vista Social Club

Buena Vista Social Club

World - Released by World Circuit on 23 Jun 1997

International bestselling band The Buena Vista Social Club introduced Son Cubano, the first Afro-Cuban sound, to music lovers across the globe. Howeve ...

Kôrôlén

Toumani Diabaté, London Symphony Orchestra

World - Released by World Circuit on 23 Apr 2021

Players of the 21-stringed Malian kora are renowned for their ability to enter into productive collaborations with musicians from other cultures, perh ...

A Toda Cuba Le Gusta (2018 Remastered Version)

Afro-Cuban All Stars

Salsa - Released by World Circuit on 9 Apr 1997

A lively, spontaneous record that manages to sound both relaxed and forceful at the same time, A Toda Cuba Le Gusta shows off the talents of many of C ...

Secret Agent (2022 Remaster)

Tony Allen

World - Released by World Circuit on 1 Jan 2009

It's no surprise that Tony Allen's new album does nothing to dim his reputation as one of the world's greatest drummers. He's the personification of s ...

The Source (2017 Remastered Version)

Ali Farka Touré

Africa - Released by World Circuit on 1 Nov 1991

African guitarist Ali Farka Toure's previous releases were wonderful mixes of traditional language and rhythms being supported by contemporary concern ...

Rejoice (Special Edition)

Tony Allen, Hugh Masekela

Jazz - Released by World Circuit on 22 Oct 2021

Talking Timbuktu (with Ry Cooder)

Ali Farka Touré

World - Released by World Circuit on 1 Jan 1994

Before taking his friend Wim Wenders to Havana and hitting the jackpot by producing the Cuban grandpas that would soon be known throughout the world u ...

Buenos Hermanos (Special Edition)

Ibrahim Ferrer

World - Released by World Circuit on 10 Mar 2003

At the end of the 1990s, Wim Wenders’ Buena Vista Social Club was a hit. For the Cuban singers involved in this revivalist project, the film’s extraor ...

In the Heart of the Moon

Ali Farka Touré, Toumani Diabaté

World - Released by World Circuit on 25 Apr 2005

In the Heart of the Moon is a duet recording by Malian guitar slinger Ali Farka Toure and Mandé lineage griot Toumani Diabate on kora. There are a few ...

Rejoice

Tony Allen, Hugh Masekela

Jazz - Released by World Circuit on 20 Mar 2020

Lost and Found

Buena Vista Social Club

World - Released by World Circuit on 23 Mar 2015

It's hard to believe that it took Nick Gold and his World Circuit team to plunder the vaults for unreleased Buena Vista Social Club recordings. This l ...

Fatou

Fatoumata Diawara

Africa - Released by World Circuit on 19 Sep 2011

4 stars out of 5 -- "Playing with a small band, she sets up intricate backing tracks that lean a little on jazz and funk, but it's her insistence on m ...

Ali & Toumani

Ali Farka Touré, Toumani Diabaté

World - Released by World Circuit on 22 Feb 2010

Specialist in All Styles

Orchestra Baobab

World - Released by World Circuit on 2 Sep 2002

Putting a classic band together 15 years after their demise can be a recipe for disaster. In this case, though, World Circuit head Nick Gold has defin ...

Toumani & Sidiki

Toumani Diabaté, Sidiki diabate

Africa - Released by World Circuit on 5 May 2014

In what is certainly the first of its kind, highly respected father-and-son duo Toumani and Sidiki Diabaté have teamed up to record an album of unacco ...

Introducing (Deluxe Edition)

Ruben Gonzalez

World - Released by World Circuit on 12 May 1997

Omara Portuondo (Buena Vista Social Club Presents) (2019 - Remaster)

Omara Portuondo

Latin Jazz - Released by World Circuit on 17 Apr 2000

A beautifully executed and produced album by Omara Portuando, the only woman to appear on the original Buena Vista Social Club recordings. Portuando, ...

Buena Vista Social Club at Carnegie Hall (Live)

Buena Vista Social Club

World - Released by World Circuit on 13 Oct 2008