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2022 Year in Review: Favorite Albums

2022 Year in Review: Favorite Albums

Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Harry Styles, and Lizzo all released acclaimed albums in 2022.  But you don’t come to this Very Small Blog to hear about that ! I posted 44 Album of the Week reviews this year (which includes 3 albums from last year and 1 reissue from 1966).  Here are 10 of my favorites I’ve culled from the list. Check out my lists of favorite albums from 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020…

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Congotronics International - Banza​/​Beyond

Congotronics International - a supergroup comprising Konono Nº1, Kasai Allstars, Deerhoof, Juana Molina, Wildbirds & Peacedrums, and Skeletons’ Matthew Mehlan—have announced their epic collaborative new album, 'Where’s The One?', will be released on April 29th, 2022, on Crammed Discs. The first double single off the album is entitled 'Banza/Beyond'. Its two cuts preview all sides of the recording: the danceable, triumphant and generally wild track 'Banza Banza', which showcases Kasai Allstars’ powerhouse lead vocalist Kabongo Tshisense, and the dreamy, folk-inflected studio instrumental 'Beyond The 7th Bend', written and performed by Kasai Allstars’ Tshisense & Mopero Mupemba, Matt Mehlan and Juana Molina, which intermingles Western & African guitars and a Congolese thumb piano.

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5/28/22.

Thanks to the excellent blog "When You Motor Away" for bringing this truly eclectic album to my attention. Congotronics International combines the amazing sounds of Congo-based bands Kasai Allstars and Konono Nº1 with Juana Molina, Deerhoof, Wildbirds & Peacedrums and Skeletons' member Matthew Mehlan.

It's a varied and frankly pretty exciting album to listen to. This is available for full listen and is being released by Crammed Discs (based in Brussels, Belgium).

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Album of the Week: Where's the One? by Congotronics International

Album of the Week: Where’s the One? by Congotronics International

Album: Where’s the One? Artist: Congotronics International Release Date: April 29, 2022 Label: Crammed Discs Favorite Tracks: Where’s the One Kule Kule Redux Doubt/Hope Banza Banza Guiyome Thoughts:  The debut album from Congotronics International is an epic set of 23-tracks.  The supergroup is made up of members of Konono No.1, Kasai Allstars, Deerhoof, Juana Molina, Wildbirds & Peacedrums,…

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Congotronics International - Where's The One? (Crammed Discs)

Collectively created by the supergroup comprising Konono No.1, Kasai Allstars, Deerhoof, Juana Molina, Wildbirds & Peacedrums, and Skeletons’ Matthew Mehlan, this epic collaborative new album gathers 19 musicians from across four continents, working together to create a new musical language that combines the traditional music of the Congolese artists with the various experimental rock styles of their admirers based in Europe and the Western Hemisphere. Its 21 songs consist of live concert recordings and studio tracks produced in the years before, during, and after their Congotronics vs. Rockers tour in 2011. The tour brought these acts together for the first time—all in all, ten lead vocalists, five guitarists, three likembe players, five percussionists, two bass players (including Crammed Discs’ Vincent Kenis), and three drummers—for performances at 16 major festivals and venues in ten countries. The recording process continued remotely on and off in the years that followed until it was finalized in 2021 by Deerhoof’s John Dieterich and Greg Saunier and Crammed Discs’ Marc Hollander.