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    Daville, “Always on my mind”

    Roots and lovers rock, like the hit On my mind, the self-titled album from young Daville, produced by VP, is both long awaited and late. Awaited, because it is indeed the…

    VP Records · by Benoît Georges

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    Livin Soul, “The Bridge”

    After "Sweet Lane" in 2003 and "As A Spring" in 2005, the band delivers its third album: "The Bridge". Same recipe and yet Livin' Soul still manages to surprise. From blues to…

    Active Sound · by Maxime Nordez

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    Horace Andy, “Livin' it up”

    The venerable Horace Andy returns with "Livin' it up", a new album produced by Sly and Robbie, with the cooperation of Guillaume "Stepper" Briard. As the Jamaicans say, "a new…

    Taxi · by Benoit Georges

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    Manjul, “Jahtiguiya”

    It took Manjul, a rasta from Barbès, a long time to settle down. After his wanderings in Réunion, Mauritius and Mayotte, Manjul set up his Humble Ark Studio in Bamako, Mali, in…

    Humble Ark / Discograph · by Aurore Mahieu

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    Turbulence, “Stronger Than Before”

    Bumped into in Paris last month, Turbulence confided in us his need to refocus, to stop the sporadic flow of releases in which he himself was getting lost. In passing, he assured…

    Cousins Records · by François-Xavier Rougeot

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    Jim Murple Memorial, “Push Things Right !”

    We know the Jim Murple Memorial recipe well. Since their album debut in 1998, the members of this nostalgic band have never strayed from the "Jamaican rhythm and blues" unearthed…

    Pias · by Sébastien Jobart

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    Fc Apatride United, “Them”

    It was just a year ago that the first album by Football Club Apatride Utd came out, the very original and convincing "On The Fronteline Menu". Their second opus, "Them", is a…

    Makasound / Makafresh · by Nicolas Pradat

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    Chuck Fender, “The living fire”

    Like Richie Spice, his former sidekick at Fifth Element records, who waited more than two years before releasing his new album ("In the Streets to Africa" last February), Chuck…

    Greensleeves · by François-Xavier Rougeot

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    Rod Taylor, “Garden of Eden (1975-1982)”

    Rod Taylor is back, or rather returns to us from the 70s thanks to a compilation of his songs, "Garden of Eden (1975-82)", released by Patate Records. The compilation "Ethiopian…

    Patates Records · by Aurore Mahieu

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    Various Artists, “Singerman”

    Strong with its incredible catalogue, the label Blood and Fire can now allow itself a new exercise: a compilation of its own tracks. Fourth of its kind for the label, "Singerman…

    Blood & Fire · by Benoit Georges