There are many music blogs, managed by music lovers from all part of the world. Here’s a selection of some of the best. They all aloud to read, listen to, and often download music from a part of the world. Many of them feature rare vinyl of cds ripped. Written by specialists or amateurs, they give a personal perspective of a country’s music, very different that what you usually read on world musics reviews.
The language of the blog is specified between the brackets : fr= french, en=english, pt= portuguese, es=spanish. The +++ highlights my favorites.
Asia
Azerbaïdjan
- Azeri Muzik (en)
Central Asia
South Korea
- Korean psych (en)
- Korean classic rock (en)
- Korea Pop wars (en) now Mark James russel (en)
- Rock Korea (en)
Cambodia
- Khmer rocks (fr)
China
- Asian Beat (en)
- Ambuscade from Ten sides (en)
- Antique Shangai Pop (en)
- Cantopop news (en)
- Hong Kong independant music blog (en)
India
- Bollywood vinyl (en) bollywood
- Music From The Third Floor (en) +++ bollywood
- Raga Vibrations (en) classical music
- Tradionnal music from LPs and Cassettes (en) classical music
- Mehfil-soE-Mausiqi (en) classical music
- Bolly Vault (en) Mostly 40′s & 50′s bollywood
Indonesia
Madrotter(en) now Madrotter treaser hunt +++- Brain Goreng (en)
Philippines
- Brave new world (en) also music from France and others countries. Mostly obscure punk.
Singapore & Malaysia
- Chang Siao Yin (en) 60′s pop
- Pop yeh yeh (en) 60′s pop
Sri lanka
- Sri lanka jukebox (en),
- Infolanka (en)
Thailand
- Monrakplengthai (en) +++
Vietnam
- Trinh Cong Son (fr)
- Riding the wave of Vietnamese pop Music (en) article
Japan
- Suki-suki-daisuki (fr) J-pop
- Ananda (fr) J-pop
- Les CDs de la Chronique automatique (fr) +++
- Japanese old Rock (en)
- Japanese rock for fuck sake (en)
- Stop Jap (en)
Other Asian countries
- Asian classical (en)
- A Gogo Asian 60′s Beat (en)
- Hajimaji (en) +++
- Bodega pop (en) +++
- Sea Indie (en) music from South East Asia
- Tapess (en)
America
Argentina
- Fana del tango (es) tango
- Musica y recuerdos (es) folklore
- Sonidos Cuyanos (es) folklore
- Voces de la Patria grande (es) folklore
Brazil
- Baile funk funk carioca (en)
- Brazilian Nuggets (pt) 60′s and 70′s
Loronix(en) now, Orphaos do loronix (pt)- Forro em vinyl (pt) forro
- Flabbergasted vibes (en) +++
- Le blog de D. Achedjiane (fr)
- Samba e soul (pt)
- The Brazilian sound (en)
- 300 discos importantes (pt) +++
- L’exlixir du dr. Funktahus & Afro Sambas (fr) +++
- Um que tenha (pt) +++
Chili
- En busca del tiempo perdido (es) rock
Colombia
- Radio canalh (fr) cumbia, nueva cumbia
- Musicas de Colombia (es)
Cuba
Ecuador
Jamaica
- Historia do reggae (pt)
- Kingston Roots (en)
- Rastaman (en)
- Reggae rarities (en)
Mexico
- Mexicovers (en)
Peru
- Portail Musica del Peru (es)
- Grandes de la cumbia peruana (es) cumbia
Various latin-american countries
- Garage latino (es)
- Ghetto bassquake (en) Actual
- Global Grooves (en) +++
- Latin but cool (en) Actual +++
- Latin Vinyl junky (en)
- Le gouter du mercredi (fr)
- La Congona (en)
- La Onda Topical (en)
- Masala (fr) electronic musics
- Memoria Tropical (es)
- Musica del Barrio (fr)
- Musica del alma (en)
- Sounds and culture (en) +++ magazine
- Soul Cocina (en)
- Super Sonido (en)
- Global Grooves (en) +++
North Africa and middle-east
Algeria
- Phocée Phone : algerian and other oriental musics (fr)
Iran
- Shabzendedha (en)
Iraq
- Iraqui Maquam (en)
Israel and jewish music
- Israel beat jewish music podcast (en)
- Teruah (en)
Turkey
- Turkish Psychedelic Music (en)
- Haturkiya en)
- Turkish punk (en)
Morocco
- Morrocan tapes stash (en) +++
Others countries
- Last Night In Orient (fr)
- Rap du maghreb (fr)
- Gammes orientales (fr)
- Oriental tradional music from LPs and Cassettes (en)
- Folkmusic smb (en) +++
- The audiotopia (en)
Africa
West Africa
- Aduna (fr)
- Voodoo Funk (en) +++
- Sahel Sounds (en) – Mali, Mauritania
South Africa
- Soul safari (en)
Angola
- Musica de Angola (pt)
Benin
- Oro (fr) +++
- Jam Magica (fr)
Cameroon
- Makossa original (en)
Congo
- Tambours d’Afrique (en)
- Ambiance Congo (en)
- Franco restored (en)
- Congo Na bisso (en)
Ethiopia & Somalia
- Ethiopian Hip Hop and R&b (en)
- Un siècle de musique moderne en Éthiopie (fr)
- Kezira (en)
- Funkfidelity (en),
- My passion for ethiopian music (en)
Nigeria & Ghana
- Highlife haven (en)
- Afrobeat music (en)
- The afrobeat blog (en)
- Osibisaba (en)
- 100% Naija (en)
- Naija jams (en) actual
- Highlife turntable (en)
- The hiplife complex (en) actual
Other african countries
- African hiphop actual (en)
- African sound system (en)
- Africolombia (es)
- Africultures (fr)
- Afropop (en) +++ magazine
- Afroslabs (en)
- Afro-synth (en) 80′s & 90′s
- Analog Africa (en)
- Awesome tapes from Africa (en) +++
- A monsieur willy world (en)
- Comb and Razor (en)
- Dial Africa (en)
- Electric Jive (en)
- Global Grooves (en) +++
- Groove monzter (en)
- Likembe (en) +++
- Ethnomusic (en)
- Matsuli (en) +++
- Muzzical trips (en)
- Radio Africa (en)
- Rythmo d’Afrique (en)
- Rhythm Connection (en)
- Sea Never Dry (en)
- Sudartistes (fr)
- TP Africa (en)
- Voix africaines (es)
- World Passport (en)
- World service (en) +++ Congo, Nigeria, Mali and many more
Europe
Balkans
- Muzika Balkana (en)
Bulgaria
- Bulgarian 70′s-80s (en)
Czech Repubilc, Slovakia
East and central Europe
- Eastern Folk (en) Ukraine, Lituania, Bielorussia
- The Far Eastern Audio Review (en)
- Eastern crates (en)
- Eastern bloc songs (en)
- Anywhere else but here today (en)
Finland
- Musex (en)
France
- French Kisses (en) +++
Germany
- Goethe radio (en)
Italy
- Italian folk music (en)
- Italian Rap (en)
Norway
- Norskmusikk (en)
Poland
- Polish Folk Music (en)
Portugal
- All this is Fado (en)
Russia
- Russian music video blog (en)
- Russian records (en)
- Жужу! (en)
General – Various countries
- Anywhere else but here today (en) +++
- Anthem for the nation of Luobaniya (en)
- Babel(b)logue (en)
- Bruxelles-Bangkok-Brasilia (fr) +++
- Ceints de Bakélites (en)
- Continents sonores (fr)
- Excavated shellac (en) +++
- Fat planet (en)
- Guitars and the wind (en)
- Here to Hear (en)
- Hist-géo box (fr) +++
- Holy Warbles (en)
- Les mains noires (en)
- Major Bonobo (es)
- Music City (en)
- Radiodiffusion (en) +++
- Musica para Minorias (es)
- Radioshic (fr)
- Rythmes étranges (fr)
- Snap Crackle & pops (en)
- Sonidos perdidos (en)
- Soundroots (en)
- Spinning in the air (en)
- Toro y loco (en)
- We love music (en)
- We promote non english language music (en) +++
- What’s in my iPod (en)
