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ANGOLA: Pretaluz (Blacklight) – Waldemar Bastos

ANGOLA: Pretaluz (Blacklight) – Waldemar Bastos

Another Luaka Bop classic, Bastos guides us through the sounds of his life and his country… Before this wild descent of exploration into music cultures from across the world begun, David Byrne was a name I was familiar with, though I lacked a strong opinion on...
PORTUGAL: Bairro Da Ponte – Stereossauro

PORTUGAL: Bairro Da Ponte – Stereossauro

Stereossauro’s electronic beats meet the passion and saudade of fado in this entertaining melange of an album… We don’t often consider the artwork of an album as necessarily integral to the album itself, though it often is. It is always some kind of...
PORTUGAL: Movimento Perpétuo – Carlos Paredes

PORTUGAL: Movimento Perpétuo – Carlos Paredes

Fleet-footed finger-work abound, Carlos Paredes takes us on a breakneck tour of Portuguese fado music… When I was 12, I went on a school trip to Barcelona, and one of the events we participated in during the trip was to attend a concert of flamenco dancing and...