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In a category as broad and varied as World Music, it’s impossible to keep up with every good release. Thankfully, streaming services have added more and more international content, so it’s easy to catch up with what you might have missed.

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Here are the best World Music albums from 2016 and 2017 that you might have missed.


Marimba Del Pacifico by Rio Mira

Marimba Del Pacifico by Rio Mira

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Co-produced by respective Grammy nominee and winner - Ivis Flies & Ivan Benavides – Rio Mira are a...


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Terra Sangue Mare by Terra Sangue Mare featuring Michela Musolino, Michael Delia, Fabio Turchetti

Terra Sangue Mare by Terra Sangue Mare featuring Michela Musolino, Michael Delia, Fabio Turchetti

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Terra Sangue Mare’s eponymous first album is the result of the trio’s exploration of Sicilian...


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Windings by Lindstrøm

Windings by Lindstrøm

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Like one of his endlessly building tracks, Hans-Peter Lindstrøm is only moving further upwards. The...


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Imarhan by Imarhan

Imarhan by Imarhan

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Hot on the heels of their album announcement and just at the start of their first proper European...


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Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra by Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra

Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra by Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra

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Spearheaded by the legendary Afrobeat/Fela Kuti drummer Tony Allen, the Afro-Haitian Experimental...


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Ocean’s 8 (2018)
Ocean’s 8 (2018)
2018 | Comedy, Crime
I haven't seen the previous parts of Ocean, but the cast for this one is brilliant. I loved these women and their different characters. They make a great team and I really enjoyed their robbery. The plot was not very original, but I liked the twists in the narrative.
  
47 Meters Down (2017)
47 Meters Down (2017)
2017 | Horror
Lots of good ocean cinematography, nice underwater camerawork all around. Particularly love the claustrophobic way we’re drawn into the situation of these women.
Critic- Father Son Holy Gore
Original Score: 4 out of 5

Read Review:https://fathersonholygore.com/2016/07/29/in-the-deep-a-fierce-shark-feature-with-ferocious-teeth/
  
American Gods
American Gods
Neil Gaiman | 2005 | Fiction & Poetry, Science Fiction/Fantasy
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I don't know what I can say other than "wow this is incredible" to sum up this book. Hard to choose between this and The Ocean at the End if the Lane as his best, but remains one of the best novels ever written.
  
The Meg (2018)
The Meg (2018)
2018 | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Further down the page you'll see that I've seen it again... of course I did... but that time I saw it in 2D. After trying both versions I'd say you should see it in 3D because the underwater scenes really do benefit from the extra wow factor.

This is the story of a poor shark living down under the bottom of the bottom of the ocean. Happily swimming around in the dark until some nosy old divers come down and set off his migraine with their bright lights. As he attempts to turn out all the lights and go back to his quiet life things just get worse. A rupture in the ocean floor sends him out into the ocean above he finds himself stuck up there surrounded by even more things that aren't going to help his migraine.

First he encounters the observatory with all of their bright lights, but he soon discovers that biting it is going to do nothing to help. He then encounters two whales who are jibber jabbering so loudly that it's setting his several hundred teeth on edge.

Clearly this isn't the section of ocean for him so he heads off for more open water... but of course he bumps into some rather vicious killers who are slicing up his little sharky pals... and he's having none of that and decides to dispense some bitey justice.

Finally, thinking he's got away from all these horrible fishermen and boats he finds himself swimming into some clearer waters. But what's this? Litter everywhere along the ocean floor?! Big plastic floaty things covering the surface?! This isn't the way the ocean should be treated. Some more, swift, bitey justice leads to the problem being cleared with very little effort.

This is the story of The Equalizer of the shark world.

This is also why we should start telling stories from the "baddies" point of view.

Regardless of how serious the film was designed to be it was very entertaining. Action, some great visuals, sharks chomping things, a dog, a bit of romance, Jason Statham looking buff. There wasn't anything I didn't love about this. It's exactly as predictable as you expect it to be and that's why it's good, you've got the anticipation of what you know is going to come, you just don't know in what order it'll be.
  
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Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated Beyond Horizon in Books

Mar 28, 2024 (Updated Mar 28, 2024)  
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Beyond Horizon
Bea Paige | 2024
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
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Beyond The Horizon
By Bea Paige
⭐⭐⭐⭐

He arrived on a warm summer’s day…
Malakai Azaiah Dunbar, a loner whose home was the ocean I adored.
I was eighteen, he was thirty-six.
My foolish heart was stolen by a man who refused to accept I existed. A forbidden kiss sending him back into the arms of the ocean.
I was nineteen. He was thirty-seven.
He was changed. Cruel. Abrasive. Until he wasn't and I gave him something precious.
I'm twenty. He’s thirty-eight.
Just like the ocean we both adore, Malakai is mysterious, tumultuous, dangerous and not to be tamed. Fear has kept us apart for too long, but I'm not afraid anymore. It's time to lay everything on the line. It's time to bring him home.

Well this was a bit good! Read within 2 hours! Was a great link to Misfits series. I got quite emotional in parts just wishing Malakai would sort his s**t out. Another fab book from Bea Paige she certainly knows how to bring out the emotions in a reader.
  
Titanic (1997)
Titanic (1997)
1997 | Drama, Romance
The Boat Sinks
It might have been one of the best love stories of the 90's but lets face it we know the fate of all the people on that tragic night. Also lets be honest would you really drop that priceless diamond in the ocean and not give it to your grandaughter.
  
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The Craggus (360 KP) rated Ocean’s 8 (2018) in Movies

Jun 21, 2018 (Updated Jun 21, 2018)  
Ocean’s 8 (2018)
Ocean’s 8 (2018)
2018 | Comedy, Crime
Diamonds are a girl’s best friends’ best friend. Ocean’s 8 (2018) #Review
Sisters are doing it for themselves, specifically Danny Ocean’s sister Debbie (Sandra Bullock), in this affably slick but lightweight heist thriller, the fourth in the modern ‘Ocean’ series and the first not to be directed by Steven Soderbergh...

Full review: http://bit.ly/CraggusOceans8
  
The Cat's Table
The Cat's Table
Michael Ondaatje | 2011 | Fiction & Poetry
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
With a style that floats like a cloud in the spring sky, Ondaatje brings us yet another beautiful piece of writing. The story of a boy traveling by ship from Sri Lanka to England. You can read my full review here https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2015/01/25/21-days-on-an-ocean-liner-with-an-11-year-old-boy/
  
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Japanese Breakfast recommended Blond by Frank Ocean in Music (curated)

 
Blond by Frank Ocean
Blond by Frank Ocean
2016 | Alternative, Pop, Soul

"I think Blonde is easily the most iconic album of the 2010s and Frank Ocean is one of the most fascinating geniuses of our time. You can hear his influence on almost everything in popular music now. Every track on Blonde is executed with the utmost intention: It manages to feel homespun and intimate yet impeccably hi-fi and detailed."

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