Lau Ro, the São Paulo-born, Brighton-based artist, non-binary singer and composer, will release his second album “Lau” on June 26th on the Brooklyn-based Mexican Summer label (also home to fellow Brazilian Sessa). The album is a tender and deeply introspective collection of orchestral psych-pop songs, recorded during a period of physical and emotional challenges, according…
The multi-instrumentalist, composer, and singer Isaiah Collier returns with a five-track EP called “Joy” on July 31st. The album will come out on Brownswood Recordings, the British label co-founded twenty years ago by Gilles Peterson. The lead single and title track is out now and it features Isaiah on piano and tenor sax and vocals…
Electronic producer and jazz musician Crackazat, originally from Bristol and now based in Sweden, just released his latest album “SUN” on Freerange Records. It is the follow-up to his acclaimed LP “Evergreen” from 2021. It is a pretty diverse and varied affair with hints to house, jazz, soul, hip-hop and funk. The album opens with…
Prolific Italian artist, producer, composer and DJ Nicola Conte has released the first couple of tracks from his upcoming album, to be released on Far Out Recordings in early 2027. “Terra Em Transe”/”Naquela Base” both turn to the early 70s Brazilian bossa and modal, kind of Acid style sound. Nicola says of “Terra Em Transe”:…
Audrey Powne just announced her second album, to be released this fall.”Broken Record”, the first single, is inspired by the legacy of label mate the late great J Dilla. This soul/ jazz crossover track, with its mesmerizing groove and haunting trumpet, showcases Audrey’s expanding scope as a trumpeter, vocalist, keyboardist, and producer. “When I signed with…
It’s finally here: the new album by Jarrod Lawson who delivered our record of the year with “Be The Change” back in 2020 and who we’ve featured here regularly on these pages since 2015. It’s his third album since his brilliant debut in 2014. We’ve been treated to a few singles which were leading the…
First of all, apologies for the hiatus here. Due to some technical problems, we couldn’t add any content. But we’re back now with great news: Bruno Berle, our favorite singer/songwriter of the new MPB movement in Brazil (five-paw review for his second album “No Reino Dos Afetos 2” and our number 2 song of the…
So here they are again: Dawn Joseph and Jon Kincaid, also known as MF Robots, are back with the follow-up to the praised LP “Break The Wall” from 2021, which we also reviewed on these pages. The former Brand New Heavies partners return with an 8-track LP on their own imprint Good People Records. The…
Master guitarist and composer Fabiano Do Nascimento is back again with a new album called “Vila”. It’s a collaborative work with Brazilian trombonist and arranger Vittor Santos and inspired by a courtyard surrounded by neo-colonial houses where Fabiano spent much of his childhood. And I think it is his most refined album to date, not…
Detroit-based Jazz and Soul singer and songwriter Kathy Kosins will release her new single “Magic Island” next week Tuesday. It is already out in the UK and making waves over there, with the track currently at No.2 on the Soul Breakers Chart. The song is an elegant, smoothly swaying ballad which reminds me of some…