I was pleasantly surprised to find what looks to be a cool record shop in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. To learn more, see their Instagram site here.
Rudy Carrera
Blogger, label owner, record store buyer and all around charming lad who loves to share music with one and all.
Hortense Ellis – Hell & Sorrow
From Death Is Not The End‘s Bandcamp site: “The outstanding original cut of Hortense Ellis‘ Hell & Sorrow, originally produced and released by Jimmy Radway for his Fe Me Time label in the mid 1970s and backed with Big Youth’s DJ counteraction Tribulation – now sees a valuable reissue through Continue Reading
Seba Ramirez – Untied
From the Urban Waves Bandcamp site: “Seba Ramirez’s “Untied EP” invites you to explore a world of sound, emotion, and creativity. From intricate melodies to rhythmic grooves, this collection of tracks weaves a captivating narrative. Joined in the studio by talented musicians, Pablo Selnik (flute), Eddie Mejía (guitar), Alex Reviriego Continue Reading
Deben Bhattacharya – Behind the Scenes of ‘Ecstatic Dances of the Whirling and Howling Dervishes’
From the Youtube link: “Ecstatic Dances of the Whirling and Howling Dervishes of Turkey and Syria: http://store.arcmusic.co.uk/ecstatic-… The Mevlevi Order of the Whirling Dervishes was inaugurated in Turkey in 1273. This CD features dances of the Whirling Dervishes from Turkey and Syria. These are authentic field recordings by ethnomusicologist Deben Continue Reading
Glós – World Enough
Glós produced an album in 2022 I thought would be worth sharing. From our friends at Affin Records: “The trip to the sea was already a few days ago… arriving in the city, looking for orientation, the time of seclusion henceforth gave way to a melange of voices. a polyphonic Continue Reading
Various Artists – Magnificent Sounds Records: ¡Con Piano, Sublime! : Early Recordings from the Caribbean 1907-1921
This is the second Magnificent Sounds Records release we’ve had the pleasure of featuring. This one covers music from Cuba, Trinidad & Tobago and Puerto Rico, among other locales. Wonderfully remastered, and worthy of your time.
Hassan Wargui – Tiddukla
From the release’s Bandcamp site: “Tiddukla (which translates to Friendship) is one of Hassan’s numerous group projects and he recorded the album with friends in 2015 and self released it through YouTube due to the lack of music infrastructure in Morocco. The Tiddukla album is raw and hypnotic and sees Continue Reading
R.A Sánchez – L’ottava Sfera
Tuscon, Arizona’s R.A Sánchez has produced one of the most horribly bleak albums of 2024. A combination of slow doom metal and drone set with jazz instrumentation, this could easily give bands like Sunn O))) a run for their money. All respect is due to Lost Tribe Sound for releasing Continue Reading
Entjar Tjarmedi, Enip Sukanda, et al – Gamelan Degung Klasik ca. 1972
Canary Records have released yet another treasure. This gem features a collection of tracks performed on gamelan by Entjar Tjarmedi, Enip Sukanda and others. The music is gentle and otherworldly, one worth spending a day sipping coffee to.
Luiz Santos – Sapphire Fire
https://luizsantos.com/album/2834683/sapphire-fire I normally try to share albums on major platforms, but my friend Luiz Santos has self-released a rather fine jazz album on his website, and I thought it would be good to share it with friends. It’s piano-based, a bit dark, and a comfortable listen worth your time and Continue Reading