Orelsan Sama

A straightforward reissue of the much-prized All the Way from Stockholm to Philadelphia CD (which itself compiled two previously released discs – Mott collecting is nothing if not repetitive!), A Tale of Two Cities finds our heroes in Sweden in 1971 and the U.S. the following year, and in two radically different frames of mind. At the earlier show, touring in the aftermath of the low-key Wildlife album, Mott are facing up to the fact that they're doomed to remain a second-division attraction, adored by the faithful but unknown to the rest of the universe…

Gavin Minter has just recorded his 7th album at the famous Atlantis Studios. This new album of standards was recorded in Stockholm after a two week sell-out tour of Sweden. It features Andrew Lilley on piano and Kevin Gibson on drums from South Africa as well as Martin Sostjedt on double bass, Karl Olandersson on trumpet and flugelhorn, Amanda Sedgwick on alto and flute and Fredrik Linborg on tenor and clarinet from Sweden…

Cheikh Lo - Lamp Fall (2006) {World Circuit-Nonesuch 79938-2}
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© 2006 World Circuit / Nonesuch | 79938-2
International / Afro-Pop / African Traditions / West African

Lamp Fall is the first international release from the Senegalese singer/songwriter and guitarist Cheikh Lô. Issued on World Circuit, it is a collection of traditional and original songs that heavily showcase his trademark mbalax drums, reggae grooves, and funky polyrhythms, with a host of colors and textures added by widely varying instrumentation. This time out, Lô goes to Brazil for inspiration – about half the album's tracks were recorded in Bahia. Lamp Fall's opener, "Sou," is a traditional song with a radically different arrangement.