on tour: Madera Limpia (Cuba)

From may 29th till june 26th the Cuban HipHop sensation Madera Limpia will present their new album La Corona [Outhere] in Europe. NPR music quotes La Corona: "Life is hard for young locals poised between the Castro regime and the Americans, and Madera Limpia's members sing and rap about that life on their debut album, La Corona. In doing so, the group has created one of the freshest new sounds coming out of the Caribbean." [read on]

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new cd: Tinariwen "IMIDIWAN : Companions"

Tinariwens new cd "IMIDIWAN : Companions" [Independiente / Pias] will be released in Germany on 14th of august 2009. After a very successful US Tour the desert rockers from Mali will present their new stuff on 27th of june at Glastonbury Festival. On 4th of july Tinariwen will play Summerjam Festival in Cologne. The release tour in GAS / Eastern Europe will take place from 1st - 15th of november.

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new CD: QUIVER // Kimmo Pohjonen's KTU

For KTU the finish accordion dervish Kimmo Pohjonen teams up with Pat Mastelotto and Trey Gunn of King Crimson. Their brand new album Quiver [ Wetpark  Indigo ] was released in Europe on march 13th and German press is already giving Quiver high praise (musikreviews.de / metal.de). The North American release date for Quiver is May 1.

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new artist: New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble

new artist: Lühning (Germany)

cologne // jazz // Addis Abbeba // absorbing // live // bossa nova // fragments //  drum & bass // contemporary  // re:jazz  // Goethe //  W.H. Auden //  bass // quartet // guitar // multilayed // beautiful // electro // voice  // pop // drums // read