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Four studio albums into their career, Khruangbin remain the ultimate all-embracing musical globetrotters. While deeply rooted in the music scene of their native Houston in Texas, the trio is also animated with an insatiable curiosity for the non-Western music scenes. Boasting a vast musical knowledge gathered from years of …
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Born in São Paulo, Sergio Sayeg aka Sessa is a Brazilian singer-songwriter who co-founded psych-rock band Garotas Suecas in his late teens. He also spent time in New-York to play bass in various rock bands and work in an East Village record shop. During this period, he immersed himself in the abundant repository of the …
Grace far beyond my graspThe rest is silenceArooj Aftab - Last Night Based in the United States since 2005, Arooj Aftab is a singer, composer, producer and audio engineer. Singing in Urdu, Arooj Aftab’s music is informed by Hindustani classical music and in particular the traditional ghazal poetic tradition as well as by the …
Born in Michigan but raised in Oslo, Carmen Maria Hillestad aka Carmen Villain is a Norwegian-Mexican producer and electronic musician whose career to date has to a certain extent been marked by a progressive transformation. From fashion model in her late teens and early twenties to indie-rock singer songwriter and guitarist in …
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From Seattle, Washington, the Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio is a soul-jazz and funk trio imbued with an unstoppable swing. With current members Delvon Lamarr on organ, Jimmy James on lead guitar, Daniel Weiss on drums and formed in 2015, the trio - sometimes referred to as DLO3 - has released three studio albums to date as well as …
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Amaro Freitas is a young jazz pianist from Recife, Brazil in the north eastern state of Pernambuco. Drawing on multiple influences - from American pianists such as Chick Corea (to whom the album is dedicated), Thelonious Monk or Keith Jarrett to Brazil’s rich musical heritage (Egberto Gismonti, Hermeto Pascoal, Moacis Santos), …
