With their debut album, Nayda, the band Bab L’Bluz mix the rhythms of Gnawa trance with rock and curling incense. Both poetic and powerful.

We re-visit the award-nominated artist’s debut album, and examine how it links to her new body of work.

Jorja Smith’s new cover is part of Blue Note Records’ upcoming compilation Bluenote Re:imgained due out this September. “Blue Note Reimagined” is the name of the next project launched by Blue Note. A project of […]

‘Performer | Poor Person | laughing & crying’. This is Moses Sumney’s bio on Twitter, a space where he regularly posts his poetical and political musings, as well as images with sublime yet quite disturbing […]

Under the pseudonym of Jyoti, the singer unveils her album Mama, You Can Bet! which will be released on August 28th via her label SomeOthaShip Connect and eOne. Based in Los Angeles, Georgia Anne Muldrow […]

The group of ten musicians from Nubiyan Twist invites the singer Ego Ella May to guest on their first single of the year entitled “24-7”. With two albums, the collective signed to the excellent Strut […]

Amidst mounting tragedy, the music keeps playing. Here’s a selection of what we unearthed this month. The president of South Africa went live on national television to announce a phased approach towards easing lockdown regulations. […]

Check out the first extract “Theme For Cecil”, a tribute to Cecil Taylor. Created in 1973, the iconic afro-jazz band, Ackamoor and The Pyramids, are back on the scene after their last album An Angel […]