The Jazz scene has been undergoing a much needed reconnection with the younger urban audience with cool and hip artists that are reinvigorating the artform:
April 27th, prepare for the latest release from UK super crew The Impellers. Influenced by soul, deep funk, latin, afrobeats, & hip hop production This
There are an overwhelming amount of musicians now it seems. Between the obstacles of marketing and promotion hype and “music” being easily made via technological
K-Def’s new album, Night Shift will be released December 2011 on VINYL, CD, CASSETTE & MP3 on Redefinition Records. The album consists of original instrumentals, some
At the urging of several people I finally checked out Gretchen Parlato’s second album for ObliqSound, The Lost and Found. I read somewhere of a comparison to
Dennis “Dego” McFarlane of 4hero continues to be a herald of forward-thinking soul. This time around he’s enlisted the help of the jamtastic yet reclusive The LuvBugz
Posdnuos, Dave, and Maseo constitute groundbreaking hip-hop trio De La Soul. Their debut album, 3 Feet High and Rising, has been a staple of the
it takes some moxie to touch it and some serious talent to pull it off. Enter South Carolina’s Collette, who jumped on the scene in 2008 and has been keeping it thorough ever since. Her version is completely different than the original, uptempo and with a hip hop feel, but still somehow evokes the same feeling
The Leaving this PlanetEP is a collection of studio joints featuring friends and family from LA, Atlanta, London and Peru. Two tracks are covers paying homage to two great keyboard players – Charles Earland and Gene Harris. Also included on the EP is ‘Dreams’ feat Bembe Segue (previously released on an exclusive japanese vinyl 12″ under our joint guise The Politik); and two instrumental cuts
Unless you’ve been living under a rock you’ve probably heard or watched Adele perform her hit single, “Rolling In The Deep.” And, as with any other hit song, you’ve probably heard various covers of the track. Well, the one below tops them all. John Legend takes what is already a powerful ballad and belts it a cappella, transforming it into a haunting spiritual
Described as “a (re)introduction to AAries featuring a few old and new covers of some of their favorite songs,” CoverGirls is an excellent way to fall in
Well, if it’s one good thing that happened today, it was discovering this. Probably one of the cooler album covers I’ve seen. Has nice balance,
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