VA – Mr Perry I Presume: Starring Lee Perry As The Upsetter (2015)
After a large number of Lee Perry and Bunny Lee compilations on UK reissue giant Pressure Sounds one might think that the vaults would be more or less empty by now. But no. That wasn’t the case on...
View ArticleVA – Stars Ah Shine: Star Records 1976-1988 (2016)
Tapper Zukie is not only a successful recording artist in his own right but a well respected producer also. In the mid 1970s he set up his own record label Stars to help nurture the many artists who...
View ArticleVA – Another Evening at Logos 1974/79/81 (2015)
The Logos Foundation is an artist run organization, based in Ghent, Belgium, founded in 1968, with the purpose promoting new music & audio performance arts. For over 40 years they have provided the...
View ArticleVA – The Rough Guide to Blues Women (2016)
The 1920s was undoubtedly the era of the female blues singer. With their origins in the worlds of vaudeville and jazz music, they enjoyed great commercial success throughout the decade, selling a...
View ArticleVA – Alligator Records: 45th Anniversary Collection (2016)
It’s been 45 years since Hound Dog Taylor & The Houserockers entered a Chicago recording studio to cut the album that would change the face of American music forever. That self-titled release came...
View ArticleVA – Café Society: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2016)
Set in New York City in the 1930s, Café Society is a 2016 romantic comedy by director Woody Allen, his 47th film. The 15-song soundtrack features a reliable mix of big-band era tunes, with archival...
View ArticleVA – Wilko Johnson Presents: The First Time I Met the Blues: Essential Chess...
To coincide with his new autobiography Don’t You Leave Me Here: My Life, Wilko Johnson has curated this 40-track collection of blues classics from Chess which, according to his cover endorsement, gave...
View ArticleLaurent Jeanneau – Music of Tanzania (2015)
Music of Tanzania is a spectacular collection of field recordings gathered by Laurent Jeanneau between December 1999 and March 2000. This debut volume of Sublime Frequencies’ exploration of indigenous...
View ArticleVA – Running the Voodoo Down: Explorations in Psychrockfunksouljazz 1967-80...
Running the Voodoo Down looks at a time when African-American music was exploring myriad new directions against a backdrop of incredible and explosive social change and features the likes of...
View ArticleVA – Driftless Ambient II (2015)
Driftless Ambient II, the second compilation from small New York-based label Driftless Recordings, features submissions from the label’s regulars as well as newcomers, and the collection demonstrates...
View ArticleVA – Uncut: The Stars Are Out Tonight (2016)
1. School of Seven Bells – Open Your Eyes 2. Rokia Traore – Tu Voles 3. Cavern of Anti-Matter – Tardis Cymbals (Uncut Edit) 4. Emitt Rhodes – Rainbow Ends 5. Field Music – Disappointed 6. Prins Thomas...
View ArticleVA – Gqom Oh! The Sound of Durban (2016)
The Rome-based DJ/producer Nan Kolè discovered gqom late one night last January when he saw a friend tagged in a link with the mysterious hashtag: #Gqom. Luckily he clicked on the link and committed to...
View ArticleVA – Magic Moments 9: In the Spirit of Jazz (2016)
Presenting the 9th edition of ACT’s popular Magic Moments series.This CD presents sixty-five minutes of the best of current jazz. Thoughtful moments sit alongside pure joy and entertainment....
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VA – Back from the Grave: Vol. 1-10 (2015)
Back from the Grave is a series compilation albums of 1960s garage rock created and compiled by Tim Warren and released by Crypt Records. The series originally consisted of eight LP records released...
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VA – Rough Guide to Gospel Blues (2016)
The huge musical influence of the church has meant that gospel music and the blues have long been intertwined. From the true guitar evangelists such as Blind Willie Johnson and Reverend Gary Davis to...
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VA – Punk 45: Chaos in the City of Angels and Devils – Hollywood from X to...
In the early ’70s, the conventional wisdom in rock & roll was that Los Angeles was the home of all that was mellow and groovy, and New York City was the go-to place for music that was gritty and...
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VA – We Remember Dennis Brown (2016)
February 1st, marked the late reggae and lover’s rock icon Dennis Brown‘s 59th birthday. Hailed by NPR Morning Edition as one of the 50 great voices of all time and by Bob Marley as one of the best...
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VA – Uncut: What’s Going On! The Sound of 2016 (2016)
1. Fat White Family – Whitest Boy On the Beach 2. John Cale – Close Watch 3. Cross Record – Steady Waves 4. The Besnard Lakes – The Golden Lion 5. Lucinda Williams – Dust 6. Cian Nugent – Lost Your...
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VA – Born to Be Blue: Music from the Motion Picture (2016)
The soundtrack to the 2015 jazz biopic Born to Be Blue features music that strongly evinces, but never quite lives up to, the sound of the film’s main protagonist, the late trumpeter/vocalist Chet...
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VA – The Complete Stax/Volt Singles 1959-1968 (1991, Reissue 2016)
At nine discs and 244 tracks, The Complete Stax Volt Singles: 1959-1968 is far too exhaustive for casual fans, but that’s not who the set is designed for — it’s made for the collector. Featuring every...
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