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Latin soul with a Thai twist
Life, John Clewley, Published on 29/03/2022
» Amaru Tribe, a Latin band based in Melbourne, Australia, released their second studio album, Between Two Worlds, on March 18. The band visited Thailand in 2019 for a mini-tour, which culminated in a full band concert at Studio Lam, for which they jammed with phin and khaen players from Toom Turn Molam Band.
Can I interest you in South American psychedelics?
Life, John Clewley, Published on 25/05/2021
» The Caribbean is in the spotlight in this week's column, with two new and contrasting albums from different parts of the region featuring.
Coming Ashore
B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 10/06/2018
» In his third studio record, the Thai troubadour pushes beyond his surf-pop territory without losing his trademark chill
The dance around the world
Life, John Clewley, Published on 31/01/2017
» A Colombian compilation, featuring 43 dance-floor-filling tracks, surfed onto the World Beat desk last week, and since then the World Beat team has been dancing on its keyboards. It's difficult focusing on writing when this irresistible music is on the turntable.
He Came, He SawHe Conquered
B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 05/06/2016
» The former Woods bassist comes into his own on his third solo LP, a captivating body of work inspired by the wilderness and death.
Around the world
Life, John Clewley, Published on 29/09/2015
» This month's European Broadcast Union World Charts is topped by a reissue of an album -- La Candela Viva -- that was recorded by the legendary Colombian singer and dancer Toto La Momposina in sessions at the Real World Studios in the UK way back in 1991 and 1992. Reissue would be perhaps the wrong word really because the producers of the new release, Tambolero, have gone deep into the original sessions and then added new vocals, some from Toto's granddaughters, and instrumentation, giving the original music more texture.