Listen to 37 new tracks from around the world, as chosen by the Guardian and other bloggers in the Music Alliance Pact

No more retro-soul for Ben Drew – he's back to hip-hop and sink-estate reportage. It's impressive, but pretty harrowing too

The reggae star on the bittersweet pleasure of watching footage of his father, why people have started calling him 'Gong Zilla', and how Jamaica has changed in his lifetime