Hermelinda Linda #313, #314, #318, #581

Hermelinda Linda narraba las vivencias de una hechicera de Bondojia (su pueblo) era muy prestigiosa por ser muy acertada con sus brujerías, bien originales además. Aveces ella misma colaboraba metamorfoseándose para la tarea requerida. Podía hacer lo que quería con sus póciones: Tranformando en un animal a su cliente para camuflarse, les amputaba los pies, tenía su dosis de gore, humor negro. Como decía en su carátula era una "Revista comica-satírica para adultos".

The music of saxophonist Linda Sikhakhane music epitomizes the vibrant evolution of South Africa’s jazz landscape with inspiration drawn from such greats such as John Coltrane and Winston Mankunku Ngozi. Iladi, his first album to be released jointly by Blue Note Records & Universal Music Africa, is a celebratory offering that is a sonic version of a communal gathering featuring eight evocative original compositions. The album was produced by Sikhakhane’s frequent collaborator Nduduzo Makhathini who also plays piano along with Zwelakhe-Duma Bell le Pere on bass, and Kweku Sumbry on drums.

Mastered on Mobile Fidelity's world-renowned mastering system, this hybrid SACD presents Heart Like a Wheel with astounding clarity, depth, and naturalism. Still the most difficult instrument to accurately capture, the female voice is here conveyed with transfixing realism, warmth, and feeling. The inner beauty of Ronstadt's flawless phrasing and passionate inflections bears out with obvious candor, her tonality and emotiveness pouring through every lyric and wordless expression.

The Complete Hits of Linda Scott contains all 12 of her Billboard chart hits in addition to ten other recordings from her early-'60s heyday. Mastered from the original tapes and with all but one of the tracks presented in true stereo, no illegitimate import can approach the sound quality and presentation of this package. "I Told Ev'ry Little Star" is Scott's biggest and best-known hit (and one of only three that cracked the Top 20), but her other efforts boast inventive arrangements, a greater measure of vocal talent than the average teenage thrush, and a handful of songs written by Scott herself. With a photo-filled booklet and informative liner notes, The Complete Hits of Linda Scott is the ultimate tribute to a minor but worthy star.

Out of the drawers! Pia Davila and Linda Leine give new perspectives on "ostracised music".