We’ve recently received a track which is the perfect soundtrack to our quiet garden mornings here in the north of Berlin. It’s the new single from the Chicago jazz collective Blue Earth Sound, led by multi-instrumentalist and composer James Weir. The tune is called “Japanese Green” and is the second single off the forthcoming EP…
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…
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…
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…
Gustel is now with us since about four months and she is easily getting along and has absolutely no problems with listening to all kinds of music all day. But still, she’s happy to go on a walk several times a day, even in this cold and snowy weather which hopefully ends soon. Anyway, we’re…
“This record is an atmosphere, a state of mind”, says Eric Hilton, one of the founders of Thievery Corporation, about his latest album “A Sky So Close”, to be released this Friday on Montserrat House, the Washington, DC based label which is curated by him. The album will come out eight months after his compelling…
Norwegian artist Morten Martens and his band Les Imprimés were in town last Thursday. Playing at Kantine am Berghain, Morten and his guys once again proved that their sound and songs are truly unique. Laid-back, utterly ethereal and with a heavy dose of sophisticated soul, the group mostly played music from their debut album “Rêverie”…