https://actrecords.bandcamp.com/album/catching-ghosts-1 Jazz Rating: World Treasure released April 28, 2023 It’s with a heavy heart that I’m writing this so soon after Brötzmann’s passing at 82 years old. He’s obviously one of the great voices and in some cases one of the most brutal in jazz. If you don’t know about him and his music theContinue reading “Brötzmann – Bekkas – Drake Catching Ghosts”
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Thandi Ntuli Blk Elijah & The Children of Meroë
https://on.soundcloud.com/9M8Gx6nSJqEmbkhx6 Genre: Sophisti-pop Rating: 4/5 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Release Date 7 July 2022 Blk Elijah & The Children of Meroë is smooth crossover South African pop jazz fusion that sounds to me as if it’s heavily influenced by both Stevie Wonder and Sade. The music constantly has a lot going on from this sevenContinue reading “Thandi Ntuli Blk Elijah & The Children of Meroë”
Tonkori in the moonlight by OKI
https://oki-tonkori.bandcamp.com/album/tonkori-in-the-moonlight Genre: World (Ainu Folk) Rating: Definitely Worth Checking Out Released February 4, 2022 (BandCamp) I lived in Japan for around a decade, including about three years in Aomori, in the northern most region Honshu, Japan’s central island. I also visited Hokkaido. Despite my apparent proximity, I never knowingly encountered an Ainu person. I takeContinue reading “Tonkori in the moonlight by OKI”