Samon Kawamura – Unfold (Nesola)
Raised in Tokyo by artist parents before moving to his mother’s
Lizz Wright “The Orchard” (Verve Forecast)
Although she was originally presented as a jazz chanteuse by her recor
Dorothy Ashby “The Rubaiyat Of Dorothy Ashby”
Long before she became a member of the LA session mafia playing on key
Flying Lotus “Los Angeles” (Warp)
Flying Lotus continues to refine all things deliriously low-end and tr
Muhsinah “Pre.lude”(Circulations)
Touted as the ‘next big thing’ newcomer Muhsinah bangs out a soulf
Umalali “The Garifuna Women’s project” (Ston
With the tragic passing of musician and leader of the Garifuna Collect
V/A “Rools For Rules” (Bear Funk)
On a wet Monday morning after Danielle Bandelli had gently rocked the
Kelley Polar “I Need You To Hold On While The Sk
What with Hercules & Love Affair recruiting Antony Hegarty for the
V/A “Spiritual Jazz” (Jazzman)
“As far as spirituality is concerned, I feel that I want to be the f
Toumani Diabate “Mande Variations” (World Circ
Where others are hearing everyone from Miles Davis to Toumani’s grea
V/A “Funky Nassau: The Compass Point Story, 1980
“I wanted a new progressive sounding band…a Jamaican rhythm se
Mlle Caro and Franck Garcia – Pain Dissapear
Mlle Caro and Franck Garcia initially surfaced in 2006 on Damian Lazar
James T. Cotton “Like No One” (Spectral)
James T. Cotton is one of the aliases adopted by Ann Arbor born produc
Jackson Conti “Sunjinho” (Kindred Spirits)
Jakson Conti is a hook up between Madlib the bad kid and Mamao, the dr
Katalyst “What’s Happening” (BBE)
Hailing from the warm climes of Australia, producer Katalyst is sure t
Triple Darkness “Anathema” (Higher Hei
Delivering one of the best hip hop albums of 2008 so far, London’
