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Podcast: Discologist
Episode: Episode 487: Asher Gamedze's 'Dialectic Soul', A Look Back At The Edge Of Daybreak's 'Eyes Of Love', And New Music From Bill Frisell
Description: Most people first heard of Asher Gamedze when he contributed drums to Angel Bat Dawid's acclaimed 2019 release The Oracle. Now, the South African drummer is back, this time as bandleader, crafting a powerful statement on colonialism and his country's history with his debut album Dialectic Soul, a record many have called the best release of 2020. In 1976 the ten members of soul/funk band The Edge of Darkness had one thing in common besides their love of music: They were all in prison. Incarceration couldn't stop their love of music, and in 1976 they recorded Eyes Of Love at Powha...