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Zak Irvine, Before Dusk and Dawn EP ****
The Scott Flanigan mentored Robert Glasper inspired Zak Irvine boosts the Irish scene.
Biréli Lagrène, Elegant People, PeeWee! ****
Swinging French guitar icon Biréli Lagrène does not disappoint with his best album in simply years.…
James Kitchman, Floating Sky, No label ***
Pristine pastoralism informs the latest quartet release by English guitarist James Kitchman.
Sara Colman and Rebecca Nash, Ribbons Vol. 1, Stoney Lane ****
A brooding, serious work stocked with more than a few great moments.
Rufus Wainwright with the Pacific Jazz Orchestra, I’m a Stranger Here Myself: Wainwright Does Weill, Pacific Jazz Orchestra / Thirty Tigers
Crackles with life enough to conjure Kurt Weill's depictions of colourful trouble and strife.
Theo Bleckmann, Love and Anger, Sunnyside
Maybe too wide a choice of material in the blend. But Labi Siffre, Beatles and Janis…
Live: Count Basie Orchestra directed by Scotty Barnhart feat. Gunhild Carling, Ronnie Scott’s, Soho ****
You could cut a rug to that chug, chug chug – all night long.
Noah Garabedian, Quartets and Solos, Contagious Music
The thoughtfulness won me over. Put the world on mute and simply listen.
On the rise: Casper Hejlesen
'The word “minimalism” caught my interest, and the word has inspired me to shape a new…
Gabi Hartmann, La Femme Aux Yeux de Sel, Sony Masterworks ****
There's so much here in a new concept album from the beyond any one genre French…
Terje Gewelt, Then and Now, Resonant Music **** recommended
''Tears and fears and feeling proud'' - A wonderful Karin Krog version of Joni Mitchell classic…
Oh People, Part-Time Elegance, April ***
A certain acoustic alchemy from pre bebop loving Danish quintet old souls Oh People is an…
Thoughts on lo-fi beats to study, lo-fi beats to study to and how Perfect Strangers fits in
Greg Sanders on Lophae's Perfect Strangers approach to the phenomenon of lo-fi beats to study, lo-fi…
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