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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Unveils Sleater-Kinney and More for 2024 Lineup
by Josh Sharpe - August 07, 2024 The festival has added AJ Lee & Blue Summit, Sleater-Kinney, Emmylou Harris, Sean McConnell, Levitation Room, Ibibio Sound Machine, Jobi Riccio, Dakhabrakha, Tony Trischka's Earl Jam, and Devendra Banhart to the lineup....
The Staves, Ibibio Sound Machine & More Join Kaleidoscope Festival Lineup
by Sarah Jae Leiber - July 01, 2021 The full line-up includes music from Groove Armada, The Coral, The Staves, Ibibio Sound Machine, House Gospel Choir, Norman Jay MBE, Greg Wilson, Matt Jam Lamont, Mr Wilson’s Second Liners and The Glory ft. John Sizzle whilst words and comedy features Irvine Welsh, Reginald D Hunter, Glenn Moore, Ja...
Somerset's Farmfest Announces Line Up for July's 2021 Edition
by Sarah Jae Leiber - May 25, 2021 Farmfest is a festival that believes the best things come in small packages. It’s always been a simple recipe over the 15 year heritage, it's about good music, good causes and good times. This has naturally created a bubbling blend of unfettered festival frolics and humming party vigour. It’s not on...
Carnaval de Bahidora Announces First Wave of Artists
by Kaitlin Milligan - December 04, 2019 Deep in the nature preserve of Las Estacas located in the heart of Morales, Mexico a unity of creativity, sustainability, expression and civic responsibility takes place at Carnaval de Bahidorá. More than a music festival, Carnaval de Bahidorá (a.k.a Bahidorá) is an internal state of lucidity and c...
Rudimental Releases Remix of 'Ndi Konkuno'
by Kaitlin Milligan - November 29, 2019 Multi-platinum UK group Rudimental have remixed 'Ndi Konkuno', the fresh summer hit from Malawian Afro-soul singer Faith Mussa, out now via Beating Heart....
Pickathon Announces All-Access Streaming Pass
by Kaitlin Milligan - July 29, 2019 Pickathon (August 1-4, 2019) is excited to announce the premiere of the Pickathon All-Access Streaming Pass, enabling the world to intimately experience all of the special moments at what Pitchfork called “the most unique music festival” in the U.S. ...
Ibibio Sound Machine Return to US, Afro-Electro Group Share New Playlists via Spotify
by Tori Hartshorn - July 11, 2019 Ibibio Sound Machine released their new album Doko Mien this spring on Merge Records, and today they have shared four infectious playlists in advance of their U.S. headline tour. Each of the four playlists were curated by a different band member and are as funky and worldly as the band themselves. R...
Ibibio Sound Machine Share New Video, Afro-Electro Group Announce New U.S. Tour Dates
by Tori Hartshorn - March 21, 2019 Ibibio Sound Machine will release their new album Doko Mien tomorrow, and today they are sharing the video for the groovesome, inclusive album single 'Wanna Come Down.' Brooklyn Vegan described the track as an 'infectious jam from the album that mixes disco, '80s electro with English and Ibibio lang...
Ibibio Sound Machine Share New Single, Announced for MRG30
by Tori Hartshorn - March 04, 2019 Ibibio Sound Machine is back today with a third taste of their forthcoming new album, Doko Mien--out March 22nd on Merge Records. The sultry “Guess We Found a Way” follows recent tracks “Tell Me (Doko Mien)” and 'Wanna Come Down” and is a refreshing change of pace from the more uptempo cuts previous...
Ibibio Sound Machine Announce New Album
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 08, 2019 Doko Mien: Ibibio for “tell me,” and the title of the dazzling new album from London's genre-bending, culture-fusing Ibibio Sound Machine. The follow-up to their Merge debut Uyai is out everywhere on March 22. The album's title track—a song that features disco beats colliding with polyrhythm and piz...
Ibibio Sound Machine Release New Song 'Basquiat'
by Kaitlin Milligan - November 07, 2018 Ibibio Sound Machine return with their first new material since their widely acclaimed second album Uyai arrived in March 2017 on Merge Records. Fronted by London-born Nigerian singer Eno Williams, the UK-based group is a clash of African and electronic elements inspired in equal measure by the gold... |