Haunting in situ recordings from Parchman Farm maximum security prison in Mississippi (USA). Producer Ian Brennan (Tinariwen, Ustad Saami, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Zomba Prison Project) recorded the prison's Sunday gospel service and the results are unforgettable. The raw performances range from solo a capella to a floor-shaking electric band. The repertoire includes both...

Haunting in situ recordings from Parchman Farm maximum security prison in Mississippi (USA). Producer Ian Brennan (Tinariwen, Ustad Saami, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Zomba Prison Project) recorded the prison's Sunday gospel service and the results are unforgettable. The raw performances range from solo a capella to a floor-shaking electric band. The repertoire includes both...

Batsukh Dorj was born in 1990 in the town of Tsengel, the last village in western Mongolia, in the province of Bayan-Olgii. This remarkable musician is a master of the various overtone styles typical of the Tuvas: khoomii (hurried overtone singing), sygyt (whistled overtone singing), kargyraa (deep overtone singing), ezenggileer (lit. “stirrups”), and borbangnadyr (lit....

This is the first Vinyl LP ever released featuring a woman playing the Rudra Veena. Madhuvanti Pal is from Kolkata India, teaches the Rudra Veena and builds her own instruments. Very few recordings of the rudra veena have been released. This is for a number of reasons, including that the rudra veena is notoriously difficult to capture in recorded form. Instead of traveling...

All tracks were recorded and released in Turkey between 1970 – 1977 and culled from Koray's personal vinyl collection. Includes exclusive photos and remastered audio. An iconic guitar and songwriting genius. A voice of gold – having founded the country's first ever rock and roll group in 1957, he is regarded worldwide as the father of Turkish rock. Forging western sounds...

LAKVAR - Contemporary Folk Music from Eastern Europe and the Caucasus: “Hajnalka Péter from Lakvar fearlessly embarks on her journey, and her voice is like the sack full of gold in a fairy tale, its contents infinite” - Kincses Réka, Film director (full statement see last page of this press release) LAKVAR present their new album, "Fiction and Folklore," following their...

LAKVAR - Contemporary Folk Music from Eastern Europe and the Caucasus: “Hajnalka Péter from Lakvar fearlessly embarks on her journey, and her voice is like the sack full of gold in a fairy tale, its contents infinite” - Kincses Réka, Film director (full statement see last page of this press release) LAKVAR present their new album, "Fiction and Folklore," following their...

"Tarâpzâde" heißt das Debüt-Album des Wahlberliners Tayfun Guttstadt. Die Kompositionen verbinden Hip-Hop und Trap mit orientalischer Klassik und Jahrhunderte alten Gedichten. Musik für eine neue Generation. Erscheint als CD und LP auf good&lovely records. Mit 13 Jahren fing der Sohn deutsch-türkischer Eltern, welcher im Hamburger Schanzenviertel aufgewachsen ist, mit dem...