Posts tagged Latin

Marcos Valle – Estotica

One of the titles of the year but can veteran produce one of the albums of the year – you bet as he’s estatic about this!

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V/A – Jazzy Vibes (Compiled by Dean Rudland)

If you’re of a certain age, will be a familar name as a the man that knows how to compile a album of Jazzy Vibes and this new release on Backbeats is proof he’s not lost his touch.

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Darkstarr – They Live By The Night (Compiled by Ashley Beedle & Cosmo)

One thing you can say about (actually, there lots of things but without contradiction), he is possibly the most polymath of musicians around today and he never lets us down; bring on the !

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Big Chill Festival 2010 – Saturday 07.08.10

Day two of the 2010 extravaganza was my first full day on site and by the time I was up and about the action was already well underway.

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Herbie Hancock – The Imagine Project

So if you can imagine giving legend a 70th birthday party and got a load of his favourite International music stars to join in on ten of his favourite songs, The Imagine Project would be such a star studded present!

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Lloyd Miller & The Heliocentrics – Lloyd Miller & The Heliocentrics

When I first heard about this one, I admit that I was a little excited and the combination of and is just that, excitement.

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Nnenna Freelon – Homefree

In the long tradition of not judging CDs by the cover, Grammy nominee and esteemed vocalist Nnenna Freelon has re-interpreted the vocal of the great American Songbook.

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V/A – Nervous Nitelife: David Tort

It’s Friday so this is the time of the week that we get up and party. This week we are guided by the Nervous Nitelife signing David Tort who is going to be spinning this summer somewhere near you.

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V/A – Balkan Fever London (Mind the Brass)

It’s probably stating the obvious but for all sorts of reasons, the music from the Balkans can be found all over the globe in various adaptations but this latest on Green Queen Music is a healthy thermometer, is the place for Fever London: mind the brass!

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Gilles Peterson Presents Havana Cultura: Remixed

Does Peterson ever stop? Clearly not as he’s recently returned from recording a new album with Danay plus this new release on his own Recordings label with a launch party in and live with the New Cuba Sound at the on the 6th July – phew!

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V/A – Ginga: The Sound Of Brazilian Football

It’s here at long last! The World Cup coincides with the return of the much missed Mr label with a fantastic Brazilian themed – let the drums ring out.

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Groovenik – Choose Your Frame

While the -east of England may not be known as a hot-bed of , ’s self-proclaimed “Northern ” sound of debut album Choose Your Frame goes some way to establishing the region’s funk, and credentials

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Irakere – Cuba Libre

Once again Joe Davis at 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! ’s Libre is fantastic to say the least!

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V/A – Music For Jazz Dancers

Fans of Adrian Gibson’s sets at ‘Messin’ Around’ and Perry Louis’ CoTech dancers are in seventh heaven with news of this 12″ that features two massive tunes.

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Anan?© – Anan?©sworld

This will come as a bit of a surprise to most, but Anan?©sworld is possibly the most out there album of the year so far and it’s going to make her a bigger star than she already is!

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