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Reviews
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| Artist | The Bamboos |
| Label | Tru Thoughts |
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By Charles Waring | 10 March 2010
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Antipodean funk/soul aggregation, The Bamboos, return with what is unequivocally their best album yet (despite the set's patent lack of inspiration as regards its dull and somewhat perfunctory title – but who cares?). Kicking off with the brassy retro-groove of the lead-off 45, 'On The Sly' - led by the…
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Pink Elephant
| Artist | N'Dambi |
| Label | Stax |
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By Charles Waring | 10 March 2010
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A preacher's daughter from Dallas, Texas, Chonita Gilbert is better known to the soul fraternity in the guise of Afro-topped neo-soul chanteuse, N'Dambi, a former backing vocalist for Erykah Badu who released three highly-regarded indie albums between 1999 and 2005 (for the record they were 'Little Girl Lost Blues,' 'Tunin'…
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ZZZZ
| Artist | Ken Ross |
| Label | Green Street |
By Daniella Robbins | 09 March 2010
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Album Reviews
Ken Ross- a twenty-something musician, producer, songwriter and singer from Chicago, with a name unknown to many. Think J Dilla, Craig Armstrong, George Benson and Roy Hargrove.
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Jedi Mind Tricks
| Venue | The Jazz Cafe |
| Date | 1 March 2010 |
By Ryan Proctor | 08 March 2010
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Live Reviews
A Jedi Mind Tricks show is less of a typical concert and more like a bar-room brawl set to chest-thumping beats and rhymes. Taking London's Jazz Café by storm on the last date of their European Assassin's Creed tour, the trio of Vinnie Paz, Jus Allah and DJ Kwestion proved…
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A Woman In Love
| Artist | Maysa |
| Label | Shanachie |
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By Charles Waring | 03 March 2010
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Album Reviews
A lovely album this, which confirms that 43-year-old Maysa Leak – a highly regarded alumnus of UK acid jazzers Incognito and Stevie Wonder's Wonderlove – is one of the best soul vocalists on the planet.
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So Many Devils
| Artist | Mr. Drastick |
| Label | M.D.M. Recordings |
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By Christopher Mitchell | 26 February 2010
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One of the biggest buzz words in Hip Hop over the last ten years has been "hustle". Every rapper on Earth seems to have mastered the art of getting money. However, there are are a select few that embody the ideology of what hustling beyond drugs and crime is all…
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Now that’s What I Call a Mix tape Vol 1
| Artist | Artcha |
| Label | 3Me |
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By Thuto Mali | 26 February 2010
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ARTCHA has been wowing audiences and music critics ever since he won the BBC 1 Xtra Home-Grown Cuts competition back in 2003. The official listening event and launch of his latest mixtape at Proud, certainly exemplified his experience as a performer.
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Touch
| Artist | Gladys Knight & The Pips |
| Label | Superbird |
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By Charles Waring | 23 February 2010
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'Touch,' released in 1981, was the second album that Gladys Knight & the Pips recorded for Columbia with husband-and-wife songwriting duo Nick Ashford & Valerie Simpson installed as producers.
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Jay Electronica
| Venue | The Jazz Cafe, London |
| Date | 18 February 2010 |
By Reah Brown | 22 February 2010
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Live Reviews
If I was asked to name one of the best rappers to emerge on the music scene in the past decade, Jay Electronica would rank at the top of my list. Etched as the 'new messiah of Hip hop', it's an assertion not far from the truth as I'm sure…
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D.E.E.P. R.O.O.T.E.D.
| Artist | Deep Rooted |
| Label | Clear Label Records |
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By Christopher Mitchell | 21 February 2010
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Album Reviews
With the sheer volume of music being made available to us on a daily basis, you often have to wade through mountains of trash to find the buried treasure. It can be a tedious task that seldom reaps a reward but when it does you'll be patting yourself on the…
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