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Album reviews: Corinne Bailey Rae | Randolph’s Leap | John McCusker

Edit Scotsman 16 May 2016
The Scotsman’s music critics review the latest album releases. Corinne Bailey Rae brazenly keeps company with some primo jazz talent on her new album (**) ... The likes of Green Aphrodisiac aspire to some Minnie Riperton-style rapturous trip, the kind of 70s easy listening jazz funk which might once have soundtracked a Midori advert ... Fiona Shepherd. CLASSICAL. Dvořák & Schumann. Piano Concertos . Rating. **** . Hyperion ... FOLK ... Rating ... ....

New albums: Corinne Bailey Rae; Gregory Porter; Jean-Michel Jarre

Edit The Miami Herald 16 May 2016
Corinne Bailey Rae. "The Heart Speaks in Whispers". (Capitol (ASTERISK)(ASTERISK)(ASTERISK)) ... Rae's warm voice doesn't speak in whispers, but it's especially inviting when restrained ... "Green Aphrodisiac" begins by echoing Aretha Franklin's "Daydreaming" (a song Rae has covered) before kicking it up a notch with layers of cooing backing vocals (in part courtesy of Esperanza Spalding) ... _ Steve Klinge ... _ A.D....

Corinne Bailey Rae: The Heart Speaks in Whispers review – another rebirth

Edit The Guardian 15 May 2016
Rich with on-point retro-futurist sounds, such as the gem-like, sultry neo-soul of Green Aphrodisiac, written with fellow travellers King, this ......

Forest dept charging Rs 10k per kg ‘royalty’ from Himalayan Viagra collectors

Edit The Times of India 14 May 2016
DEHRADUN. Traditional aphrodisiacs are known to be exotic and expensive, but this is an exception even by those standards. Villagers in hilly areas in Uttarakhand are allowed to gather and sell 'keeda jadi', a rare high-altitude local herb known as Himalayan Viagra, but the state forest department is charging a "royalty" of Rs 10,000 a kg from those who collect the aphrodisiac ... Mahajan also said that he would investigate the matter ... ....

Horns of a dilemma: retiree to fly 80 South African rhinos to Australia

Edit The Guardian 14 May 2016
Former sales executive who emigrated to Australia 30 years ago is hatching a daring plan in an attempt to save the species from poachers ... “Our grand plan is to move 80 over a four-year period ... Related. Rhino poaching levels in South Africa fell in 2015 ... The horn is composed mainly of keratin, the same as human nails, but it is sold in powdered form as a supposed cure for cancer among other diseases, and as an aphrodisiac ... Related ... ....

African rhinos to be flown to Australia to escape poachers

Edit Modern Ghana 14 May 2016
By Susan Njanji. The South African rhinos will be re-located to a safari park in Australia, which is being kept secret for security reasons, where they will become a "seed bank" to breed future generations. By Tony Karumba (AFP/File) ... - Poaching explosion - ... The horn is composed mainly of keratin, the same as human nails, but it is sold in powdered form as a supposed cure for cancer among other diseases, and as an aphrodisiac ... ....

Review: Corinne Bailey Rae, ‘The Heart Speaks in Whispers’

Edit Boston Herald 13 May 2016
“Tell Me” is funky jazz; “Green Aphrodisiac” and the sweet “Caramel” are Earth Wind & Fire-like pop ... ....

The culinary adventures of Ghiyath Shah, the sultan of Malwa

Edit Indian Express 13 May 2016
The Nimatnama (Book of Pleasures) is currently at the India Office Library, in London, and it reportedly begins with a plea to the King of Cockroaches. (Source. Wikimedia Commons) ... Apart from detailed information on the preparation of aphrodisiacs — he would have needed lots — the Nimatnama contains, among others, recipes for Flavoured Mutton, Samosas, Vadas and many other dishes, and resounds with echoes of the food we eat today....

Vanishing Wildlife- China Factor

Edit Kashmir Observer 13 May 2016
WE may try to protect our wildlife but it is vanishing rapidly ... its “traditional” medicine which is full of extremely useless “cures” – rhino horns, which are only matted hair, for everything from headaches to syphilis, bear bile which is extracted from bears for aphrodisiacs, tiger bone which is used for rheumatism and impotence, for instance; For food – and they have the most bizarre tastes ... Training often includes beatings ... ....

Hot Hollywood: Taylor Swift's mom has cancer

Edit Boston Herald 12 May 2016
She has penned a song about a 4-year-old cancer patient and paid visits to terminally ill fans. But on April 9, it was Taylor Swift who needed support. In a Tumblr post titled "Just so you know . ... Said the star of her Nashville-based mom, known for taking devoted Swifties backstage ... She's got an important battle to fight." ... Calvin Harris ... People stop me and say, 'You smell good!' It's an aphrodisiac."....

Repairing Wounded Soldiers' Sex Lives

Edit The Atlantic 12 May 2016
Today, whenever Timothy Brown wants to have sex, he needs to stick a needle in the base of his penis. A former staff sergeant in the U.S. Army, Brown was severely injured by an improvised explosive device while serving in Iraq in 2012. The explosion tore off both legs and his right arm as well as his testicles and a portion of his penis ... “Memory and attention are the most powerful aphrodisiacs,” she says ... * * *....

Album reviews: Skepta - Konnichiwa, Corinne Bailey Rae - The Heart Speaks In Whispers, Twin ...

Edit The Independent 11 May 2016
Corinne Bailey Rae - The Heart Speaks In Whispers - Virgin - 2/5. Download this ... Musically, the most interesting arrangement is the delicate meniscus of acoustic guitar, piano and cello devised for “Hey, I Won’t Break Your Heart”; but elsewhere the glistening languor of electric piano and loping basslines leaves the likes of “Green Aphrodisiac” and “Horse Print Dress” distinctly lacking erotic potency ... Download this ... Download this....

Brazil Proposing Erotic Theme Park

Edit Topix 05 May 2016
According to the local publication Veja, the backers of ErotikaLand are looking to open its doors in 2018, near the city of Piracicaba, about two hours' drive from So Paulo. Their plans reportedly include an erotic sculpture park, aphrodisiacs at concession stands, a nude pool, and even bumper cars designed like genitalia ... ....
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