Category: MUSIC NEWS
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Dojo Cuts Funk It Up Australian Style (Free Song)
With a self-titled debut album and two 45s out now on RK, Australian heavy funk unit DOJO CUTS is in no need of an introduction here. Though hard at work on various side projects (many players of the group are also members of afro-funk combo THE LIBERATORS, and vocalist Roxie Ray has been guesting on…
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Rediscovering the Malian Jazz of Sorry Bamba
Sorry Bamba was born in 1938 in Mopti — “The Venice of Mali” — a city whose setting at the confluence of the Niger and Bani rivers made it a true cultural crossroads. This diversity sparked an unsinkable curiosity and passion for learning that characterizes Sorry’s career to this day. Sorry Bamba’s father was a…
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Battle of Balkan Brass: Fanfare Ciocarlia vs. Boban & Marko Markovic
The two foremost Gypsy brass bands are battling it out: who is the king of Balkan brass? Finally, the two titans of East European Gypsy music go head to head in a Balkan brass encounter of epic proportions. Following the tradition of brass battles from Serbia’s legendary Guca Brass Festival to New Orleans’ mean streets,…
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Electric Cowbell Records First Digital Release: 101 Things To Do In Bongolia
Label boss Jim Thomson steers Electric Cowbell as an independent, artist-run label that produces and releases unique records. 101 Things To Do In Bongolia gathers the labels singles of the past year. Initially the vinyl-oriented 45RPM Electric Cowbell record label politely shunned any concern that their singles be made available digitally until our family members…
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Fania Classics From the Vaults Get Dusted Off and Reworked by Legendary DJ & Producer Joe Claussell
HAMMOCK HOUSE – “AFRICA CARIBE” OUT Now. Amongst dance music fans Joaquin “Joe” Claussell needs no introduction. Anyone who ever danced to his sets at New York City’s Body & Soul knows. And as a DJ, a remix producer, a record label head (Sacred Rhythm, Spiritual Life), or even a record store manager/owner (Dance Tracks),…
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Brazilian Tropicália Paid Tribute to on Red Hot + Rio 2
Two free songs at end of article It’s fitting that Red Hot + Rio 2 would pay tribute to Brazil’s Tropicália movement since both exhibit a desire to act on social-political issues through music. Red Hot + Rio 2 is the natural successor to the 1996 original Bossa Nova inspired Red Hot + Rio. Owing…
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Bah Samba Release “Shake the Dog”
Summer 2011 sees the release of the long awaited exciting new album project from Bah Samba titled ‘Shake The Dog’ on Favouritzm. Three years in the making, this incredible selection of songs sees band leader Julian Bendall bounce between New York City, Brighton and everywhere in between! With the help of executive producer and close…
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Ocote Soul Sounds Release “Taurus”
After winning a Grammy Award in 2011 and backing the Tony Award winning broadway show “Fela!” with their respective bands Grupo Fantasma and Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, Adrian Quesada and Martin Perna return to their sun-soaked Latin-psychedelia project Ocote Soul Sounds with their fourth studio album, Taurus. Like its bullish namesake, their latest album smashes through…
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4hero’s Dego to Release Solo Debut “A Wha’ Him Deh Pon?”
The endlessly inventive musical creator known as Dego will release his own solo debut “A Wha’ Him Deh Pon?” this summer in 2011. Having recorded several seminal albums with his previous musical collectives 4hero, 2000black, Silhouette Brown and under the moniker, Mr. GoodGood, “A Wha’ Him Deh Pon?” marks Dego’s continuing musical evolution, integrating his…
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Reggae Africa: Youssou Ndour Journeys to Kingston
Youssou Ndour’s journey to Kingston began with the music pulsing from the Dakar market stalls of his childhood. It began during long hours of listening to reggae LPs from his uncle’s record store. It continued decades later, long after Ndour became one of the world’s best known and best loved African singers, as circumstances conspired…
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