JamBase — Jamiroquai, Bob Dylan, Phish, Orchestra Baobab, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Dopapod and Dangermuffin make up this week's Release Day Picks new album highlights. more info

Guardian Music — (Rough Guides/World Music Network)Western audiences weren't taking much notice of African styles back in the 60s and early 70s, but African musicians knew what was going on here. Funk and soul were massively influential, of course, but so was psyched... more info

Guardian Music — Barbican, LondonA young contender from Democratic Republic of Congo goes head to head with the greatest veteran band in west Africa, and the old-timers win – though it's a close-run contest. Baloji has spent much of his life in Belgium, but returne... more info

Guardian Music — (Discograph/Syllart/Sterns Music)Now in his mid-70s, Ablaye Ndiaye Thiossane is one of the great veterans of the Senegalese music scene, and yet this is his debut solo album. He first became famous across West Africa back in the 60s, when he was cha... more info

Guardian Music — Guardian Music readers pay tribute to Bert Jansch, the folk-guitar pioneer who died this weekIn the newsJessie J triumphs at the MobosElton John and Stephen Fry to guest on new Kate Bush albumThe Cranberries to release first new album in 10 yearsPrim... more info

Guardian Music — Our writers are picking their favourite albums. Here, Caspar Llewellyn Smith gets carried away by a magical collision of Cuban and African soundsIt could feel lame to start any paean to a favourite record with a claim for its significance; it makes i... more info

Guardian Music — For the recording of Maggot Brain, George Clinton told guitarist Eddie Hazel to play 'like your momma had just died' – this extraordinary 10-minute solo was the resultLast week we refreshed the look of guardian.co.uk/music, and one of the first com... more info

Guardian Music — (Real World)When the remarkable album Watina was released, nearly four years ago, it launched the tragically brief international career of Andy Palacio and focused attention to the culture and history of the Garifuna community – the descendents of ... more info

Guardian Music — From established stars such as Youssou N'Dour, Miriam Makeba, Fela Kuti and Manu Dibango to forgotten acts of past decades, a historic music collection marking 50 years of African self-rule is unsurpassedIn 1960, British prime minister Harold Macmill... more info

Guardian Music — (World Circuit)Five years on from the overproduced, unfocused Lamp Fall, Cheikh Lô is back with an album that reconfirms his position as one of the finest, most soulful singers in west Africa. He may be based in Senegal, but his influences are not ... more info