Song of the Day: Sarah Williams White – Monsters
Sarah Williams White shares her second single Monsters, from her forthcoming album Unfathomable. The album will come out on December 10 on First Word Records. Emanating from the "hilly fields of Lewisham" in South London, Sarah Williams White is a…
Fresh Sounds: D’agua Negra – Acopalices
Extraordinary Brasilian vocal trio D'agua Negra released Acopalices, jazzy, sophisticated and elegant, new song is an antidote to chaos and a pure delight for the senses. D'Água Negra is an Amazonian product, undoubtedly, but without any commitment to the regional…
Song of the Day: Muriel Grossmann – African Dance
Austrian saxophone player & composer Muriel Grossmann released recently her new album Union containing the new excellent new version of her composition African Dance. The album came out on RR Gems Records. The vibrant composition called African Dance was first…
Fresh Sound: The KBCS & Olivier St.Louis – Pockets
Pockets is the final single to be taken from the critically acclaimed sophomore LP, Colour Box, by Hamburg based quartet, The KBCS, featuring Olivier St.Louis. As usual, this foursome of erstwhile session musicians jammed out what became Pockets with their…
Re Imagined: Gary Bartz – Soulsea (Cut Chemist Remix)
Jazz Is Dead announces Remixes JID010 featuring a reimagined version of Gary Bartz’s Soulsea. Cut Chemist taps into the big-beat atmospherics of his old running partner, DJ Shadow, to craft a moody, echo-laden, percussive down-tempo saxophone meditation. Creating drama over bombastic…
The Wicked Sound Playlist #34 (2021) New Music Jazz Funk Soul Reggae Beats
The Wicked Sound Playlist #34 (2021) new playlist with new music across Jazz, Funk, Soul, Reggae, Electronic music and Hip Hop Beats. New music from Łukasz Wójcik, Leszek Możdżer, Matthew Halsall, Alex Hitchcock, Cherise Adams-Burnett, Matthias Lindermayr, Alfa Mist, Apifera,…
Song of the Day: Moonchild – Too Good
Los Angeles neo-soul trio Moonchild shared a new song Too Good, the first single to be released from the band's forthcoming new album Starfruit Too Good is about being wrapped up in the high of love, and yet fighting off that…
Fresh Sounds: Rosie Lowe & Duval Timothy – Son
British singer and songwriter Rosie Lowe joined forces with a multi-media artist and pianist Duval Timothy on a new single Son, from the duo's forthcoming debut album Son. SON was recorded in London and Freetown between 2019-21. Inspired by the…
The Wicked Sound’s The EFG London Jazz Festival 2021 concerts selection
The Wicked Sound’s The EFG London Jazz Festival 2021 concerts selection: Now in its 29th year, the 2021 The EFG London Jazz Festival returns to live audiences with an electrifying line up, ranging from global stars, special collaborations and…
The Wicked Sound Playlist #33 (2021) New Music Jazz Funk Soul Reggae Beats
The Wicked Sound Playlist #33 (2021) new playlist with new music across Jazz, Funk, Soul, Reggae, Electronic music and Hip Hop Beats. New music from Makaya McCraven, Ashley Henry, Malcolm Jiyane Tree-O, Muriel Grossmann, Black Flower, Tenderlonious, Vels Trio, Mike…
Fresh sounds: Fazer – Cuentro
Munich’s kraut-jazz band Fazer released a second single Cuentro from their forthcoming new album Plex, coming out January 14 via City Slang. Fazer’s music cannot simply be described as Jazz; the Munich band is shaped by the experimental pop music…
Song of the Day: BADBADNOTGOOD – Timid, Intimidating
Canadian ensemble BadBadNotGood shared a new single Timid, Intimidating, from the band's forthcoming album Talk Memory. BadBadNotGood made their name by crossing genre. This seamless movement between style hit hard when they took hip hop into jazz and vice versa.…
Fresh sounds: Kuna Maze – Bill
Brussels-based producer, DJ and multi-instrumentalist Kuna Maze aka Edouard Gilbert shares his new EP My Fish Is Burning including jazz-bruk-banger titled Bill. The lead-single features keyboard player Dorian Dumont, who adds some extra magic touches to Kuna Maze’s layered jazz instrumentation and syncopated broken beat production.…
Song of the Day: Irreversible Entanglements – Lágrimas Del Mar
A free jazz collective Irreversible Entanglement released a third single Lágrimas Del Mar, from the band's forthcoming album Open The Gates. The full-length album will come out November 12 via International Anthem. Irreversible Entanglements are Luke Stewart, the high priest on…
Song of the Day: Kahil El’Zabar Quartet – A Time For Healing
Chicago’s legendary spiritual jazz shaman Kahil El’Zabar returns with a new single Time For Healing, from the band's forthcoming album Time For Healing. Kahil El’Zabar leading an enviable ensemble of young masters from his hometown delivers yet another epic double…
Fresh sounds: Don Kapot – TV
The Brussels-based trio Don Kapot released their new single TV, from the band's new album Hooligan. The band released their first EP on Mr. Nakayasi Records in 2018. They recently teamed up with the Belgian jazz / not jazz label…
Song of the Day: Jamael Dean – Galaxy In Leimert
Jamael Dean returns with Galaxy In Leimert, the new single from his forthcoming debut album Primordial Waters, out October 29th on Stones Throw. The song is a jazzy celestial tribute to Jamael’s rapidly-gentrifying South Los Angeles neighborhood, Leimert Park. Referred…
Song of the Day: Kansas Smitty’s – Water Dance
London-based group Kansas Smitty shared a new single Water Dance, from the band's forthcoming album Plunderphonia. The album will be released on 29th October via !7K. On this essential new collection of forward-looking jazz reinterpretations, Kansas Smitty's bandleader Giacomo Smith delves…
Fresh sounds: Vels Trio – Celestial Greens
Brighton based experimental jazz trio Vels Trio shared a new single Celestial Greens, ahead of the release of the band's debut album Celestial Greens. Vels Trio reap their jazz-fusion crop with a stellar 11-track debut album Celestial Greens on Rhythm Section…
The Wicked Sound Playlist #32 (2021) New Music Jazz Funk Soul Reggae Beats
The Wicked Sound Playlist #32 (2021) new playlist with new music across Jazz, Funk, Soul, Reggae, Electronic music and Hip Hop Beats. New music from John Ghost, Binkbeats, Blundetto, L'Eclair, WAYNE SNOW, Athletic Progression, Aldorande, Joanna Duda Trio, Jamael Dean,…
