recorded in 1958 for Prestige’s New Jazz imprint
The World Is A Cafeteria: American Soul Music (And One Song From Ghana) 1955-1998 is Cairo Records’ fifth soul anthology
this double LP moves with a calm intensity
Caetano Veloso–inflected rhythm and Ibarra’s intense vocal delivery immediately draw you in
Massimo Di Lena and Lucio Aquilina set out to reconstruct Napoli’s rich musical history
Penza Penza – Hang Loose! I Got Dem Ol' Surfer Bloos... experimental recorded in 1958 for Prestige’sOn Hang Loose! I Got Dem Ol' Surfer Bloos, Penza Penza dive headfirst into the choppy waters of 1960s surf instrumentals, but not without bringing their own warped, psychedelic, and delightfully unhinged energy to the genre. Led by Estonian multi instrumentalist Misha Panfilov, this fifth album is less homage and more surf music dismantled and rebuilt in the bands signature style: noisy, freeform, funk laced, and gloriously off kilter. From the grime