The second and final part of our long-form interview with Amha Eshèté, founder of Amha Records. Ethiopia’s very first independent label recorded the most beautiful sonic era of Swinging Addis.

The London-based Afro-Brazilian group presents ”A Macieira,” a single from their upcoming debut album. After their eponymous debut EP in 2017, Caravela have returned to the lab to cook up their special blend of Afro-Brazilian […]

The English label Brownswood, headed up by DJ and producer Gilles Peterson, presents Indaba Is, a compilation paying respects to current South African jazz, scheduled for release on January 29, 2021. The project was conceived […]

With this re-issue of Spring, the British label corrects the historical error of having published these Ibrahim Khalil Shihab tracks as an “add-on” to the tracklist of Winston Mankunku’s Yakhal’ Inkomo in 1996. The history […]

Black Jazz Records’ biggest hit of the 70’s … jazz-funk organist Doug Carn joins Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad. This new collaboration with the founders of the Jazz is Dead label – Californian producer […]

Their first jazz-inflected track “Les Jardins Esméraldins (Pour Caillard)” is a cut from their forthcoming joint album: Pardon My French. This American duo has nothing to prove. Madlib and Karriem Riggins have finally unveiled their […]

To all aficionados of the American jazz diva, I Put A Spell On You and Pastel Blues are back on vinyl. With iconic tracks such as “Feeling good,” “Strange Fruit” and “Sinnerman,” two Nina Simone […]

The new vengeful and farcical video “Tittle Tattle” provides a baroque sample of their third album Freedom Fables scheduled for next February. The young English collective from Leeds is shaking up the codes of contemporary […]