incredibly powerful video from just a band.

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new goodness from the brilliant james blake.

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you know who's kind of magical? laura mvula.

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deeply excited, y'all. summers soon come.

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i posted just a band's awesome track probably for lovers a little while ago, and now the full-length album sorry for the delay has been released. it's all kinds of refreshing goodness.

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oh, shad. how i love you. this is awesome.

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i have yet to wax poetic about this album, as i have about previous k'naan albums, singles, collaborations, etc. i think i'm still trying to wrap my mind around it. but i'm digging this mini documentary about his process and his journey. it's especially interesting that k'naan's trip to somalia resulted in a change in his songwriting that is more reflective, inward-looking and is 'the most intimate music' he's made to date.

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(Photo Credit: David Corio)

In celebration of Fela Anikulapo Kuti's birthday, life, legacy and music Society HAE has teamed up with Nigerian hip hop collective and production company Str8buttah to release "Fela Kuti + Ginger Baker: LIVE! Remixed." The DocuMixtape combines snippets of rare interviews with Fela, Ginger Baker and Fela's musicians with sound bites and remixes of the live recordings from his 1971 "LIVE!" album, which featured The Africa70 Band and Ginger Baker. Original soundscapes by Teck-zilla of Str8buttah are also present on the DocuMixtape's featured tracks.

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here's the new video from one of my favorite tracks from soul is heavy: lucifer (no doubt). i love me some nneka.

her north american tour starts today.

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ghanaian-canadian artist kae sun is back with ship and the globe, the first video from his forthcoming album afriye.

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