By Sanjiv Ahluwalia on April 18, 2013
This entry is filed under Europe: Features, Events and tagged Amy Winehouse, Cuba, dub, jazz, Motown, New York, psychedelic, record shop day, reggae, soundtrack.
Modern British culture was shaped by three things – DJs, radio (especially pirate radio), and clubs. And record shops are the thread between all three. Sanjiv takes a break from his global tour of record shops for his upcoming book to sing their praises on their special day. Continue reading We Love Record Shop Day
By Gerry Hectic on January 16, 2012
This entry is filed under Europe: Reviews, Latin America: Reviews, Reviews and tagged Afro-Latin, Big Chill, Brixton, Cuba, Fania, festival, funk, Havana, Kid Creole, Kid Creole and The Coconuts, La Linea, Latin, London, reggae, soul, Spain.
Here’s some hot underground from London Town that’s been hiding in my bag and it’s just what you need to raise Latin spirits in the bleak mid-winter.
Continue reading Wara – Wara EP
By Damian Rafferty on June 24, 2011
This entry is filed under Events and tagged Abigail Washburn, Africa, Afrocubism, alabama 3, Alejandro Toledo, Alpha Blondy, Axel Krygier, Baaba Maal, Bangladesh, Bellowhead, blues, Bomba Estereo, Booker T Jones, Congo, Cuba, Desert Blues, Dhol Foundation, Donso, dub, Dub Colossus, Dub Pistols, Easy Star All-Stars, Ebo Taylor, Egypt, El Tanbura, festival, Feufollet, Germany, Gogol Bordello, Hari Sivanesan, Hassan Erraji, Havana, Jamaica, Jamie Smith, jazz, Lauryn Hill, London, Mahala Rai Banda, Nathalie Natiembe, Nigeria, North, Norway, Orissa, Pacific, Penguin Café, Port Said, punk, radio 3, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Roland Tchakounte, Samuel Yirga, Shunsuke Kimura, Submotion Orchestra, Susheela Raman, Taraf de Haidouks, Vincent Segal, Womad, World Music. | 2 Comments
Baaba Maal by Damian Rafferty
WOMAD this year features: Afrocubism , Alpha Blondy, Baaba Maal, Bellowhead, Dub Colossu, Ebo Taylor, Gogol Bordell0, Penguin Café, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Susheela Raman and Taraf de Haidouks Continue reading WOMAD – Charlton Park 28-31 July 2011
By Gerry Hectic on April 17, 2011
This entry is filed under Europe: Features and tagged Brownswood, compilation, Cuba, funk, Gilles Peterson, house, jazz, Jonny Trunk, Jose James, London, mp3, Owiny Sigoma, Owiny Sigoma Band, podcast, rob, rock, Rough Trade, soundtrack, Steve Reid.
At least there’s one day a year when your local independent record store makes the news as Record Store Day returns with lots of special releases on vinyl to collect; and much more too!
Continue reading Record Store Day with Jonny Trunk & Gilles Peterson (16th April 2011)
According to World Circuit folklore, this was the album that got away. Apparently, what eventually became the iconic Buena Vista Social Club (BVSC) record was originally conceived as a Mali/Cuba collaboration.
Continue reading Afrocubism
By Gerry Hectic on July 22, 2010
This entry is filed under Europe: Reviews, Latin America: Reviews and tagged Afro-Latin, Balkan, Colombia, compilation, criolla, Cuba, cumbia, dub, festival, Gilles Peterson, Havana, Heliocentrics, jazz, London, palenque, Quantic, reggae, The Heliocentrics. | 2 Comments
Get this, Will ‘Quantic’ Holland brings dub and reggae flavours to his Afro-Latin American Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno project; who much better can it get?
Continue reading Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno – Dog With A Rope
By Gerry Hectic on June 26, 2010
This entry is filed under Africa/Middle East: Reviews, Europe: Reviews and tagged Africa, African Soul Rebels, Balkan, Bassekou Kouyate, blues, Buena Vista, Buika, Charlie Mingus, Chucho Valdes, compilation, Cuba, Czech Republic, Damien Marley, Dr, Ethiopian, festival, flamenco, Gilles Peterson, Gillett, hip hop, K'naan, Khaled, Lhasa, Lhasa De Sela, Mali, Maryam Gu, Nas, New Zealand, ngoni, Niger, Nneka, Ojos de Brujo, Orlando 'Cachaito' Lopez, reggae, Seasick Steve, soul, Sound of the World, South, Tinariwen, Womad, World Music, Yasim Levy. | 2 Comments
“The late, great Charlie Gillett had a passion for music”, Mark Coles, BBC World Service, June 2010.
Continue reading V/A – Sound of the World Presents: Anywhere On This Road
By Gerry Hectic on June 14, 2010
This entry is filed under Caribbean: Reviews, Europe: Reviews and tagged Barbican, Blue Note, Brownswood, Buena Vista, Cuba, Far Out, Fela, festival, Gilles Peterson, Havana, Ipanemas, Irakere, jazz, Latin, London, MJ Cole, Mocky, podcast, reggaeton, Roberto Fonseca, Simonsound, soundtrack.
Does Peterson ever stop? Clearly not as he’s recently returned from Cuba recording a new album with Danay plus this new release on his own Brownswood Recordings label with a launch party in London and Roberto Fonseca live with the New Cuba Sound at the Barbican on the 6th July – phew!
Continue reading Gilles Peterson Presents Havana Cultura: Remixed
Radio 1′s Gilles Peterson played a track this week from the fifth Os Ipanemas album on Far Out Recordings and although it’s a busy week, these new recordings from “the original Afro-Brazilian Kings” have rarely sounded better.
Continue reading The Ipanemas – Que Beleza
By Gerry Hectic on May 3, 2010
This entry is filed under Caribbean: Reviews, Europe: Reviews and tagged Azymuth, Buena Vista, compilation, Cuba, Far Out, funk, Havana, Irakere, Japan, jazz, Latin. | 1 Comment
Once again Joe Davis at Far Out Recordings does it again, this time with a re-issue of a very highly sort after album that feature some of the best, if not greatest, Cuban musicians of all time! Irakere’s Cuba Libre is fantastic to say the least!
Continue reading Irakere – Cuba Libre
By Gerry Hectic on March 13, 2010
This entry is filed under Africa/Middle East: Reviews, Europe: Reviews and tagged 1970s, Afro Rock, Afrobeat, Agboyabakpa, blues, Bola Johnson, chief stephen osita osadebe, compilation, Cuba, disco, Don Issac, Egwo Umu Agbogho, Family, Fela, Fubura Sekibo, funk, Ghana, house, Ibi Awo Iyi, James Etamobe, jazz, Joy Nwoso, Lagos, Nigeria, Omohupa, Onwu Dinjo, Onyebu Chi, port harcourt, psychedelic, rock, Rome, sir victor uwaifo, The Professional Seagulls Dance Band Of Port Harcourt, Totobiroko. | 1 Comment
Its back! The Modern Highlife, Afro Sounds and Nigerian Blues of 1970-6 that is Nigeria Special; if you really love me, take me to your house and do me how you like (as Fubura Sekibo might say).
Continue reading V/A – Nigeria Special: Volume 2 – The Modern Highlife, Afro Sounds and Nigerian Blues of 1970-6
By Tim Woodall on January 15, 2010
This entry is filed under Caribbean: Reviews and tagged Buena Vista, compilation, Cuba, Fela, funk, Gilles Peterson, Havana, hip hop, house, jazz, reggaeton.
This project represents a significant undertaking for British DJ, producer and all-round global beats guru, Gilles Peterson.
Continue reading Gilles Peterson presents Havana Cultura – New Cuba Sound
By Gerry Hectic on November 1, 2009
This entry is filed under Europe: Reviews, Latin America: Reviews and tagged Barbican, Big Chill, Cuba, festival, Havana, jazz, Latin, London, Omar Puente, podcast, Robert Mitchell.
Omar Puente is a regular on the pages of FLY, but From There To Here is actually his debut album and it couldn’t come soon enough; produced by a certain Fitzgerald Courtney Pine OBE no less.
Continue reading Omar Puente – From There To Here
By Tim Woodall on July 10, 2009
This entry is filed under Caribbean: Reviews and tagged blues, compilation, Cuba, funk, Havana, Irakere, Latin, Los Van Van, Mozambique, soul.
Subtitled ‘Funky sounds from Cuba & Miami 1973-1988′ DJ John Armstrong’s compilation does exactly what it says on the tin
Continue reading V/A – Cuban Funk Experience
By Gerry Hectic on June 19, 2009
This entry is filed under Europe: Reviews, Latin America: Reviews and tagged Brighton, Cuba, Gilles Peterson, house, Ireland, jazz, Lateef, Latin, Orishas, punk, Songlines, The Revolution.
If you’ve read the latest edition of Jungle Drums you’ll have spotted we’ve review all the album they have apart from this one which they didn’t like too much; will the Cubanistas fare any better on the FLY sound system with Hectic?
Continue reading The Revolution – Revolution
