

By Kenny ChibaVerified curator|Updated Sep 21, 2026
Fifteen discoveries from the Overlooked Tracks Podcast archive. Soul, blues, hip-hop, Afrobeat, electronic music, Brazilian MPB, jazz, and progressive rock meet beyond borders—and far beyond the mainstream. Head to Overlookedtracks.com for more music you've overlooked!
Fifteen discoveries from the Overlooked Tracks Podcast archive. Soul, blues, hip-hop, Afrobeat, electronic music, Brazilian MPB, jazz, and progressive rock meet beyond borders—and far beyond the mainstream. Head to Overlookedtracks.com for more music you've overlooked!
Featured: Episode 79:
French vocals glide across downtempo electronics and hip-hop textures. Intimate, hypnotic, and perfect for beginning the journey somewhere between memory and motion.
Featured: Episode 79:
Azam Ali’s haunting voice moves through shadowy electronics and ancient-feeling atmospheres. A cinematic meditation that seems suspended between worlds.
Featured: Episode 91:
The Canadian underground veteran delivers relaxed rhymes over an understated beat. Casual on the surface, quietly encouraging underneath—a smooth reminder to keep moving.
Featured: Episode 91:
Live-band warmth meets alternative hip-hop as thoughtful verses navigate the angels, devils, and complicated choices living inside us.
Featured: Episode 91:
Shabaka Hutchings’ mysterious Kofi Flexxx project unites spiritual jazz, commanding rhythm, and vivid lyricism. Beauty grows from the shadows here.
Featured: Episode 94:
Kingfish electrifies the blues with muscular guitar, swaggering rhythm, and a voice carrying wisdom beyond his years. Tradition enters the room wearing fresh fire.
Featured: Episode 94:
Samantha Fish turns blues-rock into a fearless statement of survival. Gritty guitar, stomping rhythm, and raw conviction make this one gloriously difficult to ignore.
Featured: Episode 96:
Aṣa blends Nigerian soul, folk, and reggae into a timeless challenge to power and control. Gentle in sound, sharp in meaning, and still strikingly relevant.
Featured: Episode 96:
Nigerian rising voice Qing Madi floats across an elegant Afrobeats groove, balancing youthful longing with the poise of an artist already shaping her own lane.
Featured: Episode 96:
Mádé Kuti carries Afrobeat forward with urgent horns, restless percussion, and a message of mental liberation. The family flame remains bright—and very much alive.

15 songsPicked byKenny ChibaVerified curator
Fifteen discoveries from the Overlooked Tracks Podcast archive. Soul, blues, hip-hop, Afrobeat, electronic music, Brazilian MPB, jazz, and progressive rock meet beyond borders—and far beyond the mainstream. Head to Overlookedtracks.com for more music you've overlooked!