RELEASE
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Ikebe Shakedown Serve Up a Salsa Picante of Boogaloo-Afro-Funk With a Dash of Disco
Ikebe Shakedown, the self-titled album from the Brooklyn-based band, plays with elements of Cinematic Soul, Afro-funk, Deep Disco, and Boogaloo in all the right ways. After spending a few years… Read more.
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Brownswood Electr*c Plots the Blips & Beeps of the Underground
Listen to the full compilation at AOL Music In June of 2010, Gilles Peterson’s mighty Brownswood collective (specifically Peterson’s assistant Alex Stevenson) hand-picked artists to form a compilation that… Read more.
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Creole Choir of Cuba Coming to North America
When one thinks “Cuba” the idea of creole culture doesn’t often come to mind, but the island shares a long and intertwined history with Haiti and the Dominican Republic. A… Read more.
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Fort Knox Recordings Reggae Duo “See-I” Get Heavy
Fort Knox Collaborators & Thievery Corporation Vocalists Arthur “Rootz” Steele And Archie “Zeebo” Steele Bring Their Unique Brand Of Reggae On Their Debut Album – Injected With Heavy Doses Of… Read more.
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Africa HiTech: Mark Pritchard & Steve Spacek Go to the Source
Nearly nine years ago Mark Pritchard and Steve Spacek began bonding over their shared passion for the seemingly disparate spheres of bubbling Detroit techno, soul and fierce Jamaican digital dancehall.… Read more.
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Novalima to Release “Karimba” on ESL Music, On Tour This Summer
ESL Music announced it would release the 3rd full-length album of Novalima, titled “Karimba”, on September 13, 2011. This collective based out of Lima Peru brings together Afro-Peruvian roots music… Read more.
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Maya Azucena Releases “Cry Love”
Album Release Performance at Highline Ballroom as Part of the Blue Note Jazz Festival Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Maya Azucena releases her newest album, Cry Love, on iTunes on June 24th with a special… Read more.
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Jazz-Funk Legends the Headhunters Release “Platinum”
3 free songs at end of article The Headhunters, founded in 1973, were a legendary jazz-funk fusion band immortalized from their recordings and tours with Herbie Hancock. Widely revered throughout… Read more.
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Junior Boys Release “It’s All True”
Free song at end of article It’s All True is the name of the bold new album from Junior Boys, released on 14th June around the world (save the UK… Read more.
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Helado Negro Turns Dance Music Inside Out on “Canta Lechuza”
Helado Negro translates as “black ice cream” and Canta Lechuza means “sing owl.” Rightly so—like the wise ol’ owl, like Davey Crockett and the Jersey Devil, Canta Lechuza is a… Read more.