Irish pop sensation LYRA announces her highly anticipated debut album LYRA. Hailing from County Cork, LYRA has rapidly become one of Irelands standout talents, showcasing her extraordinary vocal presence and inimitable songcraft. As the anticipation for her album builds, LYRAs evolution as an artist is evident. Tracklist DISC 1 SIDE 1 1. America 2. Drink […]
Synthpop, minimal wave, post-punk, goth, new romantic — fans and critics alike have dug deeply into their vintage thesauruses to describe the beguiling work of Nation of Language. And if you can’t precisely define the band, that’s the point. Frontman Ian Richard Devaney has become prodigious in expanding what synthesizer-driven music can evoke, such that […]
CD – Everybody Is A Star: The Sly Stone Songbook seeks to celebrate the songcraft and influence of Sly Stone’s work via the interpretations of others across the past fifty years. With illustrated notes by Alec Palao Despite his status as a recluse for much of the past thirty years, Sly Stone still stands tall as […]
Jazz Contrasts, one of the stand-out titles in Kenny Dorham’s already incredible catalogue is being given the New Land treatment, mastered directly from the original tapes by Kevin Gray and housed in deluxe packaging, making this the definitive edition. Kenny Dorham is one of the all time great jazz trumpeters. Starting out, he played in […]
A great acoustic introduction to the world of one of the greatest geniuses in the world of jazz in the late fifties to the mid-sixties. Miles is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th century music. This program is laid out thoughtfully, including well-worn standards and the music […]
“This isn’t modern jazz, or swing, or bop, or New Thing; this is Legrand jazz, its personality as clearly stamped as if he were the main solo voice. Indeed, one realises from listening to these tracks again that for the Frenchman, the orchestra was his instrument. A flamboyant 33-rpm full of invention. The most beautiful […]
2 LP Ambolley is revered as the Simigwahene in Ghana – The King of Simigwa-Highlife. Because of his deep, soulful, and funky Highlife sound, he is also sometimes referred to as the “James Brown of Ghana.” And not without reason. His blend of Highlife, Funk, Jazz, Soul, and proto-Rap was and is still exhilarating. He […]
Northern soul is in the news again, as once more this most resilient of dance floor cults is discovered by a new generation. For four decades now Ace Records has been a natural home for the music and using that experience we are bringing you our first ever all classics collection of some of the […]
The Sound of Now…mentioned in ‘The Return of Jack Slade’ by Derrick Morgan was the sound of 1969/1970 and that sound was the sound of Jamaican Reggae.The look at the time was the Skinhead fashion borrowed heavily from the Jamaican Rude Boy style.The Skinhead movement started around 1968 and by the following year of 1969 […]
Talkin To The Trees is the debut full-length album from Neil Young And The Chrome Hearts.Talkin To The Trees is a personal and powerful album featuring ten new compositions by Young. “Big Change”, the first song from the album, comes with a message that left no doubt where Neil Young stands in these challenging times.The […]
