An eclectic and far-out offering that starts in Central Africa, and ends in Todmorden, West Yorkshire. Ft. Elijah McLaughlin & Caleb Willitz, Iztok Koren, Jessica Ackerley, SML, Black Decelerant, Tashi Wada, Tor Invocation Band and more.
Lilith Records have reissued Caetano Veloso’s Caetano Veloso (Irene) on vinyl, an album originally released in 1969. Listen to the title track, a song about a machine gun-toting outlaw celebrated by the left.
This week, Italian label Black Sweat Records released a Vinyl Limited Edition archival recording: an evening Raga in the Dhrupad tradition from 1968 featuring Zia Mohiuddin Dagar on Rudra Veena and vocalist Zia Fariduddin Dagar. It’s a gem.
Taken from their new LP, Jessica Ackerley shares their unconventional and deeply rewarding title track, “All of the Colours are Singing.” The accompanying video was inspired by a Georgia O’keefe 2023 exhibition at MoMA, whose working methods also offered a framework for Ackerley’s own trajectory.
Taken from their forthcoming new album, Are Possible, Nathan Bowles Trio return today with their latest single and video, Our Air. Beautifully crafted and visceral, it’s also our Song of the Day.
Troubadour, the 1976 debut album of American composer and master dulcimerist Dorothy Carter is to be reissued for the first time by Drag City. Listen to the first single, “The King of Glory,” a hypnotic hymn hammered by Dorothy evoking Western medieval music.
Theoretical in its conception and yet broadly humanist in its appeal, Black Decelerant’s Reflections Vol. 2 serves as a timely reminder that music of resistance doesn’t have to be overly simple or one-dimensional. This is art as nuanced argument, challenging and often beautiful.
Japanese composer, vibraphonist, and marimba player Masayoshi Fujita has announced his new album, Migratory, on Erased Tapes. Listen to the lead single Tower of Cloud, inspired by memories of cumulonimbus clouds and the circling migratory swallows.
Tor Invocation Band’s ‘Medicine’ travels through a borderless realm of traditional folk, ambient, heavy psych, noise and free jazz. But it hangs together admirably under Jake Blanchard’s guiding hand, proof that the most uncompromising music can also be an absolute pleasure to listen to.
In a follow-up to her 2022 debut, Naima Bock has announced her second album, Below a Massive Dark Land, due for worldwide release on September 27th. She has also shared two singles and accompanying videos for ‘Kaley’ and ‘Further Away.’
Elijah Minnelli’s Perpetual Musket is a highly unusual release, but brilliantly executed and bitingly relevant. And after one or two listens, you’ll never think about reggae or folk music in the same way again.
David Weir reports back from his time in the Cambrian Mountains at Fire in the Mountain festival – Being non-corporate, not-for-profit and volunteer-run, the difference between Fire in the Mountain and many other festivals is obvious from the outset.
