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Bahama Soul Club: Bohemia After Dawn
by Chris M. Slawecki
Soulful original music laced with judicious and striking samples, Bohemia After Dawn serves a textbook example of music that packs an impact larger than the sum of its parts. Written, arranged, produced and performed by Oliver Belz and André Neundorf (the Bahama Soul Club) plus guest musicians and singers live and looped, Bohemia After Dawn sets body, mind and soul to simmer" from its opening Afrodisia" through the end of its closing Castelejo." Mango" slips and slides on ...
read moreKojato and the Afro Latin Cougaritas: All About Jazz
by James Nadal
As with any music that is soundly constructed around African rhythms, All About Jazz is impossible to listen to without being captivated by the infectious beats geared for dancing and grooving. Kojato and the Afro Latin Cougaritas have been able to expand upon a distinctive Afro-beat, dancehall, funk, and soul fusion, igniting a cadenced explosion brimming with positive vibrations. The group is led by vocalist Kojo, who has a hip vocal style resembling Gil Scott Heron in his ...
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