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Artist: Zoon (@zoongideewin)
City: Toronto
Song: "Gaagige"
Album: ‘Bekka Ma'iingan’ (out April 28)
Label: Paper Bag (@paperbagrecords)
FYI: They opened for Broken Social Scene last month.
🎧: n.pr/3nFFtVT
Artist: Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru
City: Jerusalem
Song: "Jerusalem"
Album: ‘Jerusalem’ (out April 14)
FYI: This is a posthumous release. Emahoy died March 23 at the age of 99. 😢
🎧: n.pr/3nFFtVT
Artist: Shirley Collins (@shirleyeCollins)
Home: East Sussex, U.K.
Song: "High and Away”
Album: ‘Archangel Hill’ (out May 26)
Label: Domino (@Dominorecordco)
FYI: Shirley, a living legend in British folk circles, turns 88 this year.
🎧: n.pr/3nFFtVT
Artist: Pry
City: Manila, Philippines
Song: "Chasing Ambulance"
Album: ‘The Party's Over’
FYI: The physical version of Pry’s album is only available as a run of 25 cassettes.
🎧: n.pr/3nFFtVT
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Artist: Orchestra Gold (@orchestragold)
City: Oakland, California
Song: “Segou Heat”
Album: ‘Medicine’
FYI: The band’s from Oakland, but lead singer Mariam Diakite is from Mali and infuses their retro funk with the traditions of her home country.
🎧: n.pr/3nFFtVT
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Artist: Jeremy Kiran Fernandes
City: Athens, Georgia
Song: “Sun and Rain”
Album: ‘Inside the Harmonic Prism’
FYI: Jeremy is the son of Olivia Tremor Control’s John Fernandes.
🎧: n.pr/3nFFtVT
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