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Fenfo is how you say “something to say” in Bambara or how you sing it if you are activist Fatoumata Diawara.

Fatoumata Diawara' s 'Fenfo' is her second album produced by Matthieu Chedid, featuring korists Toumani and Sidiki Diabaté, percussionist Mokhtar Samba and bassist Etienne Mbappé and released on May 25,...

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There is a Randy Newman feel in the new Eels’ Mark ‘E’ Everett’s ‘The Deconstruction’ album that comes after four years of reconstruction. Second thought?

Eels' 'The Deconstruction' is their twelfth studio album (after a four-year hiatus), co-produced by leader Mark Oliver Everett a.k.a. E and Mickey Petralia and released on April 6, 2018 by...

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Bettye LaVette covers Dylan. ‘Times were a-changin’,’ now ‘Things Have Changed’ So what’s next?

Bettye LaVette' 'Things Have Changed' is her tenth studio album featuring twelve covers of Bob Dylan songs, produced by Steve Jordan, with Keith Richards on one song and released on...

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Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite get back together and declare ‘No Mercy In This Land.’ ‘Merci Beaucoup!’

'No Mercy In This Land' by Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite is their second collaborative studio album released on March 30, 2018 by Anti Records

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Parlophone publish ‘Gorillaz’ by virtual band Gorillaz, fully written by Damon Albarn (2001)

'Gorillaz' is the virtual band's eponymous debut studio album produced by Tom Girling, Jason Cox & Dan the Automator and released on March 26 , 2001 by Parlophone / Virgin.Track...

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Kim Deal & The Breeders got ‘All Nerve’ back together while you were ‘waiting in the car’

The Breeders' 'All Nerve' is their fifth studio album (their first in 11 years) featuring Courtney Barnett on one song and released on March 2, 2018 by 4AD

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Engineer Eddie Kramer picked up bits of stuff recorded by Jimi, glued them together and it (more or less) works. Demoes from beyond!

Jimi Hendrix' s 'Both Sides of the Sky' is this third posthumous (and a double) album engineered by Eddie Kramer and released on March 9, 2018 by Sony Legacy

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‘American Utopia’ is David Byrne talking (tongue in cheek) as he heads (towards a bright future). Hello Happy Taxpayers!

David Byrne' s 'American Utopia' is his seventh (his first in 14 years) studio album co-produced with Brian Eno & Rodaidh McDonald and released on March 9, 2018 by Todo...

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Strokes singer, Albert Hammond Jr.’s new opus ‘Francis Trouble’ is about his unborn twin (that’s Francis) and the search of identity

Albert Hammond Jr.' s 'Francis Trouble' is his fourth (36 minutes long) studio album released on March 9, 2018 by Red Bull Records

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Respect Yourself

Starting and ending with 'Respect Yourself' made famous by The Staple Singers, we made a playlist powered by Hittin'Around. It has Joe Tex, The Staple Singers, The Monkees, Bob Marley...

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Rapper from Dublin, Rejjie Snow mixes all kinds of influences around one theme : ‘Love’ (explicit)

Rejjie Snow's 'Dear Annie' is his first studio album featuring Dana Williams, Anna Of The North, Kaytranada among other guests and released on February 16, 2018by 300 Entertainment

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Son Lux’ ‘Brighter Wounds’

Son Lux' 'Brighter Wounds' is their fifth album produced by members Ryan Lott, Rafiq Bhatia & Ian Chang and released on February 8, 2018 by City Slang

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Franz Ferdinand’ s ‘Always Ascending’

Franz Ferdinand' s 'Always Ascending' is their fifth studio album produced by Philippe Zdar and released on February 9, 2018 through the Domino Recording Company.

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Justin Timberlake’ s ‘Man of the Woods’

Justin Timberlake' s 'Man of the Woods' is his fifth studio album featuring Chris Stapleton, Jessica Biel and Alicia Keys as guests and released on February 2, 2018 by RCA

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Joe Satriani’ s ‘What Happens Next’

Joe Satriani' s 'What Happens Next' is his sixteenth studio album recorded with Deep Purple bassist Glenn Hughes and RHCP drummer Chad Smith, produced by Mike Fraser and released on...

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Harry Connick, Jr. – That Would Be Me

Released on October 23, 2015, "That Would Be Me" is the twenty first vocal album by Harry Connick, Jr. Track Listing : 1.(I Like It When You) Smile (Harry Connick,...

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Gary Numan’ s ‘Savage (Songs from a Broken World)’

Gary Numan' s 'Savage (Songs from a Broken World)' is his twenty-first studio album produced by Ade Fenton and released in September 2017 by BMG

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Benjamin Clementine ‘s ‘I Tell a Fly’

Benjamin Clementine 's 'I Tell a Fly' is his second and self-produced studio album released on September 29, 2017 by Behind / Virgin EMI

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Lee Ritenour – A Twist Of Rit

Released on August 21, 2015, "A Twist Of Rit" is an album by Lee Ritenour revisiting and reworking songs from some of his earliest albums.

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Grizzly Bear’ s ‘Painted Ruins’

Grizzly Bear' s 'Painted Ruins' is their fifth studio album produced by Chris Taylor and released on August 18, 2017 by RCA.

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