Fresh Sounds: Marcus Joseph – Arrival of the Giants
Marcus Joseph released his new song Arrival of the Giants from the forthcoming sophomore album Beyond The Dome. The new album explores themes of personal and external limitations, the idea of what binds us to who and where we are and…
THE BEST SOUL ALBUMS 2020
The Wicked Sound favorite Soul, Neo-Soul and R'n'B albums of 2020: 1. SAULT Untitled (Black Is) (Forever Living Originals) SAULT Untitled (Black Is) is an absolute classic. Released on Juneteenth during Black Lives Matter and Uprising movement. The…
THE BEST LIVE ALBUMS 2020
The year 2020 is coming to the end, it was tough and difficult in any sense, but as always music comes to the rescue. Live concerts were of the things which I missed the most this year. Thankfully we had…
The Wicked Sound’s The EFG London Jazz Festival concerts selection
The Wicked Sound’s The EFG London Jazz Festival 2020 concerts selection The EFG London Jazz Festival will be going ahead as a huge range of shows and special events online, with live concerts now streamed from venues across London and…
Thijsenterprise release a second single “Sketchy” from his forthcoming album “Lahringen”
Thijsenterprise release a second single “Sketchy” from his forthcoming album “Lahringen” coming out via Rucksack Records. As my first reaction to the title of this track, I thought of a sketch of drawing, as something rough and incomplete. Something that…
The Wicked Sound Playlist November 2020/11/1 New Music Jazz Funk Soul Reggae Beats
The Wicked Sound November 2020/11/1 new playlist with new music across Jazz, Funk, Soul, Reggae, Electronic music and Hip Hop Beats. New music from Nils Wogram, Luke Stewart Exposure Quintet, Luke Stewart, Edward Wilkinson Jr, Ken Vandermark, Jim Baker, Avreeayl Ra,…
Nubya Garcia announces her debut album “Source” with two powerful new singles “Pace” and “Source”.
Nubya Garcia announces her debut album “Source” with two powerful new singles “Pace” and “Source”. Her debut album “Source” on Concorde Jazz is a deeply personal collection of sonic mantras to live by offering in which Garcia maps cartographies around…
Makaya McCraven shares “Mak Attack” and “Beat Science” from his new album “Universal Beings E&F Sides”
Makaya McCraven shares two new singles “Mak Attack” and “Beat Science” from his forthcoming album “Universal Beings E&F Sides” on International Anthem. It’s Makaya follow up to his critically-acclaimed 2018 release “Universal Beings”. New LP presents fourteen new pieces of…
Michael Kiwanuka Shortlisted for Mercury Prize Album of the Year, and also shared a new video to the song “Light”.
Michael Kiwanuka Shortlisted for Mercury Prize Album of the Year for his third album “Kiwanuka”, it’s the third time in his career following nominations for “Home Again” and “Love & Hate”. He has been already nominated for numerous honors, including…
Danalogue, Sarathy Korwar and Alabaster dePlume unite on a new song “Amoeba’s Dream”.
Danalogue, Sarathy Korwar, and Alabaster dePlume unite on a new song “Amoeba's Dream” from Danalogue & Sarathy Korwar collaborative debut EP “Equinox”. London-based synthesizer player and producer Dan Leavers aka Danalogue has been astral traveling through multiple sonic dimensions for the past…
Zara McFarlane shared two new songs “Black Treasure” and “Future Echoes” from her forthcoming album “Songs of Unknown Tongue”.
Zara McFarlane shared two new songs “Black Treasure” and “Future Echoes” from her forthcoming album “Songs of Unknown Tongue”. “Black Treasure” is inspired by an exploration of Zara’s Jamaican heritage, especially folk traditions of Bruckins Party, Dinki Mini, and Kumina…
Simon Jefferis presents his new single “Something In The Water”
Simon Jefferis presents his new single “Something In The Water” from the upcoming album “Vibrations”. Brixton based talented instrumentalist and beatmaker Simon Jefferis earn his reputation with expertly-crafted, atmosphere heavy music over the past few years. A s producer his…
The Wicked Sound Playlist 2020/04/3 New Music Jazz Funk Soul Reggae Beats
The Wicked Sound 2020/04/3 new playlist with new music across Jazz, Funk, Soul, Reggae, Electronic music and Hip Hop Beats. New music from: Bill Laswell, Village of the Sun, Moses Boyd, Binker Golding, Simon Ratcliffe, AuB, Tom Barford, Alex Hitchcock, Gregory Porter,…
Pyjaen and Blue Lab Beats on “Sage Secrets”
Pyjaen teamed up with Blue Lab Beats on new track “Sage Secrets”. Pyjaen is a band with its common link in improvised music and the jazz tradition, but with the vision of pushing music forward in new directions. Dylan Jones…
The Wicked Sound Weekly Playlist 2020/01/2
The Wicked Sound weekly playlist 2020/01/2 brings us some excellent jazz: debut single from Phronesis‘s double bass player Jasper Hoiby and his new project Planet B, a second single from Tortoise‘s guitarist Jeff Parker‘s upcoming album, and a new Moses…
The Wicked Sound weekly playlist week 12 new jazz
Wicked Sound weekly playlist week 12: 01. Steam Down - Free My Skin [Decca] Buy 02. Moses Boyd - Stranger Than Fiction [Exodus Records] Buy 03. Emma-Jean Thackray - Too Shy - 12 Version" [ International Anthem] Buy …
Daniel Casimir team up with Tess Hirst for new album ‘These Days’
A masterpiece. Award-winning bassist Daniel Casimir and vocalist Tess Hirst have released a collaborative track called Security. They shared a new song while confirming their debut album These Days will arrive on the 1st of November via London-based record label…
Gilles Peterson present first edition of We Out Here Festival
If you have no plans for the weekend, I have one for you. The best festival line up this summer, with wicked sound, fresh and popping live bands and DJs, mixing everything this website ate for dinner: jazz, soul, funk,…
Joe Armon-Jones feat. Georgia Anne Muldrow in ‘Yellow Dandelion’ from the upcoming album
Joe Armon-Jones feat. Georgia Anne Muldrow in “Yellow Dandelion” from Armon-Jones’s upcoming album. Armon-Jones is set to release his eagerly anticipated second album “Turn To Clear View” on September 20th via Brownswood Recordings. Album is promoted with a new single…