Check out the premiere of the brand new video from LADAMA “Porro Maracatu,” courtesy of our friends at The FADER. Group member Sara Lucas said: “Writing, recording and filming ‘Porro Maracatu’ in Bogotá, Colombia and Recife, Brazil...
LADAMA announce US Tour Dates! Catch them in a city near you to celebrate the release of their new record which comes out next Friday 25th. You can check the full list of Tour Dates below. TOUR...
Wonderful article about Tanzania Albinism Collective’s journey to the UK to perform at WOMAD Festival, in The Guardian. The story behind this group and this album is truly an inspiring example of courage & creativity in the face of overwhelming...
“A funky jam, flavored with northeastern Brazil’s syncopated, drum-heavy maracatu music and powered by the mighty voices of LADAMA’s four members.”- Afropop premieres the first single from our new signing, LADAMA. Check out the single...
We are very excited to announce our latest signing. LADAMA is a group of four women, virtuosic musicians, and educators — Lara Klaus, Daniela Serna, Mafer Bandola and Sara Lucas—each from a different country and culture of the Americas. Harnessing music from...
All of us at Six Degrees Records were very happy to see that the excellent feature that 60 Minutes did on our Zomba Prison Project release, has been nominated for three Emmys, including: • Outstanding Feature Story in a Newsmagazine • Outstanding Writing •...
UK friends, make sure to catch members of the Tanzania Albinism Collective in this rare appearance at WOMAD Festival!! Set times: • Saturday 11.00 @ World Of Worlds Stage (Talk) • Saturday 15.00 @ Ecotricity Stage (Performance) • Sunday 12.00 @ Taste The World...
Members of the Tanzania Albinism Collective will be performing a special show tomorrow night (along with Khmer Rouge Survivors) at The Old Queens Head. They then will be performing at WOMAD Festival 2017 this weekend. As you can imagine, the logistics of...
Very excited to announce that after a lengthy hiatus (and a beautiful record by Chris & Juju as Undersea Poem), the great band Mosquitos have a new album coming from Six Degrees Records on 8/18. You can now get your first musical taste of a track over at...
We’ve put together a YouTube Playlist of our year in video (so far). Check out all of the musical & visual goodness! Don’t forget to follow us on there to stay up to date on all the newest music videos and documentaries from Six Degrees. Thank...
Check out the archived. “Live Cast” video of co-founder Bob Duskis talking about how he got into the music business, discussing Six Degrees’ 20th Anniversary & dishing “behind the scenes” stories about many of our releases on Antonino...
The Huffington Post interviews producer Ian Brennan (Zomba Prison Project, Tinariwen, Malawi Mouse Boys) about Tanzania Albinism Collective. READ ON THE...
The Zomba Prison Project feature mini documentary will air on 60 minutes again for the third time. If you haven’t seen it yet, this is a good chance to do so. Anderson Cooper travels to Malawi where he visits the prison where this album was recorded. WATCH...
Check out the acoustic session that Vieux Farka Touré recorded at the Glastonbury Festival grounds, before he and his band played their full set at the Fest. CHECK IT OUT VIA THE...
Today is the day! Meklit’s new album: When The People Move, The Music Moves Too is now on sale. The album seamlessly melds Ethiopian Grooves with Jazz and Singer Songwriter sensibilities to create something entirely unique. Produced by Dan Wilson & featuring...
“A Southern gothic and baroque pop-inspired record that shivers magically, hauntingly with honesty and vulnerability.”- This great feature in COOLS, perfectly captures what makes the debut album from Hite: Light Of A Strange Day, so unique & so...
Nina Miranda (SMOKE CiTY, Shrift, ZEEP & Beyond) is a guest presenter on the latest edition of the Bandcamp Weekly radio show. Listen to her beautifully curated musical journey into Samba, Bossa & Beyond & make sure to check her new album, Freedom Of...
“With her latest masterpiece, Meklit has affirmed her place among her childhood heroes: at the shining crossroads of two cultures, making truly moving music.”- PopMatters One week before its release, PopMatters is now streaming Meklit’s amazing new...
Watch the master, Karsh Kale discuss the use of the tabla in Electronic music, on his episode of Red Bull Music Academy’s Studio Science series- WATCH DIRECTLY VIA...
“254th Peace Song,” the opening track on Peter Himmelman’s new album, There Is No Calamity, immediately grabs your attention both sonically and lyrically. By the time the refrain kicks in—“Stop the hate, stop the hate”—you’re singing along. See for yourself”-...
OkayAfrica says “You need to hear Meklit’s Ethiopian Cover of The Roots’ classic “You Got Me” (and we completely agree)… New album: “When the People Move, The Music Moves Too” is coming from Six Degrees on June 23rd!...
Many thanks to The World for featuring a piece today on the Tanzania Albinism Collective, shining a light on both their overall plight as well as the extraordinary music they’ve created with producer Ian Brennan. LISTEN / READ ON...
We are very happy to announce that Vieux Farka Touré will be playing live at Glastonbury Festival! Catch him on the Pyramid Stage on Saturday 24th. He will be presenting his newest work Samba now available to...
“Freedom of Movement is Miranda’s way of reintroducing herself to the world as both a singer and performer, an album that revels in experimentation, but doesn’t shy away from embracing tradition. It’s Miranda building bridges between cultures, defining both her...
“If you have any doubts that the musical styles of East Africa and the Bay Area can be melded with equal parts grit and grace, she’ll knock them right out of you with vocals, horns and percussion — such exhilarating, heartbeat-propelling percussion — by...
“The collective will astonish….revelatory.”- Monolith Cocktail “Their music is visceral, cathartic, and deeply personal. The album’s 23 short songs create an atmosphere of intimacy—as if the listener were eavesdropping on friends.”-...
Check out Gizmodo’s feature on how Meklit’s song “Supernova” (from her upcoming new release), incorporates actual “star sounds”. The new album, When The People Move, The Music Moves Too is coming from Six Degrees Records on 6/23....
Amazing, in depth article in Newsweek which features the story behind our upcoming release by Tanzania Albinism Collective (coming from Six Degrees this Friday), produced by Ian Brennan (Zomba Prison Project, Tinariwen, ZMEI3). READ IN FULL...
Nina Miranda’s debut album is Out Now! LISTEN / BUY ••••••••••••••••• Nina Miranda has spent most of her life living in Brazil and London; her hotly awaited, first solo album is bursting with the dissonance and freedom of that experience. Perhaps best...
“Take the one-of-kind vocal stylings of Ethio-American jazz musician Meklit, add the genius production talents of Dan Wilson (the Grammy-winning producer behind Adele’s “Someone Like You”) and multi-instrumentalist Andrew Bird — and you’ve got yourself a serious...
We’re very excited that Friday is release date for the first solo album by the incomparable Nina Miranda (SMOKE CiTY, Shrift, ZEEP & Beyond). You can get yourself ready for the full album by checking out this lovely duet between Nina and singer...
“Niyaz makes some of the most sensual and hypnotic electronic music of this century” – PopMatters reviews the Best Of Niyaz by Niyaz. READ THE ARTICLE HERE LISTEN / BUY ALBUM
Today is European release date for Vieux Farka Touré’s critically acclaimed new album, Samba. “The most impressive, mature and interesting of Vieux’s albums so far”– fRoots “Since 2009, Vieux Farka Touré has been working with Six Degrees on a run of...
Get ready to dance- fun new video for “I Am”, the first single from the upcoming solo debut from Nina Miranda (SMOKE CiTY, Shrift, ZEEP & Beyond). Full album, Freedom Of Movement, coming from Six Degrees Records on 5/26. ...
“A visceral masterstroke of musical gossamer…stunning, rather otherworldly” BlackBook Media premieres beautiful new Son Lux remix of Hite’s track “Eliza Jane” LISTEN via Black Book ...
“I Want To Sing For Them All (feat. Andrew Bird)” is the first track and video from Meklit’s upcoming album, When The People Move, The Music Moves Too and VIBE is premiering the video today. Meklit calls the song her anthem. Vibe says...
When Toy Selectah (Control Machete, Mad Decent) and Camilo Lara (Mexican Institute of Sound) joined forces to release COMPASS, a super collaborative project featuring more than 100 artists from around the world, they enlisted a dream list of collaborators to...
The Silver Lake Chorus’s track “From The Snow Tipped Hills” (written by Bon Iver) will be featured in tonight’s episode of Pretty Little Liars. (don’t pretend- we know you watch & love...
The music and concepts aren’t nearly as stuffy as the name. Delia Derbyshire was the legendary electronic artist at the BBC’s Radiophonic Workshop and a creator of the “Doctor Who Theme.” Her electronic music turned on a generation, among them, Garry Hughes of...
We are thrilled to announce that on 5/26, Six Degrees Records will be releasing Freedom Of Movement, the very first solo album from Nina Miranda – SMOKE CiTY, Shrift, ZEEP & Beyond. Nina is one of our favorite singers (and one of our favorite people)...
PRI’s The World premieres the new documentary about Romanian group, Zmei3. Discover what the group’s unique brand of “Rough Romanian Soul” is all about. WATCH IN FULL HERE HERE
Paste Magazine premieres the new video for “Eliza Jane” from Hite’s just released debut album. Julia Easterlin (aka Hite) tells us the story behind the powerful clip: “I wrote the song about the birth of my younger sister Eliza, and I...
“Del” is the new song featured on our just released, Best Of Niyaz compilation. Azam Ali says that the track is ” a song about that intangible, fragile, ephemeral thing called LOVE.” and that “For Iranians this song will...
“Gorgeous, sunwashed harmonies shine through, bringing to mind a 70’s psychedelic folk sound.”- Glide Magazine premieres this new video of Great American Canyon Band’s version of the classic “The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine” WATCH...
Today is release date for the striking debut from our new signing, Hite. You may know her as Julia Easterlin who released the beautiful album, Touristes with Vieux Farka Touré in 2015. Lovely and unsettling. Brightly arranged and shot through with darkness. Rooted in...
Still basking in the afterglow of last night’s show at Freight & Salvage in Berkeley, CA with Niyaz. Here are a few photos from the show by the talented photographer Irene Young. See more of her work:...
Afropop Worldwide premieres the first video from Samba, the upcoming new album from Vieux Farka Touré. WATCH THE VIDEO You can pre-order the album here
We have been truly blessed to have Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Segal touring here in North America these last weeks. Anyone who has been fortunate enough to see them live has witnessed first hand, the beauty of their collaboration. Here’s a video just posted...
We are excited to announce the 3/17 release date of the Best of Niyaz (Official Site). Compiled by Azam Ali & Loga Ramin Torkian & featuring a new track. We need this band and their wonderful music more than ever, during these divided & turbulent...
BUST Magazine premieres the video for Hite’s track “Light”, the first song from the upcoming debut album, Light Of A Strange Day. Julia Easterlin (aka Hite) says of the clip: “Who knows how it will be received; How do people feel about...
“As mysteriously enchanting and hauntingly magical as the full night sky.”- Billboard premieres this great new video for starRo’s Grammy nominated remix of The Silver Lake Chorus’ “Heavy Star Movin” (written by the Flaming Lips)....
“Nostalgic footage combined with futuristic technology makes Delia Derbyshire Appreciation Society masters at their craft.” Magnetic Magazine premieres the new video for “St. Tropez, 1966” from the debut album from Delia Derbyshire Appreciation...
You may know our latest signing Hite as Julia Easterlin from the wonderful Touristes record she did with Vieux Farka Touré in 2015. Her debut under her new artist name, Light Of A Strange Day, is coming on Six Degrees on 3/24. Follow her on Facebook and on...
Now available at all of your favorite music retailers: the debut, full length album from Delia Derbyshire Appreciation Society. This collaboration between analog synth fanatics, Garry Hughes & Harvey Jones is a return to the days of gorgeous, warm, ambient music,...
“A wide-ranging portrait of electronic sounds that, while gentle and non-obtrusive, has a distinct personality and ambition. There are hints of Low-era Bowie, and just a shade of the optimistic ambience of Eno circa Music for Airports, but there’s a sense of...
As they get ready to go out on an extensive U.S. tour, Great American Canyon Band are offering a free, 5 song EP in partnership with the folks at NoiseTrade. Included are 3 beautiful, rare & unreleased tracks, as well as an unplugged version of...
Check out Great American Canyon Band’s beautiful new version of the classic Walker Brothers song, “The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore”. It’s part of Amazon Music’s new Valentine’s themed playlist, Love Me Not- LISTEN...
Piers Faccini doesn’t come over to the States very often but we are lucky to have him here on our shores right now for a brief tour. This live session that he just did for Paste Magazine shows him in fine form, mixing musical influences from different...
In honor of the anniversary of David Bowie’s passing, Brightest Young Things premieres the video of Great American Canyon Band’s version of “Heroes” WATCH IT HERE
Piers Faccini is in the midst of an extended world tour, supporting his excellent latest album, I Dreamed An Island. Right now, we have the rare pleasure of having him here in the United States. Check out his tour dates and don’t miss him if he...
Our first release of 2017 comes out today and it’s a beautiful first taste of a new ambient project from electronic producers Garry Hughes & Harvey Jones, called Delia Derbyshire Appreciation Society. (Named for the pioneering electronic producer,...
The New York Times includes The Silver Lake Chorus’ new video of Sufjan Stevens’ “Sister Winter” in their latest Holiday Playlist. “Sufjan Stevens’s “Sister Winter” is a study in regret and estrangement that ends in holiday...
Everyone here at Six Degrees Records would like to wish you and yours a restful and happy holiday season. 2016 has been a punishing year for many of us, filled with way too much loss & anger. While the future may seem fraught with uncertainty, we have never felt...
Thank you Pop Matters for choosing Ceu’s Tropix and the new Zomba Prison Project “I will not stop singing” as best world music albums of 2016. You can read the whole list here
Just in time for the holidays- FLOOD Magazine premieres this new video of The Silver Lake Chorus performing Sufjan Stevens’ beautiful song “Sister Winter” READ/WATCH directly on Flood or...
Congrats to all of our artists that made CMJ’s Year End Chart of the Most Played World Music Albums of 2016. Big shout out to our radio promotion guru, Dave Sanford of Distiller Promo. You & your staff rock Dave! Céu, Bossacucanova Official, Zomba...
“The sound world that he builds is fascinating. The timelessness of the music is emphasized by songs that sound both new & extremely old, with Faccini’s rather graceful singing being the icing on the cake.” Great review in Songlines Mag of...
When one of the most beautiful voices on the planet, offers a new track for free, you best take note. New, free music from the one & only Azam Ali! This is directly from Azam: “Finally the day is here! With great joy, I share with all of you my newly...
We woke up this morning to the exciting news that starRo’s beautiful remix of The Silver Lake Chorus’ “Heavy Star Movin” (written by Flaming Lips) was nominated for a Grammy in the “Best Remixed Recording”...
To say thank you for all the support you have shown us this year, we have a sale going on. 25% off all our releases on our bandcamp store. Just type the code HOLI when you check out.
Read this timely review of I Dreamed an Island featured on The Grateful Web: “Not a day sooner could Piers Faccini have penned the 10 songs featured on his latest full-length studio recording, I Dreamed An Island (Six Degrees Records; October 21, 2016)....
Lovely, in depth feature on Great American Canyon Band in Trouvé Magazine. If you’re not yet familiar with this group’s beautiful music, now is the perfect time to get caught up. Read the full feature and feast on the beautiful photos by Lindsay Hite here....
CEU – PERFUME DO INVISIVEL – LIVE Ce soir (ou… by ce-soir-ou-jamais Two time Latin Grammy winner, Céu- performing “Perfume Do Invisivel” live for MSN Entertainment France.
We just got the word that Céu won the Latin Grammy for “Best Portuguese Language Contemporary Pop Album” and the “Best Engineered Album of the Year”! Congrats to her and to our friends at Urban Jungle for her recent...
Great American Canyon Band are currently on tour, tonight at the Kennedy Center in DC, and there’s a few more chances for you to catch them live. With one show already sold out, tickets are going fast. GET...
Piers Faccini is on tour presenting his latest work “I dreamed an Island”. He’s currently in Europe where you can catch him in France, UK, Italy & Switzerland. At the beginning of 2017, you can catch him in the USA and Canada. GET...
We have just posted a new Spotify Playlist to soothe, inspire & provoke, in the wake of the U.S. Election. Please share with anyone you think might enjoy it. In troubled times, music can be a powerful way to articulate how we are feeling and what we aspire to....
Need to be transported on this dark day in the U.S.? Check out this nice Culture Collide feature on Great American Canyon Band’s adventures in Iceland, filming the gorgeous new video for their track “Only You Remain” READ + ...
NPR’s blog ‘Goats and Soda’ feature the Zomba Prison Project story and interview producer Ian Brennan. “One thing a lot of them have expressed to me: It’s given them confidence that their music has been heard beyond the walls of the...
“What is it about prisons and music? There’s Johnny Cash and his gigs at San Quentin and Folsom back in the 1960s. There’s also Eddie Palmieri and his funk outfit, Harlem River Drive, performing at Sing Sing in ’71. But those are free men...
The outpouring of love in the wake of 60 Minutes story about the Zomba Prison Project has been overwhelming. Thank you to everyone that has sent us messages from around the world. In answer to many of your questions: This is how you can purchase both releases by...
Months ago, Anderson Cooper & a full crew from the program 60 Minutes, flew to Malawi to tape a segment about the story behind our two Zomba Prison Project releases. We are beyond excited to announce that that story will air this Sunday night, 10/30 on 60...
Now On Sale: The Out Here EP from Great American Canyon Band. Featuring two soaring new mixes of album tracks, one new song and a remix of “Crash” by Daniel T Listen / Buy
Dom la Nena Cantando Vinyl is coming soon. The packaging looks fantastic, designed by Dom herself. Check out the inner sleeve! Release date: 11/04/2016 Pre-order here
Video Premiere: Soundcheck (WNYC Radio) gives you a first look at Dom La Nena’s charming new video for her version of “Scenic World” (originally from the first album by Beirut). Dom fell in love with the record as an 18-year old, newly...
Now On Sale: I Dreamed An Island, the beautiful new release from Piers Faccini. Inspired by traditions centuries old — but firmly 21st century in its blending of languages, narratives and instrumental arrangements — electric guitars converse...
“Soaring harmonies, and an expansive folk-pop sonic palette makes the song sound like it was written and recorded atop a mountain, instantly evoking a mood of open air and gigantic vistas.”- The A.V. Club Premieres the epic new video (shot in...
“Cantando is a dreamy, ear friendly set of songs by much-admired songwriters performed by Dom La Nena’s soft vocals and cello.” – WMC READ HERE LISTEN / BUY CD / LP / DL...
“Faccini’s voice enchants, his lyrics engage us and his meticulously composed music lifts our hearts.”- PopMatters premieres, I Dreamed An Island, the amazing new album from Piers Faccini. You can now stream it in its entirety before Friday’s...
All of us at Six Degrees Records are greatly saddened to learn that our friend and artist, Issa Bagayogo has passed away after a lengthy illness. He was a kind and gentle soul, whose music touched many people around the world & moved many a dance-floor. Directly...
Niyaz is putting together the “Best of Niyaz” album and they need your input. This is straight from the band: “We are very excited to announce that next year our long time label Six Degrees Records will be releasing a “Best of Niyaz” album, which...
Dom La Nena returns with her beautiful new Cantando EP featuring cover versions of four of Dom’s favorite songs. Listen / Buy Tracklist: 1. Scenic World by Zach Condon (Beirut) 2. Felicidade by Lupicinio Rodrigues 3. Gracias a la Vida by Violeta Parra 4. Les...
MIC premieres mini-doc on the Zomba Prison Project. “These songs of love and loss transcend language and border”- Thanks to Mic for premiering the new mini documentary from our just released album, I Will Not Stop Singing. Read/Watch the full story here...
Above is the review on the new Zomba Prison Project on the UK’s Sunday Times. “If a picture is worth a thousand words, these prison songs are snapshots which could inspire a lengthy book.” – AP Read the Associated Press review...
2016 has been a good year so far here at Six Degrees. The good people at WOMEX, named us number 6 in their top 20 Best Label list for 2016. Check out their other selections here. It’s good to be amongst other labels we love such as No Format!,...
Big congratulations to Céu who just got nominated for a Latin Grammy Award in the “Best Portuguese Language Contemporary Pop Album” category for her Tropix album! The list of nominees in the same category are: Tiago Iorc – Troco Likes, Larissa...
Very excited to announce that Six Degrees Records will be releasing I Dreamed An Island, the beautiful new record from Piers Faccini in North America on 10/21. Piers also created this beautiful blog where you can see his creative process for this new album...
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