Global Notes: Now-Again Records

Global Notes: Now-Again Records

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Started in 2002, Now-Again Records has issued music anthologies that cover everything from funk and rock to jazz and beyond. The featured musicians come from around the world including Zambia, Nigeria, Zimbabwe. Most recently, the label partnered with Vinyl Me Please to issue an anthology album with Ethiopian funk legend Ayalew Mesfin

We speak with Now-Again Records founder Eothen Alapatt about the releases and how soul legend James Brown impacted these artists.