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Album Review: HIGH ACE to Unveil Stunning Debut Album Release “Snowcap Menace”

Every now and then, a full-length LP/CD comes along that stops you dead in your tracks. Snowcap Menace is unmistakably one such album. The brainchild of Australian folk-rock husband &…

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Premiere: Amine Mesnaoui and Labelle release new visuals for Bleu Noir; watch it here first

Taken from their forthcoming album African Prayers, out April 1st on the Lo Recordings imprint, is the new single Blue Noir from Berlin and Réunion based duo Amine Mesnaoui and…

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Album Review: Meridean Brothers & Conjunto Media Luna- Paz en la Terra

Nothing about the Meridean Brothers is as you would expect unless you are prepared for the unexpected. The name might suggest a collective but in the studio the ‘Brothers’ focal…

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Live Review: Nubiyan Twist – The Forum, Sheffield 1.10.2021

It’s a pet hate of mine, people referring to seemingly everything they do as a journey. Join me on my journey to becoming a plumber/singer/footballer fills the internet and TV,…

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Album Review: South African be-bop trailblazer Kippie Moeketsi’s Blue Stompin receives long-awaited reissue

Over forty years on since its original release in 1977 those intrepid sound seekers at We Are Busy Bodies have just re-issued, in partnership with Rashid Vally’s seminal South African…

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Track: Quantic & Nidia Gongora- new track, Balada Borracha, plus album announcement

The story goes that musician, producer and global fusion pioneer Will ‘Quantic’ Hudson first heard Colombian singer songwriter Nidia Gongora’s singular voice through the wall of his Cali apartment busting…

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Track: Las Calakas – Morena

Cumbia fusión band Las Calakas, have announced their debut full length album will be out in Spring 2022, after signing to Los Angeles based label My Grito Industries. They have shared a track…

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Album Review: Cochemea- ‘Vol II: Baca Sewa’

What is roots music? Well Cochemea Gastelum’s earthy new album, ‘Vol II: Baca Sewa’ out via Daptone from 16th July, would pretty much nail it if you’re searching for definitives.…

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Exclusive: Alice SK and Muca record new single Until We Meet Again live in session for Backseat Mafia

London based Brazilian musician and producer Murillo Sguillaro is better known as Muca, is back with a slice of summery bossa with his new single ‘Until We Meet Again’. It’s…

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Album Review: Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp – ‘We’re OK. But we’re lost anyway’

Is it a band, is it a group, is it a collective or an ensemble- no it’s the one and only Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp, the multi-European makers of…

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