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Man, I really haven't been posting much during November. For whatever reason, I haven't been searching for quite as much new music as I usually do, so that partially explains it. The other part is laziness.

Mary Hopkin - Post card (1969)
Got this album in the mail just today and I'm not disappointed. Mary Hopkin is a 60's folk singer with a fairly baroque style. Some of these remind me of old Cher songs like Gypsies Tramps and Thieves, so the album doesn't always feel 100% like folk.
It's good stuff. Fun fact: The album was produced my Paul McCartney.


Sergio & Odair Assad - Alma Brasileira (1988)
I'm not sure where or when I found this originally, but I was going through some old music bookmarks of mine and this was among them. It's an album full of some pretty interesting, somewhat complex acoustic guitar pieces. They've got both a classical feel and a south European feel.


Shambara (シャンバラ) - Shambara (1989)
Some Japanese... city pop? I think it was Oriphiel posted some tracks of this style before and I was not aware that this particular sound was a thing. I quite like the vibe of a lot of these albums. This one in particular is notable for having quite and atmosphere to it and... some quite interesting cover artwork to say the least. Like, what the hell is that supposed to be?


Mor Karbasi - Ojos De Novia (2016)
I've posted a track from Karbasi before, but she deserves another nod. This one is the album from 2016 I'm the most hellbent on getting my hands on and catching up to. I know her from the folk/world music magazine Froots. I think I'd like to have a subscription to that one. I've found several brilliant things through that magazine already.