The Mighty Diamonds - Better Days LPThe Mighty Diamonds are among Jamaicas greatest ever vocal trios, which is quite an accolade considering that the competition includes the Wailers, Heptones, early Burning Spear and Culture. After making their breakthrough at Channel One and then reaching a wider audience on Virgins Frontline label, Fitzroy Bunny Simpson, Lloyd Judge Ferguson and lead singer Donald Tabby Shaw continued writing and recording long after their seventies heyday and not

This instalment follows on from our acclaimed ‘Volume One’ – Lauren Laverne’s ‘Compilation Of The Week’

funk and soul bumped shoulders with local Mbaqanga) and the ‘90s when Kwaito and eventually house-music ruled the dancefloors of urban South Africa

Jad & The’s honey-eyed electro opener ‘Digital Daintree’ is as groove-inducing as it is impassioned – a compact knit of synths

thick chords

that was originally released in 1976 by Capitol Records Inc

Adam moves between club slammers and spaced-out introspective downtempo with ease

" This carefully restored Sharp-Flat reissue in an edition of 500 puts the album back in print for the first time in 40 years

From the upbeat mambo rhythms of "Amigo" to the unusual combination of Calypso and Tamborera styles used in "My Brother

This is the first release of the brand new vinyl label Terra Magica Rec

the project will feature contributions from a rollcall of internationally acclaimed jazz

remain constant themes of her songs

the kind that a crate digging aficionado may find in some far flung place that ends up with a re-release