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Music on the Other Side I don’t like the term “world music” — isn’t all music “world music”? But until aliens visit us, this will have to do. These are from various popular music traditions, with broadly African and African-American emphases.

Iggy Confidential

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Matt Sweeney May 20, 2024 Australian rock legend Lobby Loyd is sorta like Lemmy, Neil Young, and Malcolm Young and this album is him on a ton of acid. His band Coloured Balls’ essential 1973 album is “Ball Power.” A mint copy of the vinyl cost like $500 in the ‘90’s.

Metatron’s Cube 2

Iggy Confidential

EdgrWrght: The Wonder Workout

Choral Music Was the human voice the very first musical instrument? I don’t know, but I expect it will end up as the very last one. In the meantime, the choral pieces people have been producing amount to one of music’s most underexplored traditions.

Tree of Life