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Fourthcoming
Fourplay

$24.95 (Compact disc / )

The majority of this material was written in November 2006, when the band holed up in Hobart, TAS, for a two week writers' retreat. As it's the fourth album, and has been forthcoming for a very long time, the band decided it was to be Fourthcoming forever. Yeah, we know.

The original pieces came together in many different ways: an arrangement very naturally developed around an original and sassy cabaret piece of Lara's; Peter strummed a crazy hoedown on the cello, over which Tim and Lara created melodies while Shenzo pioneered the "banjola" solo; Tim created a bizarre and crunchy viola loop which inspired riffs that borrowed from M.I.A. and weird effects patches; Shenzo idly plucked a dream-like chord sequence over a funky viola-percussion loop; and when a dub jam transformed into drum'n'b...

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New Jazz

Jacques Loussier Plays Bach: The 50th Anniversary Recording
Jacques Loussier Trio

$29.95 (Compact disc / Telarc Records )

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The Bright Mississippi
Allen Toussaint

$29.95 (Compact disc / Nonesuch Music )

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January
Marcin Wasilewski Trio

$32.95 (Compact disc / Ecm )

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New World Music

Tell No Lies
Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara

$31.95 (Compact disc / Real World )

Tell No Lies is the new sound of Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara. The sound of a nation with no borders, a place that needs no passport, no visa. This is where the deep roots of African music nourish the raw electric gr... More »

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Inspiration Information 3
Astatke Mulatu and the Heliocentrics

$24.95 (Compact disc / Strut/Desco )

The third in Strut’s Inspiration Information studio collaboration series brings together an intriguing pairing between one of Africa’s great bandleaders, Mulatu Astatke, with the next level musicianship of The Heliocentr... More »

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Tchmantche
Rokia Traore

$29.95 (Compact disc / Lateralnote Records )

Rokia Traore is an award-winning Malian singer, songwriter and guitarist, headlining WOMADELAIDE 2009. Her father was a diplomat and shetravelled widely in her youth. Her first album Mounessia sold over 40,000 copies in ... More »

Seya
Oumou Sangare

$29.95 (Compact disc / World Circuit Rcds )

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New Folk Music

Sailing Home
Seaman Dan

$29.95 (Compact disc / )

Milk And Honey Land
The Fagans

$24.95 (Compact disc / )

The Green Fields Of America
The Green Fields Of America

$31.95 (Compact disc / Compass Records )


New Blues

Sweetheart Like You
Guy Davis

$29.95 (Compact disc / Redhouse Records )

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The Truth According To Ruthie Foster
Ruthie Foster

$29.95 (Compact disc / )

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Back To The River
Susan Tedeschi

$29.95 (Compact disc / Verve Records )

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