Afro-American Short Stories Richard Wright, James Baldwin, William Melvin Kelley, Langston Hughes, LeRoi Jones, Alice Walker

'Empathy is the currency of all music and Joe Mulhall does a great job of explaining how that quality has been used to generate solidarity for the struggle...

Nikki Giovanni's poetry has dazzled and inspired readers for more than sixty years. When she first emerged from the Black Arts Movement in the late 1960s,...

Jamie Lidell and Luke Schneider have created a kind of sonic tool to navigate a liminal state of mind. Their new collaborative LP, A Companion For The...

'A thoroughly enjoyable compendium of appalling behaviour.' Nick Logan, Editor NME (1973-1978), founder of The Face 'From the shabby stowaways of the...

Gilles Peterson + Stuart Baker (Soul Jazz Records) + Special GuestsAn evening of conversation, music and visuals 7.30-10pm Thu 18 Dec 2025 at The American...

'A timely reminder of what we all truly crave as human beings - connection.' Doc Brown'Warren hows why youth spaces matter - not just for young people,...

Rock Against Racism is a body of photographs that Syd Shelton produced for and about the British Rock Against Racism movement (RAR) of 1976–1981. For...

In an illuminating blend of memoir and art history, The Other Side explores the lives and work of a group of extraordinary women artists. From the twelfth-century...

Brand new Soul Jazz Records Functional Outer Wear Product #1 Exclusive to Sounds of the Universe Limited edition navy hoodie (large) with design.

These two classic essays were the first works of criticism to break down the boundaries between 'high' and 'low' culture, and made Susan Sontag a literary...

Vintage Feminism: classic feminist texts in short formWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY NATALIE HAYNESWhen this book was first published in 1949 it was to outrage...

Bass player extraordinaire Charles Mingus, who died in 1979, is one of the essential composers in the history of jazz, and Beneath the Underdog, his celebrated,...

Wicked book! Combining the energy and vibrancy of vernacular Jamaican art with the cultural insight that only original ephemera can bring, the flyers...

By turns a handbook of countercultural living, a manual for street protest, and a feminist broadside against the repressive state apparatus, Revolutionary...

“There are curators, and then there's Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy.” - Resident Advisor The sun has finally come out. It’s the first time something...

In 1964, Nell Dunn spoke to nine of her friends over a bottle of wine about men, sex, work, money, babies, freedom and love. The Pop Artist Pauline Boty...

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Latin compilation

Potent and vividly emotional, Simone de Beauvoir’s captivating novel questions freedom and individual responsibility in the face of brutality‘These...

Rashid Johnson, Cauleen Smith and others pay tribute to a truly extraordinary figure in 20th-century American jazz. This volume unpacks the cultural legacy...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Insightful, thought-provoking and profound. I can't recommend highly enough' Sunny Singh'A revolutionary work of beauty,...

Nova Scotia House takes us to the heart of a relationship, a community and an era. It is both a love story and a lament; bearing witness to the enduring...

This Woman's Work: Essays on Music is edited by Kim Gordon and Sinead Gleeson and features contributors Anne Enright, Fatima Bhutto, Jenn Pelly, Rachel...

Riding a hefty drop down bass riff courtesy of the track’s producer, acclaimed DJ/artist, Sub Focus, the Belfast / Derry trio, KNEECAP, have focused...

Soul Jazz Records new Junglist! is a heavyweight selection of classic and rare original Jungle and features Krome & Time, Cutty Ranks, M-Beat, Bizzy B,...

Stones Throw Records debuts new imprint Listening Position with the long-awaited reissue of Kelan Phil Cohran & Legacy’s spiritual jazz masterpiece African...

Limited edition one-time release of remixed tracks from Jeff Parker's 2024 album The Way Out Of Easy. Experimental productions and contemporary jazz details...

CxBxT is a new collaborative project consisting of Japanese singer, songwriter, and filmmaker Tujiko Noriko, musician and composer Adrian Corker, and percussionist...

It's been a long time coming, but finally Defected's producer and remixer-focused House Masters series has turned its attention to the undisputed Godfather...

Defected's House Masters series tribute to Frankie Knuckles is being released as two double LPs, but it could have easily been four or five, such is the...

Rare 7" outing for Sugar Minott's classic 1979 cut "Dreader Than Dread" with top version on the flip. Comes in printed hard cardboard sleeve.

1978 roots vocal cut with Naggo Morris on lead vocals produced by Winston 'Niney' Holness for his label Observer with excellent dub version on the flip.

The 11th release on ALIM Music, Brian Jackson - Is That Jazz? is destined to be considered a masterpiece reworking of a masterpiece of an original. Featuring...

Great new roots instrumental from Addis Pablo & Kingsland Ites on this limited 7", check nice dub version.

From the upcoming album 'Smoke & Fire', a meaningful collaboration with Ashanti Selah & Hark, merging message music styles in the heart of Bristol's vibrant...

Celebrating 30 years, this DJ mix remains one of the defining documents of 1990s techno, as well as one of the most celebrated mix CDs of all time. Now...

A brash, unapologetic blend of electronic, dance, punk, industrial, and pop music, No Lube So Rude exists at the intersection of the personal and the political,...

The 2020s revival of Leeds label Hard Times - a stalwart of the mid-to-late-90s UK house scene - continues apace. Their latest must-check four-tracker...

Produced, recorded and mixed by Roberto Sánchez at A-Lone Ark Muzik Studio All vocals, melodicas and flutes recorded at Gunpowdah home studio by Amatah...

2nd of two Niney 7" repro's from 1978 released on Observer U.K. this one featuring Tyrone Taylor's deep roots vocal cut 'Sufferation" with dub version...

"It is now more important than ever to prioritise living by example as we emulate the divine!" Powerful consciousness-raising gab set to Brian Jackson,...

Freddie McKay's wicked second album originally released on Dynamic J.A. in 1974. Full of deep soulful roots reggae cuts, check Black Beauty, Peace In The...

Originally released on Third World U.K. in 1978 produced by Niney The Observer at Channel One with Naggo Morris on lead vocals. check "Mr Do Over Man Song"...

Gaudi’s Jazz Gone Dub is a masterclass in genre fusion, seamlessly blending the improvisational essence of jazz with the heavy atmospheric grooves of...

Two titanic forces in reggae history -- Roots Radics and The Mighty Revolutionaires -- unite for a powerful dubwise journey on Outernational Riddim - This...

Killer dub album originally released in 1982 on U.K. Silver Camel. One side Roots Radics riddims and the other Sly & Robbie..Two heavyweights dubbed at...

Originally released in 1985, vocal roots recorded at Dynamic studios with Sly & Robbie plus The Sons Of Negus.

Originally released in 1980 on Third World subsidiary label Live & Love, featuring awesome dub mixes by the then Prince Jammy at King Tubby's. 10 heavyweight...

This debut album captures Massive Dread at an early stage of his career when he was starting to make a name for himself as a unique voice in reggae The...

Late 60s and early 70s recordings from the original Wailers with their dub / instrumental versions as extras. "Soul Almighty, Nice Time, Redder Than Red,...

The Woods All Stars return with an essential Latin jazz session, uniting the great Tito Puente (with his Orchestra and Top Percussion Ensemble), saxophonist/flautist...

Out of print for many, many years this is the seminal CLASSIC 1972 album by Horace Andy for Studio One. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STONE-COLD...

Detroit's Jay Dee flipped the script in 2001 with Welcome 2 Detroit, launching BBE's Beat Generation run and marking his first solo statement after years...

Following a soft launch earlier in the year in which they offered up a free (and rather good) mixtape, London's Shakshouka Records drops its first vinyl...

'Bite The Hand That Feeds You' is the debut EP from Amsterdam-based DJ and producer Jasmín. Blending genres, moods, and eras, it draws on her Dutch-Argentinian...

Columbus native Kenneth Jordan was such a force in the late 80s r&b scene that local talent shows had to rewrite their rules. His voice dominated so consistently...