From Death Is Not The End’s Bandcamp site: “The definition of the word ‘fado’ is technically ‘fate’, though the Portuguese meaning bound up with this term is more complex. The music itself can be fairly closely compared with that of Greek rebetika – also the American blues or the original Continue Reading
Death Is Not The End
Various Artists – Death Is Not The End: Making Records: Home Recordings c. 1890-1920
Death Is Not The End is a leading archival record label, but this release isn’t solely focused on music. It highlights people engaging in everyday activities, many of which involve music, while others showcase individuals taking the time to document their lives using what was then new technology.
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
Various Artists – Wounds of Love: Khmer Oldies, Vol. 2
Death Is Not The End is a profoundly interesting record label (and radio program on NTS) operating out of London, and how they find such oddball gems like this I’ll never understand. What is clear, though, is that the Khmer music scene really got into music from France (from colonial Continue Reading