The late Nigerian trumpeter Bola Johnson touched on all the parts of the 60s and 70s Lagos scene that we love so much – Afro Beat, heavy funk, highlife and traditional blues. Everyone from Henry Rollins to Madlib is a fan nowadays, and of course, we are too. We are proud to rep his catalog directly with his Estate. One stop clearance.
Download: Bola Johnson
Hard to imagine that this music came from late 60s Sweden, and only two tracks were released prior to the late 2000s! The Baby Grandmothers gigged with Hendrix, later became the rather famous Mecki Mark Men and now are lauded as one of the great, late 60s world-psych-rock ensembles. We rep this in association with Stockholm’s Subliminal Sounds. One stop clearance.
Download: Baby Grandmothers
Fabiano do Nascimento’s debut album Dança dos Tempos out now – watch him live in performance with Brasilian legend Airto at his LA release party.
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Above and below – two short films captured by Grace Oh and her team at Fabiano do Nascimento’s Dança dos Tempos release party at the Blue Whale in Los Angeles. On site – Brasilian percussion legend Airto Moreira who played with Fabiano on the studio album. More info on the project in our earlier post here.
Stark Reality’s two essential psych-jazz-funk LPs now available as stand-alone vinyl albums, download a free track below!
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Previously only available as part of our Acting, Thinking, Feeling box set, Stark Reality’s two essential LPs Discovers Hoagy Carmichael’s Music Shop and Roller Coaster Ride are now available as stand-alone LP’s, and come with a download card for all tracks and a digital version of the extensive booklet we presented in our box set.
If you’ve not heard this band’s wondrous music yet, you can download a track here – and watch a video clip of the performance of the same song on the WGBH Hoagy Carmichael’s Music Shop program, which aired for an unbelievable season in the early 1970s. Imagine being a kid on that show. C’mon now.
Legendary soul and funk singles from Atlanta guitarist/singer/songwriter Richard Marks. Includes previously unreleased tracks. Book w/ CD, 2 LP w/ booklet. Out now!
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Above – a short film about our long-awaited Richard Marks anthology Never Satisfied, shot and edited by Bennett Piscitelli. More info on this important Southern soul/funk compendium in our earlier post here – but what Marks’ son Terrence says in the film says it all. This all-too-talented – yet criminally uncelebrated – musician was never satisfied, and left dozens of beautiful songs for us to rightfully place in America’s canon.