Fresh sounds: corto.alto – Brotherhood
Glasgow jazz sensation corto.alto releases a lead single Brotherhood from their forthcoming mini-album Not for Now. New song features the spoken word talents of Franz Von, MC and frontman for K.O.G & The Zongo Brigade, delivering effortlessly over irregular time signatures…
Song of the Day: Michael Kiwanuka – Beautiful Life
Mercury Prize winner Michael Kiwanuka shares his new song Beautiful Life, from a soundtrack to Orlando von Einsiedel’s new documentary Convergence: Courage In A Crisis, which is out on Netflix on October 12. Kiwanuka is a British singer-songwriter and record…
The Wicked Sound Playlist #30 (2021) New Music Jazz Funk Soul Reggae Beats
The Wicked Sound Playlist #30 (2021) new playlist with new music across Jazz, Funk, Soul, Reggae, Electronic music and Hip Hop Beats. New music from Matthew Halsall, Malcolm Jiyane, Malcolm Jiyane Tree-O, Web Web, Max Herre, Mulatu Astatke, Nicholas Payton,…
Album Picks: Flyjack – Pan Am [Big Indie Records]
Flyjack latest release Pan Am its latest and most ambitious album to date, featuring 8 instrumental originals and a cover of soul-jazz classic Dig On It, by Jimmy McGriff. The album was recorded while the band was on hiatus during…
The Wicked Sound Playlist #29 (2021) New Music Jazz Funk Soul Reggae Beats
The Wicked Sound Playlist #29 (2021) new playlist with new music across Jazz, Funk, Soul, Reggae, Electronic music and Hip Hop Beats. New music from Blue Lab Beats, Kiefer, Tall Black Guy, Ozay Moore, KUMBAYA, Cookin Soul, Freddie Gibbs, New…
Fresh sounds: Joy Crookes – When You Were Mine
Joy Crookes shares a new video for When You Were Mine from her much anticipated debut album Skin due for release October 15th via Insanity Records A proud South Londoner of Bangladesh and Irish heritage, Joy Crookes is a singer-songwriter, a masterful…
The Wicked Sound Playlist #28 (2021) New Music Jazz Funk Soul Reggae Beats
The Wicked Sound Playlist #28 (2021) new playlist with new music across Jazz, Funk, Soul, Reggae, Electronic music and Hip Hop Beats. New music from Makaya McCraven, Telemakus, Phøn, Javier Santiago, Tamuz, High Pulp, Takuya Kuroda, Jazzbois, Kinkajous, Mark Kavuma,…
Song of the Day: Malcolm Jiyane Tree-O – Umkhumbi kaMa
Johannesburg multi-instrumentalist Malcolm Jiyane (SPAZA: UPRIZE!) releases a new song Umkhumbi kaMa, the first single from long-awaited debut LP UMDALI. The album will be released on 12th November via Mushroom Hour Half Hour. Malcolm Jiyane is a generous sideman and…
The Wicked Sound Playlist #27 (2021) New Music Jazz Funk Soul Reggae Beats
The Wicked Sound Playlist #27 (2021) new playlist with new music across Jazz, Funk, Soul, Reggae, Electronic music and Hip Hop Beats. New music from Makaya McCraven, DARGZ, Moses Boyd, Ill Considered, Tenderlonious, PYJÆN, Marcin Wasilewski Trio, New Cool Collective,…
Song of the Day: Adrian Quesada, Brownout, Tomar Williams – Funky Chick
Grammy Award-winning producer and member of Black Pumas, Adrian Quesada releases a new funky cover of The Majestics Funky Chick features Brownout and Tomar Williams (of Tomar and the FCs), an R&B and soul singer from Austin. The song is…
The Wicked Sound Playlist #26 (2021) New Music Jazz Funk Soul Reggae Beats
The Wicked Sound Playlist #26 (2021) new playlist with new music across Jazz, Funk, Soul, Reggae, Electronic music and Hip Hop Beats. New music from Gotts Street Park, Nate Smith, Joel Ross, Michael Mayo, On Our Own Clock, Asher Gamedze,…
Song of the Day: Jim Funnell’s Word Out, Umberto Echo – Lesser Vice
A piano trio Jim Funnell's Word Out collaborates with Umberto Echo on a fantastic new dub jazz single Lesser Vice. Lesser Vice is a Jamaican-inspired psychedelic ode to what 20th-century philosopher Alan Watts coined the "element of irreducible rascality". As the…
The Wicked Sound Playlist #25 (2021) New Music Jazz Funk Soul Reggae Beats
The Wicked Sound Playlist #24 (2021) new playlist with new music across Jazz, Funk, Soul, Reggae, Electronic music and Hip Hop Beats. New music from Elusive, Josh Koslow, Move 78, Aver, Pachakuti, young.vishnu, HUMMUCIDE, FKAjazz, The Cookers, Eddie Henderson, Donald…
Song of the Day: Thiago França – Cheia De Manias
Thiago França & A Espetacular Charanga do França released a new killer album The Importance of Being Espetacular with a massive track Cheia De Manias. A Espetacular Charanga do França is a São Paulo-based carnival collective and brass band that…
The Wicked Sound Playlist #24 (2021) New Music Jazz Funk Soul Reggae Beats
The Wicked Sound Playlist #24 (2021) new playlist with new music across Jazz, Funk, Soul, Reggae, Electronic music and Hip Hop Beats. New music from Balimaya Project, Josef Akin, Eric Hutchinson, Terence Blanchard, The E-Collective, Turtle Island String Quartet, Sean…
Song of the Day: Byron The Aquarius – Universal Insanity
Byron the Aquarius shares a new jazz dance banger Universal Insanity, ahead of the new album release. The New Beginning LP drops October 8th via Shall Not Fade. Byron the Aquarius (aka Byron Blaylock), is an accomplished keys player and…
Album Picks: Dan Berkson – Dialogues [Freestyle Records]
California-based jazz pianist and composer Dan Berkson release his solo album Dialogues via Freestyle Records. Dan Berkson is a California-based jazz pianist, composer, and electronic music producer originally hailing from Chicago, a long-time resident of London, and Trinity Laban Conservatoire alum.…
Album Picks: Shay Hazan Quintet – Nuff Headlines [Chant Records]
Tel Aviv bassist and composer Shay Hazan release his new album Nuff Headlines with his Shay Hazan Quintet via Chant Records. Bassist and composer Shay Hazan is a mainstay on the vibrant Tel Aviv jazz scene. His versatile bass playing can…
Album Picks: Timo Lassy Trio [We Jazz]
Tenor saxophonist Timo Lassy, one of Finland's leading jazz artists, is back with a new album release Trio on We Jazz Records. The album introduces Lassy's new combo with bassist Ville Herrala and drummer Jaska Lukkarinen – both We Jazz…
Wax in the Attic: Lee Morgan – Live at the Lighthouse [Capitol Records Blue Note Records]
Lee Morgan Live at the Lighthouse is an expansive collection that presents for the very first time all 12 sets of music the legendary trumpeter’s quintet with saxophonist Bennie Maupin, pianist Harold Mabern, bassist Jymie Merritt, and drummer Mickey Roker recorded during their historic engagement…
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