https://www.rotaterecordings.com/blogs/digest/heavy-voodoo-dub-music-retrospective 2025-12-17T06:56:58+10:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0600/8183/2100/articles/1_d95f3e52-e8b4-4287-8425-b043fc38a75c.png?v=1765918618 Heavy Voodoo: A Dub Retrospective and Its Enduring Influence Heavy Voodoo Dub Retrospective playlist cover https://www.rotaterecordings.com/blogs/digest/psychedelic-afro-rock-its-not-easy 2025-12-16T15:02:05+10:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0600/8183/2100/articles/Your_paragraph_text_copy_3_8966d8c9-cb92-45cb-9183-fb96ed571310.png?v=1765861325 It’s Not Easy: Psychedelic Afro-Rock and the Music of the Biafran War Rotate Recordings playlist cover for “It’s Not Easy” https://www.rotaterecordings.com/blogs/digest/italo-disco-you-know-why 2025-12-16T15:02:53+10:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0600/8183/2100/articles/4_ac48ba05-ccb6-486c-8239-23c4bb532622.png?v=1765861373 You Know Why: How Italo Disco Changed the Sound of Dance Music Rotate Recordings playlist cover for “You Know Why” https://www.rotaterecordings.com/blogs/digest/to-1985-la-electro-funk-west-coast-hip-hop 2025-12-16T14:59:53+10:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0600/8183/2100/articles/Your_paragraph_text-3_c72d51ab-00c6-4d3c-abe4-4c3d833033e4.png?v=1765861193 To 1985 – L.A. 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UK Street Soul" https://www.rotaterecordings.com/blogs/digest/sun-ra-arkestra-cosmic-performance-era 2026-06-10T11:41:41+10:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0600/8183/2100/articles/2_copy_8_5d8d4e65-7b1e-4dc7-bea5-028b7f33c6fd.png?v=1781055701 Sun Ra and the Cosmic Transformation of the Arkestra Rotate Recordings playlist cover for "1967–early 1970s: Arkestra as spacecraft – Cosmic civilisation" https://www.rotaterecordings.com/blogs/digest/king-sunny-ade-juju-music-series 2026-06-03T12:11:55+10:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0600/8183/2100/articles/2_2de6b2e7-fa49-4640-8f00-9d03691e4c28.png?v=1780452715 The World Music CD Listener’s Guide: King Sunny Adé and the Global Rise of Jùjú Music King Sunny Adé performing https://www.rotaterecordings.com/blogs/digest/world-music-cd-listeners-guide-haris-alexiou 2026-06-03T12:11:34+10:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0600/8183/2100/articles/1_b18b6576-282a-4c75-ab17-1e1b926bdd9d.png?v=1780452694 The World Music CD Listener’s Guide: Haris Alexiou and the Heart of Modern Greek Music Haris Alexiou https://www.rotaterecordings.com/blogs/digest/sun-ra-arkestra-1970s-funk-cosmic-jazz 2026-06-10T11:40:45+10:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0600/8183/2100/articles/1_copy_4.png?v=1781055645 Sun Ra and the Arkestra: Cosmic Jazz, Funk, and Tradition Rotate Recordings playlist cover for "1972–1993: Cosmic integration – Return to Earth and space" https://www.rotaterecordings.com/blogs/digest/sean-nos-arabic-music-and-bob-quinn-s-atlantic-theory 2026-06-17T10:41:40+10:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0600/8183/2100/articles/SPOTIFY_COVERS-2_d5cc2399-6cb5-426a-849e-50f8a52791c6.png?v=1781656900 Sean-Nós, Arabic Music, and Bob Quinn’s Atlantic Theory https://www.rotaterecordings.com/blogs/digest/world-music-cd-listeners-guide-hossein-alizadeh 2026-06-27T14:36:48+10:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0600/8183/2100/articles/SPOTIFY_COVERS-2_6fccfa15-fd10-45de-a7fa-1b022159173e.png?v=1782535008 The World Music CD Listener’s Guide: Hossein Alizadeh and the Art of Persian Classical Music Hossein Alizadeh preforming https://www.rotaterecordings.com/blogs/digest/world-music-cd-listeners-guide-altan 2026-07-01T15:12:22+10:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0600/8183/2100/articles/SPOTIFY_COVERS-2_90b3d2d9-aa4f-4d10-a542-ed202e7368d5.png?v=1782882742 The World Music CD Listener’s Guide: Altan and the Sound of Donegal Altan Irish Band https://www.rotaterecordings.com/blogs/digest/world-music-cd-listeners-guide-arrow 2026-07-08T11:54:51+10:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0600/8183/2100/articles/SPOTIFY_COVERS-2_07dc063c-3d85-49e0-8517-375daf99b814.png?v=1783475691 The World Music CD Listener’s Guide: Arrow and the Rise of Soca Arrow performing https://www.rotaterecordings.com/blogs/digest/iran-before-1979-persian-funk-rock-disco 2026-07-16T14:58:03+10:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0600/8183/2100/articles/SPOTIFY_COVERS-2_copy_19_159d612e-507e-42ca-9d72-8c9e61cf482e.png?v=1784177883 Iran Before 1979: When Persian Music Met Funk, Rock, and Disco Rotate Recordings Spotify cover for playlist "Golden Age of Iranian Music - 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