jazz
See: Greentea Peng releases new video for Ghost Town
Aria Wells, aka Greentea Peng, has released the first new music of the year, Ghost Town, after a hugely successful 2019. It’s a deeply personal track, and her first overtly political song, about which she says “GHOST TOWN is inspired by a Dub Judah dubplate I heard at an Iration Steppas gig. Call it gentrification, …
See: Bethlehem Casuals release new video for The Oke
Oddball is a word that follows Manchesters psychedelic jazz-pop collective around, and with the release of a new video to accompany their recent single The Oke, the band are doing very little to dispel it. It’s this sumptiously orchestrated chamber pop/jazz at its outset, chiming percussion accompanying the saxophone and cello lines. At once though …
RSD 2020: Gearbox Records announce unreleased Don Cherry 12″
Next month, London analogue specialists Gearbox Records will unearth yet another lost gem having just announced a 12″ of previously-unreleased material from Don Cherry for Record Store Day 2020. The exclusive new release entitled ‘Cherry Jam’ features new unheard recordings by trumpeter and cornet-player Don Cherry. Taken from a 1965 pre-record for Danish national radio, the 4-track EP features 3 …
News: Dinosaur announce “To The Earth” alongside European tour dates
Celebrating a decade of music-making, Mercury-nominated jazz super-group Dinosaur (helmed by trumpeter Laura Jurd) have announced the release of their highly anticipated third album, alongside a cluster of live dates across Europe. To The Earth marks the quartet’s return after the success of Wonder Trail, but strips away the electric aspect of the sophomore release …
Track: Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela – Slow Bones
Taken from a collaboration of two jazz legends – Tony Allen, and the late Hugh Masekela, Slow Bones is taken from the forthcoming album ‘Rejoice’, out on World Circuit on March 20th. The track is (as expected) a steady almost blues-bop. The accompanying players, which include Joe Armon-Jones (Ezra Collective) and Steve Williamson on Saxophone, …
See: Oscar Jerome releases new video for ‘Sun for Someone’
Future soul/jazz superstar, Kokoroko member and Trinity Laban-trained classical guitarist Oscar Jermone release a new video/single Sun For Someone. It’s a commentary on climate change and environmental activism and comes as Oscar completes work on his hotly anticipated debut album, out later in the year via Caroline International. Sun for Someone is this fantastic slice …
Track: E. Scott Lindner – 21
Although his album ‘In Flowers Through Space’ is out today via Ropeadope, we’re focusing on 21, the last single to be released prior to E. Scott Lindner’s new album. Using the studio (well, and his guitar playing) as his instrument of choice, the whole album is based around the concept Fibonacci sequence of numbers—a spiraling …
Premiere: The Fantasy Orchestra release new video for Love in Outer Space
The Fantasy Orchestra. The Bristol / Paris community choir/orchestra have developed from being essentially a Morrison’s covers band into something much more, and release their debut album ‘The Bear and other Stories’ this Friday, which amongst others features Kate Stables from This is the Kit. We’re delighted to be premiering the groups new video, A …
Track: Marker Starling – Waiting For Grace
Chris A. Cummings was described as a “Toronto music scene secret.” and I must admit I was in the dark myself. His first single off new album High January comes in the form of a catchy pop joy – Waiting For Grace featuring Laetitia Sadier of Stereolab. Waiting For Grace bobs along at a steady pace …
Track: Aubergine – Lonely Peak
A good thing done well is worth celebrating, and Aubergine‘s laid back instrumentals evoke a sense of place – smoky dimly lit caverns in the very early hours of the morning, cheroots and stripy t-shirts. It is certainly a change of pace, but a very satisfying expression by a group of highly talented musicians. Aubergine …