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See: Toumani Diabate & The London Symphony Orchestra release video for ‘Hainamady Town’

Collaborations between improvising musicians and orchestras sometimes reveal nothing but a culture clash. The performances can sound disjointed and fragmented, the musical equivalent of cut and paste. But when Toumani…

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See: Florence Adooni releases new video for glorious new single ‘Mam Pe’ela Su’ure’

Need to raise those spirits? Here’s a gorgeous ray of Frafra gospel warmth to help you head for brighter days. Florence Adooni has been revered as one of the leading…

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See: Greentea Peng releases new video for ‘Hu Man’

Over the last few months, South London singer-songwriter Greentea Peng has quickly become a favourite of ours here on Backseat Mafia, so we jumped on her new single Hu Man,…

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See: Pianist Henrick Lindstrand reveals new video for the wistful beauty of ‘Dungen’

Out on October 23rd via One Little Independent (formally One Little India) is ‘Nordhem’, the new album from Swedish pianist Henrik Lindstrand. From it, he’s revealed a new video for…

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See: KOKOKO! Release new video for Zala Mayele, plus tour news

Following on from the success of their brilliant debut album Fongola, released last year, Kinshasa Afro-punk-jazz-funk collective KOKOKO! have released a new video for the track Zala Mayele. Built on…

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See: Hope Tala releases new video for Lovestained

London singer/songwriter Hope Tala recently released a single, ‘Lovestained’. taken from her upcoming EP, and she’s followed that up with a new video for the track – which she describes…

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See: Damian ‘Jr Gong’ Marley releases new video for Medication remix

Grammy winning Damian ‘Jr Gong’ Marley, not to mention the son of the legendary Bob, has just released a new video for his single Medication, featuring Stephen Marley, Wiz Khalifa…

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Track: Tengger Cavalry – Symphony of Destruction

Its a sound that has recently sold out Carnegie Hall, and has been featured in many of the worlds prime tastemaker publications, Mongolian band Tengger Cavalry infuse heavy metal with…

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