Negro Folklore from Texas State Prisons, is an album recorded in 1964 by folklorist Bruce Jackson. The LP features work songs, blues, spirituals, preaching and toasts (recited poems) performed by a group of inmates in the Lone Star State’s then-segregated agricultural prison farms. The recordings on this album were made in Texas prison farms in July 1964….
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Taken from the critically acclaimed Moochin’ About release ‘Music From The Welsh Mines’ by The Rhos Male Voice Choir – the track Llef is used on the new Carling Noise Valley advert… (about 3mins 26 in..!) NOISE VALLEY ADVERT The Carling “Made Local” initiative forms part of a wider “Putting the Great Back into Great…
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Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas is an album of Christmas music by guitarist Kenny Burrell and possibly one of the greatest Christmas albums of all time…. the album was recorded in 1966 and features some Christmas classics, played in the stylish and classy Burrell way…. Burrell was born in Detroit, Michigan. Both his…
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The mesmerising and moving, Music From The Welsh Mines finally gets its re-release on CD, this very special recording by one of Wales’ foremost choirs will be accompanied for the first time with a bonus disc Songs Of Peace & Goodwill – a collection of Christmas carols record in 1958, one year after the original album which has…
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David Amram’s Jazz BIO 2018 Ever since meeting, jamming with and being mentored by Dizzy Gillespie in 1951 and Charlie Parker in 1952,.David Amram has continued over the past 66 years as one of the first pioneers, along with Julius Watkins, to include the French horn as an improvising voice in jazz. He has also pioneered the use…
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moochin’ about are very proud to announce [PAIS] as our new distributors for the UK & across the world… Founded in 1981 by Kenny Gates and Michel Lambot, [PIAS] champions and supports the best independent music in the world across our unrivalled international network. The labels the represent include – Ace Records, BMG Rights, Domino, Fat Possum,…
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QUINCY JONES, the mastermind behind some of the 20th and 21st century’s greatest hits turned 85 this year And to celebrate his life and legacy, Moochin’ About has collected and remastered 12 of his classic early albums available to download… This collection features…. Jazz Abroad This Is How I Feel About Jazz Go West, Man!…
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Perry Blake returns to the live scene with his first live show in France for 5 years , where he will be playing The Solidarity Festival, Montpellier… ahead of his forthcoming live shows in the UK & Portugal, this will be a great chance to get to hear some material from the forthcoming new…
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