New Music Releases: Indra Rios Moore, Bob Marley and The Wailers, Jimi Tenor / Tony Allen

Indra Rios Moore – Carry My Heart

A beautifully soulful album from Indra Rios Moore – a singer who was living in Brooklyn a few years ago, but only found herself in the spotlight after moving overseas, and working with a great little combo in Denmark! This album's Indra's second, and features an even tighter, more sophisticated approach than the first – with Rios-Moore singing alongside partner Benjamin Traerup on saxes, in a combo that's mostly laidback and spare – but which has just the right sort of groove to fit each different track – as the music not only includes originals by Indra, but also songs by Curtis Mayfield, Steely Dan, Duke Ellington, and the Isley Brothers. Indra's got this voice that's instantly expressive, and quite transformative on some of the tunes – and titles include "Carry My Heart", "Any Major Dude Will Tell You", "Don't Say Goodnight", "Be Mine", "Come Sunday", "What You Won't Do For Love", "Keep On Pushing", and "Give It Your Best". ~ Dusty Groove

Bob Marley and The Wailers - Roots, Rock, Remixed

Six Degrees Records is distributing the new, deluxe version of this excellent Bob Marley remix project. Originally released in 2007, the new, expanded digital version is packed with previously unreleased bonus tracks. There have been a few Marley remix records over the years but this one is our personal favorite, due to the diversity and quality of the remixers like: DJ Spooky, Jimpster, Fort Knox Five, Yes King, Bombay Dub Orchestra, Afrodisiac Soundsystem, Patchworks, DJ Dolores, King Kooba & more. For vinyl heads- there's even some super-limited edition wax, divided into two packages: "The Club Plates" & "The Dub Plates

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Jimi Tenor / Tony Allen - Moogin At The Cafe

A mighty nice meeting of giants – Scandinavian funk and jazz wizard Jimi Tenor, and the legendary Afro Funk drummer Tony Allen – coming together here in a set of duos that are way more than the sum of their parts! Tony plays live drums, and Jimi adds in lots of keyboards and electronics, plus saxophone as well – and the result is a nicely offbeat take on funky territory – maybe a bit like some of the work that Tony Allen was first doing when he reemerged on the French scene in the late 90s, with almost some of the skittish grooves you'd expect to hear from Can during their classic years. One tune gets a bit soulful, but the rest are real rhythmic workouts – and titles include "Asiko", "New World", "Paris", "Selfish Gene", and "Afro Disco Beat". ~ Dusty Groove