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Lake Street Dive
Lake Street Dive [ Signature Sounds / CD - released 20/Jun/2014 ] Lake Street Dive don't sound anything like a band you'd hear in a dive. They're a bright, bubbly pop-jazz quartet and write songs that would fit perfectly on an AAA, lite jazz, or adult contemporary station. According to standup bass player Bridget... |
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Louis Baker
I Just Want to Thank You (7") [ Louis Baker Records / 7in - released 19/Sep/2014 ] "Just Want To Thank You" was recorded in the Red Bull Studios in Auckland, celebrating Louis' time spent at the New York City edition of the Academy last year. "When writing this song, I was musing on two ideas, the first was about how thankful I... |
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Malawi Mouse Boys
He is #1 [ IRL / CD - released 13/Jul/2012 ] The Malawi Mouse Boys is a band of eight members - a group of young villagers who have been playing music together and writing songs since they were children. He is #1 is their first album - a collection of rootsy and authentic songs of faith and... |
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Mokoomba
Rising Tide [ Igloo / CD - released 13/Aug/2012 ] Hailed as the future of Afrosound, the six young men of Mokoomba represent Zimbabwe's next generation of hope - exuberant, energetic, bursting with natural talent and contagious rhythm. |
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Myele Manzanza
One [ Every Waking Hour / CD - released 20/Feb/2012 ] The driving rhythmical talent behind Electric Wire Hustle steps out from behind the drum kit to drop his first solo album. |
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Osaka Monaurail
State Of The World [ Unique / CD - released 28/Feb/2014 ] Japan's hardest working funkateers, Osaka Monaurail return with a bang! Formed in 1992, the band has been keeping the funk alive in Japan with their JBs inspired sound and impressive live shows for almost 20 years now... |
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Osaka Monaurail
We Got One (A Show) [ Our Label / 7in - released 28/Feb/2014 ] |
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Public Service Broadcasting
The Race for Space (LP) [ Test Card / LP - released 20/Feb/2015 ] In 2015, it's easy to take for granted how important and far-reaching the space race was. But imagine yourself in 1957: News breaks that there's something in the sky - in space - and if you tune your shortwave radio to an especially high frequency,... |
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Ramzi Aburedwan
Reflections of Palestine (Digipak Edition) [ Riverboat Records / CD - released 22/Jun/2012 ] |
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Richard Thompson
Acoustic Classic [ Beeswing / CD - released 18/Jul/2014 ] Throughout Richard Thompson's career, acoustic concerts have been among his fans most cherished experiences. So it's hard not to notice that there's something largely missing from his vast recordings catalog...Until now… |
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Rufus Wainwright
All Days are Nights - Songs for Lulu [ Polydor / CD - released 19/Apr/2010 ] Eclectic singer / songwriter Rufus Wainwright's most stripped back, affecting work to date - an album drenched in style. |
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Rufus Wainwright
Milwaukee At Last!!! (CD+Dvd)) [ Decca / 2 CD/DVD - released 10/Sep/2009 ] Milwaukee at Last!!! captures singer/songwriter Rufus Wainwright performing live in Wisconsin at the Pabst Theater on August 27, 2007. Recorded while on tour in support of his 2007 studio effort, Release the Stars, Milwaukee at Last!!! finds... |
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Rufus Wainwright
Out of the Game (Double LP) [ Decca Music Group / 2 LP - released 3/May/2012 ] Limited edition vinyl issue. The seventh studio album from one of the greatest contemporary songwriters, Rufus Wainwright. |
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Sam Lee
Ground Of Its Own [ The Nest Collective / CD - released 28/Feb/2014 ] Ground of Its Own is the striking debut release by Sam Lee, a young musician who is busy forging a unique path in the future of folk song. Ground of Its Own is an 8-track release produced by Gerry Diver with mixes by John Wood, of Nick Drake fame... |
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Shanren
Left Foot Dance Of The Yi [ Riverboat / CD - released 17/Jan/2014 ] The mountains of south-western China have inspired the folk traditions of those living in their shadows for millennia. Now, Shanren follow their ancestors' footsteps with a mash of traditional Chinese folk and buzzing modernity... |
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Spiro
Welcome Joy And Welcome Sorrow [ Real World / CD - released 15/Jan/2016 ] They might bear the tools of the folk musician (accordion, mandolin, acoustic guitar and violin) and be partial to the odd traditional tune but Spiro have closer affinities to the worlds of contemporary classical and dance music. The acoustic... |
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St Germain
St Germain [ Parlophone / CD - released 9/Oct/2015 ] He's back. And he's still the same, only more unpredictable than before. Twenty years after BOULEVARD, 15 years after the multi-platinum album TOURIST (over 3 million copies sold worldwide) and a world tour spanning several continents, Ludovic... |
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Tahuna Breaks
Black, Brown & White [ TB / CD - released 5/Apr/2013 ] Recorded with the infamous Dr Lee Prebble at the Surgery in Wellington, 'Black, Brown & White' features 13 tracks in true Tahuna Breaks style - a diverse mix of soul, funk, blues, roots and reggae. |
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Tahuna Breaks
Shadow Light [ Tahuna Breaks NZ / CD - released 22/Mar/2013 ] After a four-year hiatus, Tahuna Breaks finally return with their third album. Helping them hone the sound for 'Shadow Light' was producers Crazy P. |
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Toumani Diabaté & Sidiki Diabaté
Toumani & Sidiki [ BMG / ADA / CD - released 16/May/2014 ] Described as "the finest Toumani collaboration since his classic work with Ali Farka Touré" (The Guardian), 'Toumani & Sidiki' is a dialogue conducted through the kora, the 21-string West African harp which the Diabaté dynasty has elevated into the... |