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Miss Sharon Jones: Daptone Queen’s story on the silver screen

BARBARA KOPPLE, Dap Kings, daptone records, front, MISS SHARON JONES, Sharon Jones

…nd her return to the stage following the postponed release of the Give The People What They Want long player, the film looks like a fitting tribute to this powerful figure and the music which surrounds her. I’m Still Here (streamable below) is a new song which plays over the end credits, and the soundtrack collects a range of the best tracks from her timeline with the Dap-Kings. SOUNDTRACK ON ITUNES (no word on a wax release yet, but I’m sure th…

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Luke Cage trailer

front, LUKE CAGE, MARVEL, NETFLIX

…el’s conscious diversity initiative, a mission to widen the backgrounds of people producing stories for the company. On film, this is set to continue with the Afro-centric Black Panther, directed by Ryan Coogler and set for release in 2018. With each episode being named after a Gang Starr track and Biggie on the wall, it looks like hip hop and soul seep through this one’s veins. Boost the signal: Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click t…

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Preview // Danny Brown: Atrocity Exhibition, Manchester date

ATROCITY EXHIBITION, danny brown, front, manchester, paul white

…ergy with that. I’m a firm believer that you can put energy into music and people that feel that energy, gravitate towards it, it gets them. There’s a lot of songs that I hear, I might not like it, but for some reason it leaves something there for me to return to. Something triggers me to say, ‘Listen to it again’, and eventually I’m gonna like that song. There was a energy that was put in that, and I get that energy every time I hear that song an…

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Shaun Bloodworth

front, SHAUN BLOODOWORTH, sheffield

On the day people are set to #RaveForShaun, photographer Shaun Bloodworth has passed away following months waiting for a liver transplant. I had the pleasure of meeting him when he was shooting Lorn at Hoya:Hoya, and he was such a pleasant and warm guy – being a fellow Sheffielder, I’ve admired his work for a long time and felt that Sheffield pride about it. The world has lost a brilliant bloke. Do yourself a favour and check his work on his site…

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Synthesize the Soul: Astro-Atlantic Hypnotica from the Cape Verde Islands 1973-1988

CAPE VERDE, CESARIA EVORA, front, OSTINATO RECORDS, PAULINO VIEIRA, SYNTHESIZE THE SOUL, VAL XALINO

…t to examine the tangible and timeless creations born from the movement of peoples, overlooking cultural innovations arguably ahead of their time, precursors to consuming global trends. Cape Verde today is justifiably hailed as an African political success story, but things were different in the 1980s. Paulino Vieira A little digging into Cape Verde’s history reveals their liberation from Portugal in 1975, the after effects of which saw many lea…

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On Wax / Msafiri Zawose: Uhamiaji – Tanzanian gogo on Soundway Records

front, Msafiri Zawose, soundway records, Uhamiaji

…ORDER LINKS Release: 1 September 2017 Msafiri Zawose hails from the Wagogo people, a nomadic tribe famed for their musicality from the centre of Tanzania. They were made famous by Msafiri’s father, Hukwe, who toured the world as part of Peter Gabriel’s Real World in the eighties and nineties. He’s teamed up with Sam Jones (Orlando Julius, remixes for Mugwsia International and Sarabi) to record the foundations of the LP over two weeks, developing…

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Video / School Of Shaolin trailer

front, SCHOOL OF SHAOLIN, URBAN KINGDOM

…haolin is a forthcoming documentary about the the Wu Tang Clan’s effect on people’s lives. Directed by Nick Donnelly, who recently helmed the Jay Z-sampled Late Nights And Heartbreak from Hannah Williams, the film uses behind the scenes footage from 2013 UK dates – where the whole crew were reunited – as a jump off for a look back into their legacy for heads in the UK. The film will have two exclusive showings in Manchester (the public world premi…

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On wax / Ty’s fifth album, A Work Of Heart

A WORK OF HEART, deborah jordan, front, ROOTZ, ty

…Baby below. Gatefold vinyl / CD / download / stream: PRE-ORDER HERE The track list looks like this: WorKINGTro Eyes Open Somehow Somewhere Someway Brixton Baby Work Of Heart Marathon No Place To Run You Gave Me Harpers Revenge Folks Say People Say World Of Flaws Raindrops The Raspberry As The Smoke Clears Boost the signal: Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on WhatsA…

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On Wax / Apollo Brown x Ghostface: The Brown Tape (12 Reasons To Die) reissued

APOLLO BROWN, BROWN TAPE, front, ghostface killah, TWELVE REASONS TO DIE

…ounge for the Twelve Reasons To Die project itself … Although I think some people may still be waiting for their soul temple package @rza 😉 #wutang A post shared by Agent J (Groovement) (@jamiegroovement) on Jan 27, 2018 at 11:40am PST Read a little more about it in this article I wrote for Bonafide magazine, including a chat with Ghost. A few months later, Soul Temple bowed (monk-like?) to demand and reissued Apollo Brown’s version digitally, on…