A Song for You: Joy Unconfined

Berlin-based, BIPOC-centred vocal ensemble A Song for You is altering the perception of choral music, harnessing the power of communal singing for unfiltered expression.

Kamasi Washington: Life Overflowing

On ‘Fearless Movement’, the saxophonist’s first full-length in six years, he finds inspiration in earthly pleasures: family, connection and the act of living.

Speed of Sound: Mdou Moctar

Tuareg trailblazer Mdou Moctar has built a fervent following for his blistering takedown of colonialism through stadium-sized riffs. His latest album, ‘Funeral for Justice’, makes his plight all the more urgent.

Chasing the rhythm with Yussef Dayes

Calling on the divine spirit of jazz greats and his own family ties, drummer Yussef Dayes’ debut album, ‘Black Classical Music’, is a masterful entry in this storied musical lineage

BCUC are finding strength in numbers

For spirited South African seven-piece BCUC, music is not just the motor behind their mind-blowing improvisational live shows, but language for communal understanding

A full-scale spectacle: Highlights from Field Day 2023

Beverly Glenn-Copeland

Rising: Rarelyalways is inspired by the future

We caught up with the London artist following the release of his debut album, the aptly-titled ‘Work’

Yves Tumor

Duval Timothy: Life in Colour

Duval Timothy’s meticulous musical practice reverberates with humanity. Now, he’s ready to embrace life in all its messy shades.

Maral: Aural Histories

Los Angeles producer Maral draws from a rich vein of Persian folk, pop and classical to recast enduring sentiment in urgent new ways

Vieux Farka Touré and Khruangbin

Obongjayar

Binker & Moses

Emma-Jean Thackray: Everything will flow

When multi-instrumentalist and producer Emma-Jean Thackray contracted Covid-19, it threatened to derail her career. Instead, she recalibrated

Sons of Kemet

Nubiyan Twist

Toots & the Maytals

Asher Gamedze

Remembering Tony Allen, the pioneering Afrobeat drummer who inspired generations

With Fela Kuti, Tony Allen pioneered Afrobeat. His work as a solo artist and bandleader was just as foundational. We pay tribute to the late drummer who turned rhythm into joy

Shabaka and the Ancestors

Makaya McCraven and Gil Scott-Heron

Ezra Collective: Young Masters

We meet with one of London’s most exciting jazz bands to talk the genre’s evolution, working with Quincy Jones and choosing joy when confronted with bleakness

Shabaka Hutchings has something to say

We meet the visionary leader ushering in London’s jazz revolution