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SadeLove DeluxeSony
SadeLovers RockSony Music
Pat MethenyMoonDialModern Recordings
DJ QuikRhythm-al-ismBe With Records
Night Train: Transcontinental Landscapes 1968 – 2019Various ArtistsTwo-Piers
Sam MortonDaffodils & DirtXL Recordings
Will Gregory Moog EnsembleHeat Ray: The Archimedes ProjectMute
David BowieRock ‘n’ Roll Star! (Half-Speed Master)Parlophone
Ike & Tina Turner'Nuff SaidMusic On Vinyl
Arthur Baker presentsBreaker's RevengeOriginal B-Boy and B-Girl Breakdance Classics 1975-84Soul Jazz Records
Kenny Dorham & Jackie McLeanInta Somethin’ (Tone Poet)Decca (UMO) / Blue Note
Banda Black RioSaci Perere (1980)Music On Vinyl
Doug WatkinsWatkins At Large (Tone Poet)Decca (UMO) / Blue Note
Kenny Wheeler, Lee Konitz, Dave Holland & Bill FrisellAngel SongECM
Amon TobinPermutation (25 Year Anniversary)Ninja Tune
Paul Weller66Polydor
Sugar MinottBitter SweetMusic On Vinyl
Lonnie SmithFunk ReactionMr Bongo
Danger Mouse & JeminiGhetto Pop LifeLex Records
Billie EilishHit Me Hard And SoftInterscope
Beth GibbonsLives OutgrownDomino Records
CymandePromised HeightsPartisan Records
GabrielleA Place In Your HeartBMG Rights Management
Kings of LeonCan We Please Have FunCaptiol US
Ghana Special 2Various ArtistsSoundway
Kenny BurrellGuitar Forms (Acoustic Sounds)Decca (UMO) / Jazz / Verve
In The Beginning There Was Rhythm(Feat. ACR, Cabaret Voltaire, The Pop Group, Gang of Four, etc)Soul Jazz Records
Let's Do Rock Steady (The Soul of Jamaica)Various ArtistsTrojan Records
Jordan RakeiThe LoopDecca
Group ListeningWalksPRAH Recordings
Goma LacaCala Boca MeninoJazz Room Records
Fontaines DC / Massive Attack / Young FathersCeasefireBattle Box
Eccentric Soul: The Tammy LabelVarious ArtistsNumero Group
Kamasi WashingtonFearless MovementYoung
Kleenex / LiliputFirst SongsKill Rock Stars
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As West Africa's oldest form of popular music, Highlife was the soundtrack of the independence era and its influence still resonates widely today. Highlife Giants is an intimate portrait of the pioneering artists of West Africa's vibrant music scene from the 1920s onwards. It is packed full of inside information from interviews with stars including E.T Mensah, Kofo Ghanaba, Bobby Benson and Ignace De Souza, revealing priceless behind-the-scene moments such as Louis Armstrong giving Eddie Okonta a trumpet with a golden mouthpiece after seeing him perform. Together with an illuminating account of Highlife's instruments, rhythms and influences, Highlife Giants comprehensively charts the development of this rich and varied popular music, which has come to influence contemporary West African music such as Afrobeat and hiplife. Highlife remains crucial in generating social commentary and protest, and contributing to the consolidation of a pan-African musical identity.
Northern Sun, Southern MoonEurope's Reinvention of JazzYale University Press
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Waging Heavy PeaceThe Autobiography of Neil YoungPenguin
Neil Young is a singular figure in the history of rock and pop culture in the last four decades, inducted not once but twice into the Rock and Roll Hall...
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Castles Made Of Sound: The Story Of Gil EvansBy Larry HicockDa Capo Press
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Chuck DFight The Power: Rap, Race, and RealityPayback Press
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African RhythmsThe Autobiography of Randy WestonDuke University Press
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Talking 'Bout Your MamaThe Dozens, Snaps, And The Deep Roots Of RapOxford University Press
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Divine HorsemenThe Living Gods Of Haiti by Maya DerenDocumentext
First published in 1953, Maya Deren's famous account of the Haitian deities, practitioners and rituals of Voudoun was written with the special insight...
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The HaciendaHow Not To Run A ClubPocket Books
Peter Hook, as co-founder of Joy Division and New Order, has been shaping the course of popular music for thirty years. He provided the propulsive bass...
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Jazz PeopleBy Valerie WilmerAllison and Busby
Fantastic. Deep jazz all the way. w/ Archie Shepp, Cecil Taylor, Monk, Randy Weston and more.
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Pigs Might FlyThe Inside Story of Pink FloydAurum
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Talking HeadsOnce In A Lifetime - The Stories Behind Every SongHal Leonard
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The Drummer's PathMoving the Spirit with Ritual and Traditional DrummingDestiny Books
Drummer, dancer, folklorist, and researcher, Sule Greg Wilson studied drumming under Baba Ngoma as well as the premier students of Baba Ishangi, Ladji...
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Reggae SoundsystemOriginal Reggae Album Cover ArtSoul Jazz Books
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Fela : This Bitch Of A Life By Carlos Moore (2009)The Authorized Biography Of Africa's Musical GeniusLawrence Hill Books
Revealing the hidden facts of this African superstar's complex personality and the truth about his tumultuous existence, this unique biography is based...
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Reggae 45 SoundsystemThe Label Art of Reggae Singles, A Visual History of Jamaican Reggae 1959-79Soul Jazz Books
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Neil YoungSpecial Deluxe: A Memoir of Life & CarsBlue Rider Press
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Dundun: The Talking Drum of the Yoruba People of South-West Nigeriaby Oyeniyi OsundinaAustin Macauley
In Dundun, Niyi Osundina offers the reader the chance to dip into a key cultural component of the people of western Nigeria. Drumming is a vital tradition...
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Black Fire! New Spirits! BOOKImages of A Revolution : Radical Jazz in the USA 1960-75Soul Jazz Books
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BoogalooThe Quintessence Of American Popular MusicPantheon
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Young, Gifted & BlackThe Story of Trojan RecordsOmnibus Press
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Motown - Artist by Artistby Pat Morgan
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Secrets of VoodooBy Milo RigaudCity Lights
Secrets of Voodoo traces the development in Haiti and the Americas of this complex religion from its sources in Africa. the book represents a straightforward...
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