Category: USA

• They dig real deep at We Are Busy Bodies – three highlights: Graham’s General Store, Eboni Band and the Malombo music of Philip Tabane

  We Are Busy Bodies continue their distinctive and enlightening release schedule, with a forthcoming self-titled album Graham’s General Store. The Canadian label drops this sumptuous folk music around October, another direction to their work after recent highlight releases of Ghanian highlife, South African jazz and the must hear Eboni Band reissue. “The songs on Graham’s General…

  WTM

  August 15, 2021

  South Africa, USA, West Africa

  Abdoulaye Soumare, Amadou Doukoure, Aretha Franklin, arranger, Art Stewart, bassist, BB King, Bloodstone, Calypso Rose, Castle Lager Jazz Festival, djembes anWest Africa, Dr. Philip Nchipe Tabane, drummer, Eboni Band, Ernie Fields Jr, Fode Drame, Fred Wesley, Funk Brothers, Gabriel “Sonnyboy” Thobejane, Ghanian highlife, Greg Middleton, griot traditions, guitarist, Gun Morgan, James Brown, Lamine Konte, Leon Ware, Malombo music, Mamadou Doumbia, Marlena Shaw, Marvin Gaye, Nolan Smith, Orlando Stadium, Parliament, Philip Tabane, Pretoria, Quentin Dennard, rhythm section, Richard “Wes” Blackman, Rick James, saxophonist, Smokey Robinson, South Africa, South Africa Music Awards, South African jazz, Soweto, Stanley Turrentine, Stevie Wonder, Sun Ra, Tenna Marie, The Four Tops, The Whispers, trombonist, trumpeter, We Are Busy Bodies

• LABEL FEATURE: International Anthem Recording Company, their outstanding stable keeps expanding – featuring the pick of forthcoming releases and a look back at the 2020 treasure from their family of artists

  International Anthem are on fire right now, diversifying their avant-garde catalogue and continuing to redefine the parameters of jazz. Here’s part one of a WTM mix series dedicated to the label: And here’s a run down of some of the fantastic music that’s dropping over the next three months, as well as the constant heaters…

  WTM

  September 24, 2020

  International Anthem, Jazz, USA

  A Wrinkle in Time Sets Concentric Circles Reeling, ada adhiyatma, Angel Bat Dawid, Anteloper, Aquiles Navarro & Tcheser Holmes, Ben LaMar Gay, Brigitte Zozula, Carlos Niño & Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Chicago Underground, Darkhouse Family, Dimensional Stardust, Earl Jeffers, Emma-Jean Thackray, Exploding Star Orchestra, Hear In Now, Helago Negro, Heritage of the Invisible II, In Progress: Angel Bat Dawid, International Anthem Recording Company, Irreversible Entanglements, Isotope 217, Jaimie Branch, Jeff Parker & The New Breed, Joe Armon-Jones, Joel Ross, Junius Paul, Madam Data, Makaya McCraven, Marcos de la Fuente, Moor Mother, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Nick Sanders, Nicole Mitchell., Nubya Garcia, Pueblo, Quiet Dawn, Resavoir, Ricardo de León, Rob Mazurek, Theon Cross

• Jeff Parker continues to earn acclaim as second single ‘Go Away’ drops from his forthcoming LP ‘Suite For Max Brown’

  Musical polymath Jeff Parker – once of the iconic Chicago group Tortoise – has dropped his second single Go Away to more critical acclaim, following the release of the LP Suite for Max Brown the International Anthem label. He joins good company indeed with recent albums by jaimie branch, Junius Paul, Angel Bat Dawid, Makaya McCraven and Resavoir…

  WTM

  January 16, 2020

  International Anthem, Jazz, USA

  Angel Bat Dawid, International Anthem, Jaimie Branch, Jeff Parker, Junius Paul, Makaya McCraven, Resavoir, Suite For Max Brown, The New Breed