From the first album, "This is Marijata", Ghana 1976. With hints of its Highlife origins to the evolution of Afro-funk, by way of James Brown, this is one of the greatest funk albums to come out of West Africa.

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Artist: Emma Donovan & The PutBacks
Album: Dawn
Format: LP/CD/Digital
AU Release Date: Nov 7 2014
UK Release Date: Nov 10 2014
US Release Date: Nov 11 2014

Acclaimed indigenous vocalist Emma Donovan and Melbourne rhythm combo The PutBacks come together to bring you Dawn, an LP of hard hitting and heartfelt soul songs telling stories of grief, struggle and redemption. Dawn is a gritty, uniquely Australian record, simultaneously classic and contemporary. The songwriting is in turns optimistic, angry and melancholic, and on occasions bruisingly honest. The music is fluid, live and raw, recorded in one room on eight channels of analog tape and the electric connection between Emma and the band comes through in every beat.

Emma grew up singing church songs with her maternal grandparents on the North coast of New South Wales. Her first secular gigs were singing in The Donovans, a band comprised of her mother and five uncles. With her mother, Emma sang country for years, and in her youth was a fixture at the Tamworth Country Music Festival, but she always yearned for the bluesier tones of her Father’s record collection, full of American artists like Laverne Baker and Etta James and Indigenous Australian artists like No Fixed Address and Archie Roach.

Years later, after touring and recording with many of the mainstays of Indigenous music and developing as a solo artist in her own right, Emma met members of The PutBacks, and finally she found a band with the gritty blues soaked tones she had been looking for. She also found, in PutBacks bassist Mick Meagher, a co-writer and collaborator on the the soul songs she had been waiting a lifetime to write and sing. The results are well worth the wait and hopefully, only mark the beginning of this oh-so-right collaboration.

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Emma Donovan & The PutBacks - My Goodness

Celestial Blues by the Souljazz Orchestra

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Featuring Tata Din Din Jobarteh, Ed "Preachermann" Holley and the Antibalas Horns

Written and Produced by Jon Fine
Ed "Preachermann" Holley: Vocals
Tata Din Din Jobarteh: Kora and Vocals
Jon Fine: Bass, Guitar, Keys
Stuart Bogie: Saxophone
Martin Perna: Saxophone
Jordan Mclean: Trumpet
Nathan Hank: Drums
Matt Hauser: Percussion

Mastered by Joe Lambert at Joe Lambert Mastering,  Brooklyn NY
Engineered by Jon Fine and Lee Weinberg at Feet First Studios
Additional Engineering by Mark Bengston
Recorded at Creature Studios NYC and Tata Din Din’s in Brikama, The Gambia

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Africa Calling

You took my breath away
When I saw your face
And your gorgeous hair
I couldn't help but stare
You need to realize
With your beautiful eyes
That I am the man
That deserves your hand

And I crave your love
And I crave your attention
Baby, I won't lie I've been thinking about you since July
I have, I have, I have I have, I have, I have
I knew you're the girl for me

You're so pretty
And I love your eyes
And I love your voice
And I love your hair
Like I said earlier
I can't help but stare
Let's go up these stairs
And go to the bedroom

I'm a fool for you I'm a fool for you
Yes, I am Yes, I am
Yes, I am Yes, I am
Yes, I am Yes, I am
Yes, I am

took my breath away

Sometimes I get lost in your eyes 
I hope my heart don’t get broken for 55th time 
I’m sorry I’m so dumb girl I couldn’t see the signs 
I’m trapped in my thoughts they replay in my mind 
Snorting Xanax while day dreaming bout 
And I got Hella time to think what we gonna do 
This girl got me pacing all around my room 
girl really I want yiu in my life 
Why the fuck would I lie 
Why the fuck would I lie 
Pray to god every night that I die 
If you find me dead then it’s suicide 
They really listen to my music and gonna ask how I died
Snorting Xanax while day dreaming bout 
And I got Hella time to think what we gonna do 
This girl got me pacing all around my room

Day dreaming XD #👻🖤

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