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International Women’s Day special: new music round up
Les Amazones d’Afrique drop their Republique Amazone LP on March 10th and the album is a future classic. This all female collective of West African artists (below) are campaigning for gender equality through their music. Their members are Angélique Kidjo (global superstar and UNICEF ambassador), Kandia Kouyaté (Mali’s greatest living griotte), Mamani Keita (former singer in…
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Reissued trio shows musical mastery of Brazil’s Erasmo Carlos on Light In The Attic
Light In The Attic have reissued three classic LPs of Brazilian legend Erasmo Carlos. All of the usual quality research and excellent archive photos have been included, plus the pressings sound joyously good. His collaborations with singer Roberto Carlos are some of the most commercially successful compositions in Brazil. These LPs display another side to…
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Supreme mix of ‘banned countries’ music by Kelvin Brown
Kelvin Brown is an astonishingly good DJ and worldwide artist and his latest mix is well worth a listen. He has compiled music from the countries that Donald Trump put on his flight ban list. It was broadcast on NTS. Check it: Listen to Kelvin Brown
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Interview: Discom (Yugoslavian Space Program)
Vanja from Discom spoke to World Treasures Music about the music they release. Click here for the interview. 37C’s unreleased Sidarta album from 1979 is out on April 17.
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Crown Ruler debut is South African smasher – Focus’ Zulu EP
New Australian label Crown Ruler has delivered the goods with Focus’ Zulu EP. Sello Mmutung and Keith Hutchinson produced this in Johannesburg around 1983 originally as a six track album on cassette. Jeremy Spellacey at Crown Ruler – a renowned collector, DJ and promoter – provides some great insight with the releases liner notes: “Keith…
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Soon on Left Ear Records: Shahara-Ja’s electro soul gem ‘I’m An Arabian Knight’
Australia’s Left Ear Records are planning the reissue of this cult record – Shahara-Ja’s I’m An Arabian Knight. This great video of the late 1980s oddity gives us a taster. The label has so far reunited us with the Yoruba Singers, Brother Resistance, Starship Commander Woo Woo, Andre Tanker and Leong Lau. More at Left…
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Dreamy taster for new Fabiano Do Nascimento LP on Now Again
Egon at Now Again dropped this Brazilian teaser on us today. Sounds heavenly. Tempo Dos Mestres by guitarist Fabiano Do Nascimento is out soon. *Check out the Southern Africa section for an exclusive interview with Egon about Zamrock.
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Inspirational Zohra Afghan women’s orchestra is honored with Freemuse Award
This is Zohra – the first and only all female orchestra in Afghanistan. They are all students at the National Institute of Music (ANIM) and have been honored with a special award. The Freemuse Award is given to an individual or an organisation that “has worked for freedom of musical expression in a remarkable way”.…
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From Mali – Awa Poulo’s rare modern take of Peulh music for Awesome Tapes From Africa
Out today, ANOTHER treasure from the Awesome Tapes From Africa label. This sounds wonderful. Awa Poulo is a singer of Peulh origin from Dilly commune, Mali, near the border with Mauritania. On the LP Poulo Warali: “She and her band combine the hallmarks of Peulh music—warm flute floating over cross-rhythmic n’goni (lute) riffs and resonant…
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World Treasures Music end of year review
Click here to listen to the World Treasures Music review mix. A number of artists’ passing will make 2016 memorable. A champion of world treasures at the legendary New York venue, The Loft, was David Mancuso, who was mourned widely in the music world after his death aged 72. Sun Palace’s Rude Movements was remastered…
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