Asmara All Stars - Eritrea’s Got Soul

Asmara All Stars - Eritrea’s Got Soul (Streetdate 11.10.2010)

Eritrea is back. After thirty years of war with Ethiopia and a decade of seclusion, the Asmara All Stars now introduce some of the best musicians and vocalists from Eritrea on the forthcoming Out Here Records release “Eritrea’s Got Soul” … [order] record for 14,- EUR *

Yes We Can - Song’s about leaving Africa

Yes We Can - Song’s about leaving africa’ presents 15 artists from Africa and the Diaspora who share their perspective on migration… The CD features rapper K’Naan who wrote the Song for the Worldcup 2010, Senegal’s most loved and BBC 3 “best african act 2004″ Daara J Family with an excluisve track for Out Here Records, and the first officail release of London’s underground Afrogrime Hit ‘Lidl’ by Afrikan Boy. The CD starts with ‘(Still on a) Money Talk’ by Nigerian rapperRapturous from Berlin: “Gimme the glitz, the glamour, the fame, the fortune, that euro, that dollar, that Dolce & Gabbana” … [order] record for 14,- EUR *

TUMI AND THE VOLUME - Pick A Dream

Amidst the frenzy of the first ever African World Cup, the South African band Tumi And The Volume set out to garner some excitement for their come back album. After 2 years of concerts, encounters and rich exchanges, these perennial champions of Hip Hop Otherness are today at the summit of their art. Pick a Dream, their 3rd album, is paintbrush fodder for the eager hand. At times it is dancefloor marvellous Afrobeat, other times it is the melancholic poetry of questioning lyrics, moving into a forceful hip hop exhibit… [order] record for 14,- EUR *

BACHATA ROJA - Acoustic Bachata From The Cabaret Era

The Roots of the internationally popular music style Bachata … iASO Records’ Bachata Roja is the first ever compilation of classic Dominican bachata. From the early 1960’s to the late1980’s the legendary voices of Eladio Romero Santos, Leonardo Paniagua and Blas Duran spoke to the hearts of a generation. The dizzying guitar accompaniment of pioneers like Edilio Paredes and Augusto Santos charted the course of bachata’s rise, and for three decades theirs was the sound of the streets of Santo Domingo. iASO has selected here some of the defining songs of bachata’s pre-electric era… [order] record for 14,- EUR *

PUERTO PLATA - Casita de Campo

Celebrating his recent 86th birthday, the Dominican Republic’s veteran sonero, Puerto Plata, returns with a glorious selection of classic love songs and lilting dance numbers composed during the brutal, repressive regime of the dictator Rafael Trujillo (1930-1960). ‘Casita de Campo’ follows Puerto Plata’s internationally acclaimed 2007 debut album ‘Mujer de Cabaret’. Under Trujillo, Dominican musicians were largely blocked from recording and so, like other popular singers of the time, Puerto Plata found eager audiences at the underground cabaret dance halls of Dominican Santiago’s red light districts… [order] record for 14,- EUR *

1 2 3 4 5 Next