Rachid Taha – Diwan 2

Diwân 2 sees Rachid Taha reclaiming the older tunes of his childhood –but not without occasional touches of his angry punk persona surfacing just in time to avoid nostalgia

Dennis Rollins’ Badbone & Co – Big CD Giveaway

Dubbed ‘that rarest of jazz beasts: a genuine star’ by The Independent on Sunday, award-winning British jazz musician Dennis Rollins is currently touring to promote his third album, Big Night Out!, his funkiest yet and we have three signed copies to give away!

Nibs van der Spuy – Beautiful Feet

The singer songwriter boom continues in the UK but here at Fly, we like to look a little further a field sometimes. Nibs van der Spuy gently weaves his native Southern Africa into his guitar-led sound to create an album of disarming beauty

Los Desterrados – Tu

Los Desterrados, from not-so-exotic north London, have produced an album of underground Judeo-Spanish re-imaginings, slipping skilfully between epochs and musical traditions

Finn Peters – Vortex, London (Live Review)

Off a harsh London thoroughfare, down a small dark side street, through shabby temporary fencing, past the friendly guy on a sofa, up the stairs and into London’s coolest jazz club to hear Finn Peters I went

Andre Williams – Movin’ on with…

Subtitled, ‘greasy and explicit soul movers 1956 – 1970’, this collection of raw gut-bucket rhythm and blues is heavy on the blues and about as subtle as a German porn movie

El Tanbura – Between the Desert and the Sea

Anyone who has seen El Tanbura in action will know that this is an amazing bunch of passionate musicians to hear. Can an album match up?

Desert Slide – Desert Slide

Desert Slide is a Sense super group featuring Vishwa Mohan & Musicians of Rajasthan combining powerful desert grooves, slide guitars and transcendant vocals

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Global Music

Month: October 2006