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

Pamoja - Oooh baby

Sunday Duverreaux, former member of Oblige, steps into his own voice with a collection of warm, blues-jazz gospel standards that feel like conversations more than performances. Drawing from New Orleans heritage, street-preacher grit, late-night guitar rooms, and quiet moments of spiritual clarity, Sunday sings songs that are simple, honest, and deeply human.

The album moves from personal conviction (“I Still Believe in You”), to soulful comfort (“I Don’t Mind the Rain Tonight”), to generational heritage (“Bloodline”), to bold street-calling fire (“Crawdad Daddy”), and into the inner life of faith (“The Kingdom’s in You,” “Believe It First,” “Vain Imagination”).

At the heart of the record is Sunday’s signature tenderness — his ability to make big truths feel close, warm, and familiar.
The closing track, “Supper at the Open Door,” brings it home with a picture of Jesus entering the heart and sharing a simple meal — the perfect summary of Sunday’s sound: humble invitation, quiet peace, and deep, steady hope.

Human, It Seems

Alpman - Waking Dream

Buy: alpman.bandcamp.com/track/waking-dream
2016 - Istanbul

Waking Dream

"Ominous Shanti is the latest track from the wonderful percussionst / band leader Emanative (AKA Nick Woodmansey) and true to his name it is a marvelous original concoction of eastern sounds, punching horns, trance - inducing rhythms and Miles like inprovisations. Do yourself a favor and put it in your earhole!"

- Idris Ackamoor of The Pyramids - March 2017


"So this is a new one from Emanative, that's the Collective that belongs to Nick Woodmansey …
I might have to drop again next week because I love it so much!"

- Gilles Peterson BBC 6Music - Feb 2017

Emanative aka Nick Woodmansey makes his return on self-released limited 7", Ominous Shanti / Black Enchantment – two tracks that perfectly display Nick’s flavour for interesting rhythms, eastern sounds and contemporary influences.

The A-side, ‘Ominous Shanti’ sees Nick collaborate and create with Tamar Osborn, Sarathy Korwar, Suman Joshi, Ben Hadwen, Simon Finch and Jessica Lauren. Recorded between Malcolm Catto's Heliocentrics and Ibibio Sound Machine's studios.

"We're releasing this one ourselves privately, on the kind of non-existant label Home Planet Recordings, so any and all support really appreciated!
It's a limited edition, so please don't miss out!"

- Nick Woodmansey

Ominous Shanti

Remix done by The Reflex

https://thereflex.bandcamp.com/

Million Sellers Vol.3

Nina Simone - Be That Way Sometimes (Reflex)

Various Artists - Jazz & Milk Breaks Vol 1

Jazz & Milk Breaks Vol. 1

Jazzhole

Free The Robots - Jazzhole

Buddy Sativa ft. Onra  Una Peripecia(7'inch)

Pre-order album ~ https://hopest.re/NamingAndBlaming

The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra (The POAO) release ‘Fight So Hard’, the first single from their long-awaited second album ‘Naming & Blaming’. Recorded with the full POAO 17 piece ensemble, Fight So Hard is a simmering slow burn with MC One Sixth trading rap verses with singers Kuukua and Lydia Acquah, Fem Belling and Lamine Sonko. In true afrobeat tradition the album version clocks in at a trance-inducing nine minutes long! (Radio edit supplied for those on a tighter schedule). The vocals are broken up with heavy brass sections and extended instrumental improvisations while the understated rhythm section bubbles away without pause or deviation.

Available everywhere on all formats on November 30th, the ‘Naming & Blaming’ album is a pulsing, percussive journey into classic afrobeat led by fierce vocals and a howling horn section. It’s a fitting 21st-century response to the world-shaking music of 1970s Nigeria defined by Fela Kuti. The result is true to the afrobeat blueprint of hypnotising rhythm, extended improvisation and political comment, but adds to the formula a host of pan-African and local influences as well as hip-hop elements that reflect the deep ranging roots of the band. This balance is what The POAO is all about, paying respects to the culture while keeping their feet planted in the 21st century.

Nina Simone - Be That Way Sometimes (Reflex)

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