On wax / Soundway explore 80s South African soul and synth-boogie
Gumba Fire: Bubblegum Soul & Synth-Boogie in 1980s South Africa Miles Cleret and DJ Okapi select 16 golden SA
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From the heart: Daptone present Orquesta Akokán
I was lucky enough to hear a little of this courtesy of Neal Sugarman when he played Band On The Wall
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August Greene / Karriem Riggins, Robert Glasper and Common join forces with Brandy
When I spoke to Karriem Riggins a few months ago about new stuff he was working on, I was glad
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On wax / Ty’s fifth album, A Work Of Heart
One of the UK’s most grounded and skilled MCs and on all our radars since 2001’s Awkward (this very blog’s
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Download / Otis Mensah: Oh Jane
Melancholic, reflective and hazy vibes recorded at the end of summer from Otis Mensah and Berlin producer the intern. DOWNLOAD
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Manchester / Samiyam live @ Soup Kitchen, Fri 9 Feb 2018
It will be a privilege to have one of the seminal LA beat scene producers in the city in February.
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Video / Shareef Keyes & The Groove: Spaghetti Fettuccine ft Ghostface Killah
Brooklyn’s Shareef Keyes is backed by a 12-piece band comprising New York City’s finest young artists. Their new LP, Cooking
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Kendrick Lamar & SZA for Marvel’s Black Panther
Anything tying together comics and hip hop perks me up (read some evidence of that over at Bonafide) so it was
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