Rooted in the Mandinka idea that history and ancestry shape identity and guide the future, Tona refects on Kadialy Kouyate’s rich heritage as a Kouyate griot and his distinctive style of kora playing, shaped via his life history thus farWith gratitude for the past and optimism for the future, Kadialy continues to refine his artistry, […]
“Time Out” it’s masterpiece album by Dave Brubeck for several reasons: one of all being its innovative use of unconventional time signatures in jazz, particularly the use of unusual meters like 5/4, 9/8, and 6/4In the late 1950s jazz was undergoing a period of evolution and experimentation: the post- war era saw jazz moving away […]
In 2017, Grapefruit released the 3-CD set Milk Of The Tree, a highly-acclaimed compendium of female singer/songwriters active during the late Sixties/early Seventies. • Having covered the distaff side of the genre, we now provide a companion piece to that set with Separate Paths Together, a similarly detailed examination of the post-Dylan, pre-punk British male […]
On her debut album, Lucy Gooch stays true to her electronic foundations, while incorporating more acoustic instrumentation and digging deeper into her folk roots through songwriting. But at the heart of Lucy’s music is her rapturous vocal, with which she has experimented more than ever over the course of her first full-length. Many of the […]
2 CD 2 CD gatefold deluxe set, 7” card packaging, illustrated 8-page booklet with liner essay Toyah’s bold, defiant and most experimental work, the 1988 solo album “Prostitute” is released for the first time ever as an expanded CD edition in deluxe 7” sized gatefold packaging. This Deluxe 2CD Edition features a previously unreleased live […]
Unleash the Beast is the thirteenth studio album by English heavy metal band Saxon and was originally released in 1997.It was their first studio album with Doug Scarratt on guitar. New Wave of British Heavy Metal icons Saxon enjoyed a highly unexpected return to favor among metal heads at the time. Unleash the Beast represented […]
Sohnen is a town built on vice for the occupying American forces in post-war Germany. Robert, a local truck driver who sells off gravel from the site he works on as a side hustle, runs into an old flame, Inge, who is now respectably married to American officer John. When the pair are driving in […]
1 Wild Joy 2 Death 3 Colour Film 4 Performance Review 5 Decisions 6 9 to 5 Joyeria’s FIM (EP) is what happens when a Canadian spends his adult life patiently crafting his own path as a songwriter in London instead of following his heroes and peers in search of an assumed authenticity in Austin […]
When Mo Chara, Moglaí Bap and DJ Provaí – aka Belfast’s finest Kneecap – entered the studio with producer Toddla T in the summer of 2023, they quickly decided to scrap everything they had already prepared for the album they were about to record. Instead, they decided to build a pub together. Built on a […]
An insider’s take on the evolution and enduring legacy of the music that rocked the twentieth century. Memphis, 1954. New Orleans 1957. Philadelphia 1959. Liverpool 1962. San Francisco 1967. Detroit 1969. New York City 1975. London 1977. Los Angeles 1984 / Norway 1993. Seattle 1991. Rock and roll was birthed in basements and garages, radio […]
