
Tag: Jazz


‘Club Coco’ is a new compilation of Afro Latin aces by selectora and Worldwide FM radio host Coco María – Pablo Borchi provides the rundown on all of the tracks compiled for Bongo Joe Records

International Anthem: Jaimie Branch’s ‘FLY or DIE LIVE’ is new album from the Brooklyn jazz renegade, after peerless ambient LP by Carlos Niño & Friends and Damon Locks’ sublime ‘Black Monument’

Berlin duo Àbáse x Zeitgeist enlist South African story telling of divine artist – dumama – for genre-fusing and sometimes meditative ‘Body Mind Spirit’ EP for Jazz & Milk Recordings

Divorce From New York is the new alias of Alvaro Granda – AKA Kino International and one half of Reykjavik60 – impressing here on a genre touring treat of a new album ‘This Ain’t Jazz No More’

Album of the month: Crimi combine raw grooves and hard funk on ‘Luci E Guai’ – Algerian raï meets Afrobeat and Sicilian folk on this supremely crafted debut for the Airfono label

Damon Locks & The Black Monument Ensemble drop debut single ‘Now (Forever Momentary Space)’ – a gospel-jazz-hip hop infused instant classic – ahead of album for International Anthem

Menahan Street Band are the NYC supergroup returning with an exciting new album – the groove masters have been the foundation for some of modern hip-hop’s most successful beats, Jay Z and Kendrick Lamar are fans

INTERVIEW: it’s been a busy year for South African rapper Mx Blouse – with debut album ‘Elementality’ and more to come from this emerging star – kwaito and their art keeps flourishing
