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Strut pays tribute to soul and jazz label Black Fire with new compilation
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Strut pays tribute to soul and jazz label Black Fire with new compilation

Soul Love Now: The Black Fire Records Story, 1975 – 1993 will be released on August 14th on Strut Records. After the inauguration of a new partnership with the mythical independent label Black Fire and […]

Style & Fashion: 20 years of UK Dancehall in Soul Jazz’s new compilation
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Style & Fashion: 20 years of UK Dancehall in Soul Jazz's new compilation

Soul Jazz Records compiles nearly twenty years of British Dancehall label Fashion Records on the Style & Fashion compilation scheduled for April 5th. Founded during the summer of 1980 by John MacGillivray and Chris Lane, two […]

Kokoroko is back with its soul and afrobeat-tainted jazz
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Kokoroko is back with its soul and afrobeat‑tainted jazz

One year after the release of their debut track “Abusey Junction”, the Londoners announced their first EP with “Uman”. The band’s name ‘Kokoroko’ means ‘be strong’ in Orobo, a language and tribe from Nigeria. The […]

LAKUTA : “Brothers & Sisters”, soul-jazz summertime ! [Tru Thoughts Records]
LAKUTA : "Brothers & Sisters", soul‑jazz summertime ! [Tru Thoughts Records]

With members hailing from Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, Malaysia, Spain and the UK, the Brighton-based band LAKUTA, releases today “Brothers & Sisters ” on the well known  Tru Throughts Records ! 10 summertime songs, from jazz, soul, afrobeat and […]

PAM Club: Mobi Dixon’s tribal soul
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PAM Club: Mobi Dixon’s tribal soul

This week, PAM welcomes South African Afro-house heavyweight Mobi Dixon, delivering an elegant set, and a real antidote to the winter blues.

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PAM Club: beatsbyhand presents I Am Jazz
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PAM Club: beatsbyhand presents I Am Jazz

Icon of the Stay True Sounds label, South African beatsbyhand spreads his melodic know-how with his first album I am Jazz, in a sunny deep-house DJ set. Born in Port Elizabeth and currently residing in […]

Kibrom Birhane revisits Ethiopian jazz with an American blend
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Kibrom Birhane revisits Ethiopian jazz with an American blend

Los Angeles-based label Flying Carpet Records announces the release of Here and There, Kibrom Birhane’s third album in which the Ethiopian jazzman experiments with the ancient deep jazz roots of his native Ethiopia. Since his […]

Gnawa culture revisited in Gnawa Soul
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Gnawa culture revisited in Gnawa Soul

Maâlem Moktar Gania, brother of the late Mahmoud, unveils his first album Gnawa Soul via Universal Mena, recorded in the Moroccan port city of Essaouira. Registered as part of the intangible heritage of humanity in […]