Although we hardly venture into the movie and documentary realm, we love to make some excursions when we can and spread the word about stimulating releases. Constantly Flying, a new film dedicated to Baba Zula, one of the most significant Anatolian rock bands, is indeed a refreshing and intriguing work...
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Check out ‘Eflatun Kardeşler’, the new single by Anatolian psych-rock singer/songwriter Umut Adan. The song, out today via Istanbul-based label GRGDN, is a brand-new version of an original tune released by Umut in 2016. More info following this link https://backl.ink/145724241
In a mix of interview and rare 1970s and ’80s songs, Ladies on Records founder Kornelia Binicewicz talks to Christina Hazboun about digging for records in Istanbul, the female fight for rights through music and the intricate convergence of elements necessary to amplify or turn down the sound of music....
Hard to believe that such a dire and dramatic year could inspire such an abundance of remarkable albums. Or maybe, on the contrary, the multitude of emotions sparked by the pandemic and our new life’s circumstances might have been the main reasons why musicians were able to write, record and...
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This is a very exciting debut album by French-Moroccan band Bab L’Bluz. Lead singer Yousra Mansour and multi-instrumentalist Brice Bottin recently learned the awashi and guembri (sintir/bass lute) while exploring their love of Gnawa music and ended up in a four-piece psychedelic blues rock band. It really is much more...
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Record Kicks recently reissued Italian Psychedelic-rock band Calibro 35‘s second album Ritornano Quelli Di (The Return of) originally released in 2010. “The second Calibro 35’s album is another funk-filled journey through the grime-stricken underbelly of Italy’s B-movie crime scene, full of fuzzed-out guitars, distorted organs, and dark, brooding bass lines”. Find...
Oh October, three hours of Nightshop global sounds with nine albums of the month. Starting with three songs of the day by Ghorwane (Mozambique), Raul Monsalve y los Forajidos (Venezuela) and Vidock (France). Our albums of the month start with traditional spiritual gnawa music by Maalem Mahmoud Gania (Hive Mind...
Every month, we bring you a collection of the best world music-related videos. That’s our way to give value to too often overlooked, rich and diverse artistic expressions. Listen with your eyes! Watch the full playlist:
Los Bitchos are five hilarious, humble and super friendly ladies that form the UK’s best-known instrumental cumbia-inspired psychedelic rock band. Maybe the UK’s only band of the kind because it’s unique. And they said I could join their band! I’m just looking for a new Latin instrument to learn quickly...
To end November, the trusty Jazz Cafe have booked an evening with Turkey’s female offering of psychedelia and funky-folky rock. Gaye Su Akyol has been unstoppable in the last couple of years; perhaps a peak would be playing 2018’s WOMAD. Her blend of Turkish tonality, funk, political and social sentiment...