Peter Broderick – These Walls Of Mine
Peter Broderick’s These Walls of Mine is a profoundly personal little album full of beautiful arrangements and rich textures. Compared to some of his earlier releases, which were either predominantly...
View ArticleMastodon – The Hunter
Readily available on vinyl (through two different labels, with WEA/Reprise offering up a single disc version with the special edition black cover and Roadrunner offering up a single disc with the...
View ArticleLeon Thomas – Spirits Known And Unknown
Leon Thomas’ first solo album Spirits Known and Unknown is just that; a meeting of traditional and avant-garde jazz spirits. As a young vocalist, Thomas had succeeded in putting together a fairly...
View ArticleFela Kuti – Live in Detroit 1986
Released by Strut Records and New York’s Knitting Factory, Fela Kuti – Live in Detroit 1986 is the first “official” formerly unreleased Fela Kuti album since Underground System in 1992. Twenty years...
View ArticleKen Nordine – Colors
It should come as no surprise that Ken Nordine’s 1966 “word jazz” album Colors: A Sensuous Listening Experience is about just that; colour. An album born out of a paint commercial which riffs on the...
View ArticleKelan Phil Cohran and The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
Since their eponymous 2009 release on Honest Jon’s, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble have been in high demand, starting parties at festivals around the world and collaborating with everyone from afro-beat drum...
View ArticleCaptain Beefheart and “Bat Chain Puller”
Captain Beefheart aka Don van Vliet remains one of the most creative and enigmatic figures in the history of pop music. Shrouded in an aura of myth and madness, the Captain had a unique voice,...
View ArticleWar – Live!
The Californian funk/fusion band War is considered to be one of the best live acts of the 1970′s. Having sold over 50 million albums, these seven musicians were unique in their style and dedicated to...
View ArticleSam Cooke – Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963
The year is 1963. Sam Cooke is at the height of his fame and is playing a gig in Miami, in the still partially segregated South. The recordings of this gig were released as the Live at the Harlem...
View ArticleMiles Davis –“Pangaea”
Pangaea is the last recording of Miles’ electric 70s period. It is comprised of two consecutive concerts in Osaka on February 1, 1975, with the Matinée show released as Agharta in 1976. After that...
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