Author: Don Durito

Midweek Cafe and Lounge Vol. 3

Welcome back. I return with my semi-regular series bringing some Gnawa trance music for your consideration. This album was my first exposure to Maleem Mahmood Ghania, largely because Pharoah Sanders lent his saxophone to the...

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Midweek Cafe and Lounge Vol. 2

Here’s the second in what hopefully will be a continuing series. Long before bands like Tortoise emerged on the scene, there was Dif Juz. This was one of my favorite tracks off Extractions. Beautiful album really. Have a...

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Austria dodges a bullet…for now

According to the Guardian (and I am sure plenty of other news sources), in the race for the office of President in Austria, the former Green Party leader, Van der Bellen just edged out far-right nationalist Hofer after the...

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Syriza wins big

The question now remains, how big? Some exit polls had projected a possible outright majority for the left-leaning populist party in today’s snap election in Greece. However, that had always seemed like a bit of a stretch....

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