(Country/Blues/Americana) Matt Hay - Something Blue - 2017, MP3, 320 kbps
(Country/Rock/Americana) Gwen Sebastian - Once Upon A Time In The West: Act I - 2017, MP3, 320 kbps
Bjork – Utopia (2017)
320 kbps | 165 MB | LINKS
Utopia is the upcoming ninth studio album by Icelandic musician Björk, scheduled for release on 24 November 2017 through One Little Indian Records.
Tracks:
1. Future Forever
2. Saint
3. Paradisa
4. Claimstaker
5. Tabula Rasa
6. Sue Me
7. Loss
8. Courtship
9. Features Creatures
10. Body Memory
11. Utopia
Mark Stoermer – Filthy Apes and Lions (2017)
320 kbps | 81 MB | LINKS
One great album in a year is more than enough for most people, but alongside Wonderful Wonderful The Killers’ bassist Mark Stoermer has also found the time to unleash his third solo record. These two albums couldn’t be much further removed from each other however. Filthy Apes and Lions is a psychedelic tour de force; vibrant, complex, and often bewildering. Musically it builds a world somewhat like the jungle depicted on the cover as it crafts a soundscape that is lush and plentiful, while also being dark and uneasy. ‘Racing in the Rain’ mixes White Album era Beatles with hints of ‘The Great Gig in the Sky’, ‘Nosferatu Blues’ conjures up an Eastern tinged Syd Barrett-esque style, while ‘The Perennial Legend of Dr. Mabuse’ carries an air of vaudevillian villainy, with Mark’s vocals reminiscent of Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt. The album’s highlight however is the epic instrumental ‘Muju’s Revenge’; a sprawling 9 minute excursion through jazz fusion and trippy meanderings worthy of a Grateful Dead acid test.
Franco et le T.P.O.K. Jazz chez Fabrice a Bruxelles Edipop Production 1983
(Country/Bluegrass) Remington Ryde - A Storyteller's Memory - 2017, MP3, 320 kbps
(Fado, World, Folk, Pop) [WEB] Cuca Roseta - Luz - 2017, FLAC (tracks), lossless
Randy Weston - Blue Moses (1972/2013) [DSD64] DSF
BLUES REVIVAL 26: LONNIE JOHNSON (1899-1970)
(Neo-Classical, Folk) [CD] Freiburger Spielleyt - Waves Of Vigo - 1998, APE (image+.cue), lossless
(Fado, World, Folk, Pop) Cuca Roseta - Дискография 2011-2017 (4 альбома), MP3, 320 kbps
Cuca Roseta – Luz (2017)
320 kbps | 126 MB | LINKS
At her 4th Album, the great new-fado singer CUCA ROSETA decides to explore her capacities has a composer and to record new fados.
A brilliant voice and one of the Portuguese greatest artists.
Cuca Roseta – Luz (2017)
320 kbps | 126 MB | LINKS
At her 4th Album, the great new-fado singer CUCA ROSETA decides to explore her capacities has a composer and to record new fados.
A brilliant voice and one of the Portuguese greatest artists.
(Irish, Celtic Folk) [CD] Areesh - Song Shall Arise - 2002, FLAC (image+.cue), lossless
Jane Lee Hooker – Spiritus (2017)
320 kbps | 124 MB | LINKS
New York’s hottest punk-blues collective are back in business. If you didn’t catch them first time round, then it’s high time you got to know Jane Lee Hooker better. Individually, the five members have pedigree to burn, turning heads and tearing up stages in seminal bands from Nashville Pussy to Bad Wizard. But when Dana ‘Danger’ Athens (vocals), Hail Mary Z (bass), Melissa ‘Cool Whip’ Houston (drums), Tracy ‘High Top’ (guitar) and Tina ‘t Bone’ Gorin (guitar) hooked up in 2012, they swore a blood pact to take Jane Lee Hooker all the way. “We’re a gang,” say the lineup. “We’re a family.” Now, as a twist in the tail of 2017, second album Spiritus finds Jane Lee Hooker writing their own entry into the great rock ‘n’ roll songbook. “Spiritus is almost entirely original music written by the band as a unit,” they explain, “which has been really exciting and really gratifying. We write so naturally well together, it’s been pretty effortless.” “We wanted to have an ‘album’ that people would listen to from beginning to end,” explain the lineup, “and find something to love about every song.” Mission accomplished. In a world of manufactured bands and bubblegum pop, Jane Lee Hooker are the real deal.
(Country) Rodney Atkins - Discography 2003 - 2011 (4 Album), MP3, 320 kbps
The Sound of Café del Mar (2017)
Moulay Omar | Shikhat el Haouz
A recent find at Nassem Halal Meat & Mediterranean Grocery, an Algerian bodega in Astoria. Opened by Noudine Bahri several decades ago (I'm assuming 1980s, but not sure), the place is now managed by a Mexican-American guy who told me his name is Houssain and who began working there about 1997, the year I moved to New York.
I had no idea who the man pictured on the J-card was, but assumed Moroccan, based solely on the djellaba he's sporting over his button-down shirt. Tim and Hammer confirmed my suspicion.
As Tim wrote: "Don't recognize him, but he's certainly Moroccan. The label on the J-card and the tape shell denotes Sawt el Mounadi, an imprint out of Marrakech. Some of the most bitchin' tapes in my stash are on that label. The card reads: 'Shikh Moulay Omar and Shikhat el Haouz,' so this ought to be some fine Aita Houzia!"
Hammer: "You got it all right, Tim. This is Moulay Omar a singer from Ahwaz Marrakesh who saw some mediocre fame in the late 70s in Morocco. The Sheikhat who sang this style in Morocco (Aita Houzia), were very few."
The sound quality on this cassette may not be pristine, but the energy is off the charts. Thanks to Tim and Hammer for translation and context.
Link to cassette rip in comments.
Rick Hart – Let Me In (2017)
320 kbps | 108 MB | LINKS
Rick has teased us with singles and E.Ps. This is a definite album, with all of those little hint singles and a whole lot more. He has poured a lot of love and time into it and the finished product shows just how much.
Rick has a unique gift in the way that he can alternate his voice and his sound for each song. No two songs are alike, apart from the fact that they are all special.
Let him in, and bolt the door behind him.
Nicole Mitchell & Haki R. Madhubuti Liberation Narratives
Nicole Mitchell & Haki R. Madhubuti
Liberation Narratives
(Third World Press, 2017)
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