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ALBUM REVIEW: Scrimshire – ‘Believers Vol.1’: eclectic soul-jazz bliss that’ll wash you clean

Among all the circumstantial dirt and viral grime and societal schisming of 2020, hearing Believers Vol. 1 is like having your brain washed and massaged

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Track: Made Kuti signs to Partisan, with debut single

THE RECENT announcement of Made Kuti’s signing on the dotted line for Partisan marks him as the third generation of his family to join the record label, after legendary and…

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TRACK: Jimi Tenor – ‘Afroeuropean’: rousing Afro grooves

FINNISH groovemeister Jimi Tenor, who’s all set to release his second album for Berlin’s Philophon imprint, has been out in Ghana getting deep into the Afro thang for new album…

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Premiere: Cable Street Collective reveal new track featuring Gregg Kofi Brown of Osibisa: ‘Speaking In Tongues’

We’re delighted to premiere the new single from London based 7-piece Cable Street Collective right here on Backseat Mafia here this morning. Titled ‘Speaking in Tongues’, the track features Gregg…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Huw Marc Bennett – ‘Tresilian Bay’: Welsh psychedelic Afro-jazz warmth

EMERGING from the London jazz and groove scene, South Wales producer and bassist Huw Marc Bennett is a low-key enigma whose musical vision means he won’t stay that way for…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Skinshape – ‘Umoja’: a fine interweaving of Afro-Anglo guitar pop

DORSET-born Will Dorey is a man with a far-reaching, eclectic musical vision, which he gives to the world via the medium of his recording alias Skinshape. He’s a fellow traveller…

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TRACK: Skinshape – ‘The Sun’: shimmering Afro-Anglo guitars trail fifth LP

SKINSHAPE, the London-by-way-Dorset recording artist, is all set to drop his fifth album for Lewis Recordings on the first Friday in September. If you’ve been over to Skinshape’s world before,…

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TRACK: THE BUDOS BAND DROP BRAND NEW SINGLE ‘LONG IN THE TOOTH’

The Budos Band share new single ‘Long In The Tooth’ taken from the album ‘Long In The Tooth’ due October 9th via Daptone Records “In some ways, itʼs reminiscent of…

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Track: Matthew Herbert remix of Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela’s stand-out track ‘We’ve Landed’

Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela’s stand-out track ‘We’ve Landed’, originally released early this year, taken from their critically acclaimed collaborative album ‘Rejoice’. ‘We’ve Landed’ has been reinterpreted in remix form…

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TRACK: Huw Marc Bennett – ‘Tresilian Bay’: spun from the finest Afrojazz cloth

WELSH producer and bassist Huw Marc Bennett wishes to weave a musical tapestry of many, many shades for you. You’ll find the cut of his cloth hard to resist. Working…

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