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Mingering Mike Goes Forth

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Mingering Mike lives! As soon as I saw the homemade cover art gracing the new debut album from Milwaukee-based soul band Kings Go Forth, I knew it could only be the work of one man. I first stumbled upon the magical realist tale of Mingering Mike a few years ago thanks to Dori Hadar. A […]

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Janelle Monáe, Back from the Future

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Cover art for The Brasileiro Treasure Box of Funk and Soul

Review: A tasty slice of ’70s Brazilian soul and funk

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