Legendary Garifuna artist Aurelio dies in plane crash in Honduras
Honduran musician Aurelio Martinez has died in a plan crash.
Tue, 18 March 25
'AmmA' draws on music from north-east Morocco and influences from Tunisia and Algeria.
‘AmmA’ has a pent-up energy that burst into passionate ululations as singer Yousra Mansour narrates the story of mothers confronted with the realities of a society marked by injustices. “Awaken, women/Rise, women/I am not half a man/That time is over,” she declaims, railing against the oppression found in archaic systems where women are deprived of education, fundamental freedoms and exposed to violence. “Everyone, repeat after us…”
Swaken is eleven tracks that spark and pulse with kinetic, pedal-to-the-metal energy. Ancient-to-future music, rooted as much in psychedelic blues, funk and rock as in the trancey, propulsive rhythms of northern Africa’s Maghreb: Gnawa, Amazigh, Hassani and Houara music.
Swaken, released on 10 May 2024, available on Blue Vinyl / CD / Digital
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Released 10 May 2024
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Honduran musician Aurelio Martinez has died in a plan crash.
Tue, 18 March 25
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