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News: Talib Kweli announces Australian headline tour for November 2026

Talib Kweli is returning to Australia this November, with the Brooklyn rapper announcing a run of headline shows that brings him back to the country barely a year after two…

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News: Bluesfest unveil ripping first artist announcement for 2023 festival

Australia’s premier festival, Bluesfest Byron Bay has unveiled an incredible, and diverse lineup of artists in their first artist announcement, with over 40 acts named to appear at the 34th…

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TRACK: Chris Orrick – Funny Things

“… spiteful chants for the permanently scarred, death letters for the forgotten, surly hymns for charcoal lungs” Mello Music explain with regards to Michigan rapper Chris Orrick, whose latest single “Funny…

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Track: Balkan Bump – Aymo feat. Talib Kweli

Essentially the project of trumpet player, producer and ethnomusicologist Will Magid, Balkan Bump has already made waves, pulling in superstar collaborators such as Gramatik and Talib Kweli, and fusing them…

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