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Jazz and Milk Recordings drop sublime Brazilian selection by Tahira
Tahira is a name that many will become more familiar with now – after hearing his superb selection of Brazilian music for Jazz & Milk. This is the first Afro-Brazilian compilation for the German label, which has specialised in jazz and funk influenced productions and reworks. It’s an insightful decision to team up with one…
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Africa Seven please collectors again with timely Eko reissue
Africa Seven continue their prolific output with a much needed reissue of this rarely found LP of disco and unique funk from Cameroon. Eko Roosevelt Louis has had a music career spanning more than 40 years. He was born the grandson of a Kribi tribal chief and his musicianship and artistry began with his village’s…
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Nat Birchall charts new ‘Cosmic Language’ for Jazzman Records
The forthcoming release for Jazzman will feature Nat Birchall treading new paths towards spiritual communion on new LP Cosmic Language. The legendary player connects jazz with classical Indian influences guided by his expert playing and flow of the harmonium. Fans will be ecstatic that the UK-based saxophonist, composer and arranger returns to the ever-trusty imprint Jazzman…
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Turkish legend Selda to perform in UK
The first lady of Turkish psych music and hero for the working class will perform and collaborate with Israeli surf-rock quartet Boom Pam – for her first headline concert in the UK for six years at Koko, in London, on February 18th. Selda’s space age Anatolian music, progressive-protest songs and psych-folk-funk-rock spans more than 45…
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LISTEN: World Treasures Music radio
Here’s the tracklisting for the last show on KMAH Radio: (1) The Survivals – My Brother (2) Gilberto Gil – Toda Menina Baiana (Tahira Remix) (3) Maga Bo – No Balanco da Canoa (Chico Correa Remix) (4) Selda – Yaz Gazeteci (5) Selda – Yaylalar (6) Selda – Ince Ince (7) The Hykkers – Stone…
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Soundway to drop ‘Gumba Fire’ – expertly curated by Miles Cleret and DJ Okapi
Miles Cleret and DJ Okapi have handpicked a killer selection of bubblegum soul and synth boogie and have further built on the South African canon. All tracks have never been reissued or available digitally before on Gumba Fire: Bubblegum Soul & Synth-Boogie in 1980s South Africa. This Soundway compilation covers music that evolves from the…
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World Seven release collectors’ jazz gem: Pacific Express’ ‘On Time’
World Seven continue their fine foray into world music classics with another hard-to-find jazz classic from South Africa in 1978. Besides the success in southern Africa this album became a regional hit as a pirated music cassette in Nigeria. It was also released in France and Japan. Pacific Express emerged from Cape Town, South Africa in…
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Label feature: Glitterbeat (four times WOMEX award winners)
It was an extremely successful year for Glitterbeat Records in 2017 and 2018 has started in a similar vein. To add to their WOMEX award the label collected in October, Glitterbeat starts the year with two of its acts in the top three of the World Music Charts Europe. The chart currently looks like this:…
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Next installment from Pasteur Lappe is his debut ‘We, The People’ LP thanks to Africa Seven
Africa Seven’s reissue of Pasteur Lappe’s We, The People is the first for the label in 2018. The second album Na Man Pass Man sounded well pressed last year and there’s more fresh tracks here for fans. Nicolas “Pasteur” Lappe became a sensation on Radio Adele in Douala, Cameroon, in the 1960s. He went on to become…
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World Treasures Music Radio: 2017 Highlights and 2018 Preview
Playlist Georgian State Merited Ensemble of Folk Song and Dance/Anzor Kavsadze – Chakrulo Unknown (Voyager Golden Record) – Greetings (excerpt) Okyerema Asante – That’s My Girl Esa – Rent-A-Disc Unknown (Voyager Golden Record) – Greetings (excerpt) Majid Bekkas – Soudani Manayou (Cervo Edit) Dr. Alimantado – Born For A Purpose/Reason For Living Geoffrey Landers –…
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