Articles by Derek Nawrot

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  Mandela

  Jo Menell and Angus Gibson

  PUBLISHED Mar 12, 2007

  From the grass houses and tribal culture of South Africa’s high plains to the harrowing island prison cell where he laboured for 27 years i...

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  Melodium

  Music For Invisible People

  PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2007

  Content to shy away from the public eye, as demonstrated on his label’s website, which states that he "never plays lives,” Melodium continu...

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  Kava Kava

  Maui

  PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2007

  It’s got to be a tough job to be an electronic band in Britain these days. While the hardcore partiers will always rave hard to drug and wh...

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  Willie Bobo

  Lost and Found

  PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2007

  If there was ever a testament that good things come from snooping in your mother’s closet, then let it be these lost sessions by Spanish Ha...

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  Bombolesse

  Pucha-Pucha

  PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2007

  With acclaimed Brazilian bands Mundo Livre S/A and Pedro Luís e a Parade sporadically releasing gem albums of groovy samba pop soul every c...

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  Florence K

  Bossa Blue

  PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2007

  If you were to judge Florence K.’s stunning album Bossa Blue by the title and her alluring photo on the cover, you might wrongly lump it in...

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  12twelve

  L'Univers

  PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2007

  Hailing from Barcelona, and one of Europe’s most liberal-minded music scenes, 12twelve are an instrumental, free jazz band that conjure mus...

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  Various

  Red Hot + Latin: Silencio = Muerte

  PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2007

  Originally released ten years ago as part of the landmark Red Hot series, Red Hot + Latin was complied to fund the fight against Aids in La...