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Various Artists
Music From Planet Earth - A Soundway Collection [ Soundway / CD - released 14/Nov/2014 ] Brand new compilation from the great Soundway Records Label. 'Music from Planet Earth' is compilation of music selected from some of Soundway Records' current roster of active artists. More than ever in 2014 the moniker 'world music' seems... |
Various Artists
Nigeria 70: No Wahala: Highlife, Afro-Funk & Juju 1973 -1987 [ Strut / CD - released 29/Mar/2019 ] As part of their 20 th Anniversary celebrations, Strut present the first new volume in their pioneering 'Nigeria 70' series for over 8 years, bringing together rare highlife, Afro-funk and juju from the '70s and early '80s. Compiled by collector and... |
Various Artists
The Original Sound Of Mali [ Mr Bongo / CD - released 10/Mar/2017 ] Compiled by Vik Sohonie & Dave 'Mr Bongo' Buttle, the story of this release began in 2015 when Dave happened upon the Soul Bonanza blog. One mix in particular stood out and totally enthralled Dave - le monde à change: a tribute to mali 1970 -... |
Various Artists, On-U Sound
Pay It All Back Vol. 7 [ On-U Sound Records / CD - released 29/Mar/2019 ] 18 track showcase of new Adrian Sherwood productions featuring previews of several forthcoming On-U releases, unique mixes, deep cuts, and unreleased tracks from Roots Manuva, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Coldcut, Gary Lucas (Captain Beefheart's Magic Band),... |
Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin
Ali (LP) [ Dead Oceans / LP - released 23/Sep/2022 ] Ali Farka Touré trekked the world, bringing his beloved Malian music to the masses. Dubbed "the African John Lee Hooker," one could hear strong connections between the two; both employed a bluesy style of play with gritty textures that elicit calm... |
Wajatta
Don't Let Get You Down (Double LP) [ Brainfeeder / 2 LP - released 28/Feb/2020 ] Wajatta (pronounced wa-HA-ta) - the musical duo of Reggie Watts and John Tejada - return with their second album, Don't Let Get You Down, on Flying Lotus' Brainfeeder. Coming from different worlds, but sharing a passion for the rich history of... |
Wax Chattels
Clot [ Flying Nun / CD - released 25/Sep/2020 ] Wax Chattels announce their cathartic sophomore album, Clot. After a knock-out entrée with 2018's self-titled LP, the anticipation that surrounds Clot is immense. Much like Wax Chattels, the writing process for Clot took the best part of a year.... |
Westerman
Your Hero Is Not Dead [ Pias / LP - released 12/Jun/2020 ] Your Hero Is Not Dead is full of supremely crafted songs about moral, political, and ethical grey areas. It is an album about empathy and compassion, struggle and release, and all the ways we contradict and battle within ourselves. Recorded... |
Whitney
Light Upon The Lake (LP) [ Secretly Canadian LP / LP - released 3/Jun/2016 ] To say that Whitney is more than the sum of its parts would be a criminal understatement.Formed from the core of guitarist Max Kakacek (ex-Smith Westerns) and singing drummer Julien Ehrlich (ex-Unknown Mortal Orchestra),the band itself is something... |
Young Fathers
White Men are Black Men Too (LP) [ Big Dada / LP - released 10/Apr/2015 ] |
Yves Jarvis
Sundry Rock Song Stock (Limited Edition LP) [ Anti- / LP - released 27/Nov/2020 ] On Sundry Rock Song Stock, Yves Jarvis continues to refine his creative approach to the core of his being, where music and life intertwine in harmonious fashion. His latest album fuses genre elements into a symbiotic relationship where wistful folk,... |
Yves Tumor
Heaven To A Tortured Mind (Gatefold LP) [ Warp / LP - released 3/Apr/2020 ] Just over eighteen months on from the critically acclaimed Safe in the Hands of Love, Yves Tumor pushes visceral sonic boundaries with his new album Heaven to a Tortured Mind. In a sense, Heaven to a Tortured Mind occupies the anthemic soundworld... |
Alison Krauss
Windy City (Deluxe Edition w/extra tracks) [ Capitol / CD - released 1/Mar/2017 ] Windy City is a beautifully curated collection of classic songs produced by Nashville Veteran Buddy Cannon. While they span different eras and musical genres, there is a unifying sensibility. Some of the songs are familiar like Gentle On My Mind, a... |
Charlotte Dos Santos
Cleo [ Fresh Selects / CD - released 16/Feb/2018 ] Norwegian singer Charlotte Dos Santos has now dropped her first album 'Cleo'. It's the story of a romance told with a pleasant 'loungeful' vibe from start to finish. Listening to 'Cleo' it's hard not to associate Charlotte Dos Santos vocals with... |
Choir of Young Believers
This is for the White in Your Eyes [ Ghostly International / CD - released 9/Nov/2009 ] The debut album from Copenhagen's Choir of Young Believers, led by singer guitarist Jannis Noya Makrigiannis mixes folk melodies with orchestral instrumentation and heartfelt lyrics. Though 'Hollow Talk' was used as the theme song for the excellent... |
Cigarettes After Sex
Cigarettes After Sex (LP) [ Partisan Records / LP - released 9/Jun/2017 ] Debut, self-titled album from Brooklyn, NY-based ambient pop group Cigarettes After Sex. Led by vocalist / songwriter Greg Gonzalez, the band was inspired by the likes of The Cowboy Junkies, Cocteau Twins, Red House Painters, Mazzy Star & the... |
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VIVALDI / RICHTER
Vivaldi Recomposed: The Four Seasons (Recomposed by Max Richter) [plus bonus concert DVD] Daniel Hope (violin) Max Richter (moog) Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD/DVD - released 6/May/2014 ] Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) wrote the four violin concertos known as Le quattro stagioni - "The Four Seasons." Today The Four Seasons may be the most widely heard piece of classical music ever composed. Max Richter, the award-winning British... |
Darlene Love
The Sound Of Love / Very Best of [ Sony / CD - released 17/Oct/2011 ] |
Grandaddy
Last Place [ 30th Century Records / CD - released 7/Jul/2017 ] "While revivals arrive frequently, it's more rare for a band to make a comeback album like Last Place that stands up alongside its best work." |
James Blackshaw & Lubomyr Melnk
The Watchers [ Important / CD - released 22/Apr/2013 ] Born in the Ukraine in 1948, since the late '70s Lubomyr Melnyk has been composing, performing and recording a pioneering classical piano technique that he refers to as "continuous music," where he crafts a tapestry of sound using overtone and... |
