Hank Snow deserves some kind of award for The Jimmie Rodgers Story. There are not many that can present Rodgers’ material with such an authentic quality…

Stephen Philip Harvey loves superheroes. The Pittsburgh-born/Maryland-based saxophonist, composer, teacher and bandleader grew up watching colorful costumes and punch-to-the-face problem solving on Saturday morning cartoons (though not reading comic books that spawned them). Though music eventually overtook his interest in superheroics, his childhood infatuation remains a creative inspiration. Trading in archetypes rather than specific characters, Harvey uses his considerable skills as composer and arranger on Smash! to pay tribute to the world of capes and costumes with his big band…

Veteran noisemakers Dean Spunt & John Wiese debut as collaborators by drawing from the rumble and crash of Dean’s drumkit, finding dimensions of hiss and crunch on beyond his No Age style. A fantastic conception in contemporary musique concrète; alternately ripping and discriminating music, dry humor, word shapes, meaning, and astonishing depth of field.

The band's 2018 debut, Constant Image, was a triumph - a set of songs both dizzy and explosive, balancing new-wave lushness and post-punk frenzy. Love is Yours steps up the ambition and reaches for the horizon. The record is ablaze with mood, melody, and carefully threaded hooks, finding the band foregrounding the pop sensibilities that had always been present in their previous releases.

Smalltown Supersound presents part one of a two part remix series of Kelly Lee Owens 2020 acclaimed second solo album Inner Song. Fresh off releasing her own excellent album on Hyperdub, Loraine James’ version distils Owens’ vocals into jukey micro portions over a stepping house hybrid take on ‘Wake Up’. Breaka follows in the form of his recent outings with his concoction of ‘Re-Wild’ featuring throwback UK rave vibes and chunky breaks, with Owens’ vocals elevating it into a panoramic, mid-tempo banger.

Honestly, Nevermind is the seventh studio album by Canadian rapper and singer Drake, surprise-released on June 17, 2022, through OVO Sound and Republic Records. The album includes a sole feature from 21 Savage, and production from a variety of producers, including Carnage, Black Coffee, and 40.

Transversales Disques presents Pharoah Sanders Live in Paris (1975). A never-before released ORTF recording performed live at studio 104, Maison de la Radio, Paris. First official release with the full permission and cooperation of the National Audiovisual Institute. Mastered from the original master tapes.

Considering that Alun Davies played guitar on most of Cat Stevens' '70s albums, it's not a surprise that Davies' obscure 1972 solo LP Daydo sometimes sounds like Stevens compositions being sung by a less talented singer…

Could this be the definitive version of the admirable cycle of Beethoven’s piano trios? Surrounding Jacqueline du Pré then at the peak of her artistic talent are her closest musical partners Daniel Barenboim and Pinchas Zukerman.

Recorded whilst the band were on tour in 2021, this new live EP features select cuts from the original Grammy-nominated SuperBlue album and demonstrates Kurt’s band really hitting their stride.

Blind Spot creates music out of a self-understanding that questions everything as much as possible. "We don't know anything, but as soon as we pick up our instruments, a small spark ignites. This is initially vulnerable and needs attention, otherwise it goes out immediately and we are sitting in the dark again. But if we pay attention to the spark, it starts to blaze and then we are ready.""

Diplômée du Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et Danse de Paris en violon (DNSPM et Master), improvisation générative (prix à l’unanimité avec les félicitations du jury) et en pédagogie (DE), Elsa Moatti a étudié également à l’Académie Sibélius d'Helsinki.

For the past several years, former Yellowjackets bassist and prolific producer Jimmy Haslip has enjoyed an ongoing working relationship with the Bremen, Germany-based jazz fusion keyboardist and composer Michael Schmidt (aka MSM Schmidt). While Haslip played on Schmidt’s 2007 album Transit and 2009’s Destination, he ended up co-producing 2012’s Evolution, 2015’s Utopia and 2017’s Life. They take their chemistry to new heights on ARCeology: The Music of MSM Schmidt. This dynamic offering finds Haslip and members of his ARC Trio (keyboardist Scott Kinsey and Hungarian drummer Gergö Borlai) joining forces with the GRAMMY Award-winning John Daversa Big Band on greatly expanded versions of previously recorded Schmidt material, along with two brand new pieces composed by Kinsey and Schmidt. The result is a powerhouse collection of polished, swaggering big band fusion along the lines of the Jaco Pastorius Big Band or The Brecker Brothers’ 2003 collaboration with the WDR Big Band Köln on Some Skunk Funk.