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Songs of Exile is an album borne from an incredible life story, exploring the feelings associated with exile, loss and nostalgia. Sung in Abdelli’s native Berber tongue, he blends his Kabyle vocals and mandola skills with the works of other talented musicians from far and wide. The sad issues that shadow this world are acknowledged, mixed and uplifted by the inspiration and unity of different cultures.
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‘La Grande Fête’ – the highly anticipated third album from Belgian band Belcirque – releases July 23rd, 2021. In what is a continually trying time the world over, Belcirque serves up the perfect tonic with their latest offering. An album teeming with sunny South American beats, heavenly harmonies, and tales that take you to another time and place. ‘La Grande Fête’ adds a Latin-American flavour to the already dizzying cocktail of Belcirque’s eclectic repertoire.
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Inspired by the 1950s finger-picking guitar style of Omutibo, SHINDU SHI focuses on good time music grounded in culture, community and love for Africa and its people. An upbeat album of Omutibo, acoustic folk, pop, dance and world music inspired by the Luhya people of Western Kenya and the late pioneer of Omutibo - George Mukabi.
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o The final six recordings of Balkan music legend, Esma Redžepova o Macedonia’s The Nune Brothers back Esma and add four new songs to the album. o The Nune Brothers are one of Macedonia’s most popular and acclaimed young bands. My Last Song is a remarkable document: it contains the final recordings of Esma Redžepova, the Macedonian Roma singer who won worldwide fame as “Queen of the Gypsies”. Here she is backed by young Macedonian band The Nune Brothers - the album was recorded at their studio in Skopje, Macedonia, in the months before Esma’s death. Now Esma has been gone a respectful amount of time, Filip and Rade Nunevski decided the time was right to release these historic recordings, recording four more songs to compliment her six - My Last Song is then Esma’s finale and the international recording debut of The Nune Brothers.
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April 2021 sees Hokin Janapar, the highly anticipated second solo album from Armenian duduk master Arsen Petrosyan. Hokin Janapar, recorded over two months but nearly five years in the making, is a collection of eleven pieces drawn from many diverse eras of Armenia’s cultural timeline.
