Louis Baker
I Just Want to Thank You (7") [ Louis Baker Records / 7in - released 19/Sep/2014 ] "Just Want To Thank You" was recorded in the Red Bull Studios in Auckland, celebrating Louis' time spent at the New York City edition of the Academy last year. "When writing this song, I was musing on two ideas, the first was about how thankful I... |
Osaka Monaurail
We Got One (A Show) [ Our Label / 7in - released 28/Feb/2014 ] |
Airileke
Weapon Of Choice [ Wantok / CD - released 4/Mar/2013 ] Airileke (i-reh-ley-key) is a respected Melbourne-based producer and artist that has built a name for himself through innovative projects such as DRUM DRUM, Guerilla Step and the Wantok Musik Foundation. The release of his debut album... |
Aziza Brahim
Abbar el Hamada [ Glitter Beat CD / CD - released 24/Oct/2016 ] Western Saharan musician/activist Aziza Brahim's new album Abbar el Hamada (Across the Hamada), is a commanding and compassionate musical statement about, and for, the tumultuous age in which we live. Raised in a Saharawi refugee camp in the... |
Balkan Beat Box
Give [ Crammed Discs / CD - released 8/Jun/2012 ] BBB are back with their most musically intense and lyrically explosive album yet. |
Bombino
Nomad [ Nonesuch / CD - released 1/Apr/2013 ] At the invitation of The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach, the Niger-born artist Omara "Bombino" Moctar and his band traveled to Nashville for the recording of Nomad, helmed by Auerbach at his studio, Easy Eye Sound. Born and raised in Niger, in and... |
Breabach
Ùrlar [ Stem / CD - released 7/Mar/2014 ] 'Ùrlar' is the latest installment from 2012 Scottish Folk Band of the Year, Breabach. In June of 2013 the band toured Scotland and visited each of their 5 hometowns for a very special night of music. During the visits the band were able to meet wi |
Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club at Carnegie Hall [ BMG / ADA / 2 CD - released 13/Oct/2008 ] Available for the first time, this is the legendary Carnegie Hall concert by the original Buena Vista Social Club, released as a lavishly-packaged 2CD set. |
Buena Vista Social Club
Lost & Found [ BMG / ADA / CD - released 13/Mar/2015 ] Almost two decades after the release of the original, Grammy winning album, the romance of the Buena Vista Social Club continues with 'Lost and Found', a collection of previously unreleased tracks, some recorded at the first legendary sessions in... |
Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club [ BMG / ADA / CD - released 7/Sep/1997 ] The original Cuban classic, stretching the boundaries of world music and western guitar idioms. |
Calexico
Algiers [ Spunk Records / CD - released 13/Sep/2012 ] For 'Algiers', Calexico's core duo of Joey Burns and John Convertino relocated to New Orleans for the bulk of the recording sessions - living and working in a converted church in the outskirts neighborhood for which the record is named. |
Calexico
Carried to Dust [ Spunk! Records / CD - released 22/Sep/2008 ] After 'Garden Ruin' (2006), which downplayed the last half of Calexico's portmanteau name considerably in favor of an alt-folk, 'Carried to Dust' is a strong return to the classic Calexico sound. |
Calexico
Edge Of The Sun [ Spunk / CD - released 10/Apr/2015 ] Calexico are back with their follow-up to 2012's Algiers and the 2013 live album Spiritoso. Their new album is called Edge of the Sun, and it features collaborations with Neko Case, Iron & Wine's Sam Beam, Band of Horses' Ben Bridwell, DeVotchka's... |
Che Sudaka
Hoy [ Cavrenicola Records / CD - released 27/Feb/2015 ] As four illegal immigrants, they forged their sound on the streets of Barcelona in 2002. Now, having been invited to festivals in 40 countries and playing more than 1500 concerts around world, Che Sudaka stand as the flagship group of Mestizo Music -... |
Flip Grater
MARBECKS RARE: While I'm Awake I'm at War [ Maiden / CD - released 12/Jul/2010 ] One of NZ's beloved indie-folk artists, the third studio album from Flip Grater features the single "Careful", a meandering alt country ditty with a Fleetwood Mac feel. |
The Gloaming
2 [ Real World / CD - released 4/Mar/2016 ] THE GLOAMING dwells at a musical crossroads, enhancing traditional Irish music's rich, melancholic tones with modern hues of jazz, contemporary classical, and experimental music. Steeped in traditional Irish music since birth, fiddlers Martin... |
The Gloaming
The Gloaming [ Real World / CD - released 31/Jan/2015 ] These five virtuoso musicians first met to explore new music at West Grouse Lodge Studios is West Meath, Ireland, in early 2011. Each came at Irish music from their own perspective, bringing a slightly different take on the rich musical heritage and... |
Hanoi masters
War Is A Wound Peace Is A Scar [ Glitter Beat CD / CD ] "Hanoi Masters: War is a Wound, Peace is a Scar" is a haunting audio document recorded in the summer of 2014 by Grammy-award winning producer Ian Brennan (Tinariwen, Malawi Mouse Boys, The Good Ones). The sepia-tinged songs are sung and played live... |
Ibrahim Ferrer
Buena Vista Social Club Presents Ibrahim Ferrer [ BMG / ADA / CD - released 24/Jun/1999 ] Highly recommended - Cuban musician produced by Ry Cooder |
John Grant
Grey Tickles, Black Pressure [ Bella Union / CD - released 9/Oct/2015 ] John Grant's third album, the invitingly titled 'Grey Tickles, Black Pressure', a veritable tour-de-force that further refines and entwines his two principal strands of musical DNA, the sumptuous tempered ballad and the taut, fizzing electronic pop... |