Zara McFarlane shares her fourth studio album, Songs Of An Unknown Tongue. Her first album in three years following 2017’s Arise. The album is the result of Zara’s deep dive into the history and spiritual traditions of her ancestral motherland, Jamaica. “Black Treasure” is one of the album’s highlights and Continue Reading
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Eves Record Box – London
Eves Record Box are a newly formed band from Limerick, Ireland that play a mix of jazz & future soul. They describe their debut single “London” as an ode to their spiritual home. It is the first single from their forthcoming EP which they started writing last year, I look Continue Reading
Jorja Smith – Rose Rouge (Video)
Jorja Smith’s powerful “Rose Rouge” video, highlighting the Black Lives Matter protests of recent months.
Zara McFarlane – Future Echoes
Zara McFarlane shares “Future Echoes” – the latest release from her fourth studio album, Songs Of An Unknown Tongue. The album will be released on July 17th via Brownswood Recordings, you can pre-save it now on Apple Music. “Future Echoes” is out now on Apple Music and Spotify. Previously: Zara McFarlane – Black Continue Reading
Jorja Smith – Rose Rouge
Later this year the legendary Blue Note Records will be releasing Blue Note Re:imagined. The album is a collection of classic Blue Note tracks, reworked by UK artists such as Ezra Collective, Yazmin Lacey, and Alfa Mist. The first release is Jorja Smith’s cover of St Germain’s “Rose Rouge”, which Continue Reading
Zara McFarlane – Black Treasure
I’m almost certain that “Black Treasure” is almost unlike anything else that you’ll hear today. The song is a unique mix of rhythms from the Jamaican folk traditions of Bruckins Party, Dinki Mini and Kumina with Kwake and Wu-lu’s experimental production. “’Black Treasure’ explores how the echoes of colonialism still Continue Reading
Gregory Porter – If Love Is Overrated
“If Love Is Overrated” is the heart warming new single from Gregory Porter’s forthcoming sixth studio album All Rise. Perfect for those still in the Valentines Day loving mood. All Rise will be released April 17th on Blue Note Records. Gregory’s new single “If Love Is Overrated” is out now on Apple Continue Reading
Bruno Major – Easily
London artist Bruno Major considers himself a jazz-musician at heart, “I learnt how songs work through learning the American Songbook,” Bruno says. “Cole Porter, Jimmy Van Heusen, Chet Baker and Ella Fitzgerald and later on Randy Newman and Rufus Wainright.Those are my heroes.” That’s quite a list, but new single Continue Reading
Jeff Gibbs Quartet and Lili K – Latch (Disclosure Cover)
Jeff Gibbs Quartet and Lili K put have given Disclosure’s “Latch” a Jazz infected reworking. Credit to them as it sounds almost nothing like Disclosure and Sam Smith’s original, but is still highly enjoyable. You can download Jeff Gibbs Quartet and Lili K’s cover of Disclosure’s “Latch” for free by clicking here.
Ellene Masri – Secret Lover
“Secret Lover” is taken from Ellene Masri’s self produced (and arranged) debut album Music. The song was picked as Jazz FM’s Song of The Week and I’m sure those of you that haven’t heard it will love it too; Ellene Masri’s debut album Music is out now on iTunes.