Limited yellow vinyl pressing of a seminal compilation. ‘Aloha Got Soul’ encompasses a vibrant era of contemporary music made in Hawai’i during the 1970s to the mid-1980s as jazz, rock, funk, disco and R&B co-existed alongside Hawaiian folk music. Hawai’i’s identity had undergone huge change: statehood into America in ‘59 and the Vietnam War were…
In 2020, 4AD turned 40. Never one to be on time for a party, the label is commemorating that landmark this year with the release of Bills & Aches & Blues. The compilation features 18 of its current artists covering a song of their choosing from 4AD’s past: a creative experiment rooted in the spirit…
Canto A Lo Divino is the unique musical expression of the Chilean peasant world – a conversation with the divine nourished by Biblical and other sacred texts. It is communal music, played in packed rooms throughout the night on the 25-string guitarron, its ancient melodies transmitted through the 10-line decima form originating in Spain and…
Home to Cuca Records and hundreds of Nashville-fantasizing pluckers and singers, Wisconsin s Driftless region was a hotbed of country music in the 1960s. Influenced by old-timey ethnic songs, Bakersfield outlaws, countrypolitan rainbows, and the lonesome twang of every rural route roadhouse, these 17 Driftless Dreamers washed up at Jim Kirchstein s Sauk City record…
Bang Ya Head Entertainment is built off a solid foundation… friends who share the same love for music. No wonder Drums Of The Jungle Instrumental LP enlist Legendary production from Madlib, Nottz, Black Milk, Karriem Riggins, Exile, Apollo Brown and BYH new signee Premethius plus more. Every MC’s dream production team is now all ganged…
The Layers collections showcase compilations by 7K! Records, supporting a range of contemporary classical music. Duet Layers pays tribute to the first editions of Piano Layers, String Layers, Ambient Layers and Wind Layers, honoring the layers thematic template, and challenging the artists to work together to find a common ground. The results of this are…
Holed up in the bustling Puerto Rican community centers of Chicago s west side, the salseros featured on Ebiriac All-Stars make up the best of Carlos Ruiz Ebirac label, which ran throughout the 70s and produced some of the best unheard Salsa records of the time.
Compiled here are 25 of Shiptown s most compelling sides recorded between 1965-1977, from the likes of Ida Sands, The Soul Duo, The Anglos, Dream Team, The Grooms, Positive Sounds, Barbara Stant, Wilson Williams, Art Ensley, and yes, Flip Flop Stevens.
Soul Jazz Records’ Holy Church of the Ecstatic Soul: Gospel, Funk and Soul at the Crossroads 1971-83 draws upon the extensive links between black American gospel music and soul music, showing how the sensibilities of gospel artists such as Shirley Caeser, Dorothy Norwood, Andrae Crouch and others crossed over into secular soul music during this…
I Killed The Monster is an 11-track compilation of songs written by celebrated American music legend Daniel Johnston, whose classic LPs 1990 and Artistic Vice were produced by Kramer at his legendary Noise New York recording studio and released on Shimmy-Disc in 1990 and 1991, respectively. All of the songs were re-mastered by Kramer in 2022 and will be available…
The groove connoisseurs of Jazz Dispensary take you back to the summer of 1978, to an imaginary hotel deep in the heart of the French Riviera, for a day of love, abandonment and a whole lot of psychedelia, soundtracked by the sweet themes of Dizzy Gillespie, The Blackbyrds, Dorothy Ashby and many more. Psych-Sunset Orange…
RECORD STORE DAY 2022 RELEASE LIMITED TO 2,000 COPIES WORLDWIDE LIMITED TO 1,650 COPIES IN NORTH AMERICA The first-ever compilation of the rare and unissued garage and rockabilly from Jetstar Records! Largely done under the watchful eye of Dale Hawkins (who penned “Suzie Q”) including an unearthed blistering version of Q, lost tracks from the…
KIDZ BOP Ultimate Playlist is packed full of today s biggest pop hits sung by kid for kids! The all-new album from the #1 kids music brand features Stay, Bad Habits, Fancy Like, and many more of the songs kids love that parents can feel good about! From the living room to center stage and…
What an outstanding compilation of artists who played at the International Pop Underground Convention in 1991. You read the performers list; from Bratmobile, to Courtney Love, to Bikini Kill, to Nirvana, to 7 Year Bitch. This is a beautiful snapshot of the best of the early 90 s west coast, and perhaps more importantly and…
The Kraut Jazz Futurism compilation shows what s cookin in the new German jazz scene. Young German bands and a few of the international musicians working in Berlin now. Fresh artists that combine jazz, krautrock, Afro, hip-hop and electronica in a new way. The first volume of the compilation came out in 2020 (KRY 013LP) and was…