Stream the Surprise Ambient Collection

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Burial has surprise released the Streetlands EP, a three-track, 34-minute ambient collection from Hyperdub. Streetlands is described as a follow-up to January’s ANTIDAWN, a concept EP about wintertime in the city. The new project didn’t arrive with an official explanation, […]

Nok Cultural Ensemble: Njhyi review – a relentlessly Afrofuturist percussive voyage | Music

Nok Cultural Ensemble’s Njhyi.

You might have encountered Edward Wakili-Hick in various guises over the years. As Eddie Hick, he has been a key figure on London’s jazz scene, drumming with the likes of Nubya Garcia, Gilad Atzmon and […]

Sarathy Korwar: Kalak review – deep, dark drumbeats create a mesmerising story | Music

The artwork for Kalak

Sarathy Korwar has a light touch behind the drum kit. Since debuting with 2016’s Day to Day, where he mixed the folk music of the Siddi community from rural Gujarat with west African rhythms and […]

Tim Enso’s Latest EP, “Babylon,” Is Out Now on Sudam Recordings

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Photo Credit: Tim Enso Tim Enso, an electronic music producer and DJ, has released his latest EP Babylon on Sudam Recordings. Known for his brilliant production skills, Tim is versed in incorporating influences from deep […]

‘My teenage hormones were raging!’: stars salute the Beatles’ Love Me Do at 60 | The Beatles

The first pressing of the single Love Me Do from 1962, signed by all four Beatles is displayed at Sotheby’s auction rooms in London, in 2020.

‘I sang to it with a plastic guitar when I was three years old’Joe Elliott, Def Leppard I was three years and two months old when Love Me Do came out, but I had a […]

With Profoundly Melodious Vibes Infused With Heavy Rock Dark Capricorn Rising Is Back With ‘Long Time Gone’

Dark Capricorn Rising

If you are a fan of Heavy metal then you must listen to Dark Capricorn Rising. Their exquisite musicality resonates with widely acclaimed performances of Black Sabbath. And the melodious nature of their tracks is […]

How to fit a top-tier HBCU marching band and the gospel tradition onto one album : NPR

How to fit a top-tier HBCU marching band and the gospel tradition onto one album : NPR

Two members of Tennessee State University’s Aristocrat of Bands — Marro Briggs, left, and Curtis Olawumi. Sir The Baptist hide caption toggle caption Sir The Baptist Two members of Tennessee State University’s Aristocrat of Bands […]

Jake Blount on his Afrofuturist folk climate eulogy: ‘What would music sound like when we’re dead?’ | Folk music

‘If we carry on as we are, denying individual and institutional responsibility for the environment, this dystopia will be our reality.’

When Florida security guard George Zimmerman was acquitted over his shooting of unarmed Black teenager Trayvon Martin in 2013, 18-year-old Jake Blount turned to the past to cope with his despair. “I wanted to know […]

Brant Bjork Unveils Bread for Butter” from Upcoming Solo Album: Stream

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Brant Bjork has shared the new song “Bread for Butter” ahead of his 14th solo album, Bougainvillea Suite, arriving October 28th. The track features Bjork’s onetime Kyuss and current Stöner bandmate Nick Oliveri. “Bread for […]

Mabe Fratti: Se Ve Desde Aquí review – cathartic and powerful experimentation | Experimental music

Mabe Fratti: Se Ve Desde Aquí album cover

Life after lockdown has been a time of creative change for Mabe Fratti. The Guatemalan cellist and composer wrote her second album, 2021’s Será Que Ahora Podremos Entendernos?, while isolating in an artist’s compound outside […]

‘A nonconformist with a conservative’s regard for tradition’: Ralph Vaughan Williams at 150 | Ralph Vaughan Williams

The composer with his second wife and muse Ursula Vaughan Williams.

When encountering an unfamiliar composition by Ralph Vaughan Williams, I find myself asking the same questions: where have I heard this before? Do I know this already or am I simply imagining it? Clear answers […]