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Reflections on Blue Note Jazz Fest 2024 Looking back at the New York institution’s month-long music marathon. By Raphael Helfand Sun Ra Arkestra perform at Sony Hall. Photo by Dervon Dixon. Every June, the Blue Note Jazz Club’s flagship location in Greenwich Village becomes the nexus of a month-long celebration of the United States’…
Kronos Quartet & Friends discuss their new Sun Ra tribute album and celebrate Arkestra leader Marshall Allen’s 100th birthday. Left: Marshall Allen, photo by Harald Krichel. Right: Kronos Quartet, photo by Lenny Gonzalez. Sun Ra passed on to a higher plane a week after his 79th earthly birthday. His Arkestra, however, has been constantly…
Arooj Aftab’s constellations The Pakistani singer discusses the far-flung foundations of her new album, Night Reign. By Raphael Helfand Arooj Aftab. Photo by Shreya Dev Dube. Arooj Aftab is a nocturnal creature by preference. It’s a sunny Sunday afternoon — Aftab is dressed in black and wears dark sunglasses — and we’re sitting outside…
The new album from Kidambi’s Elder Ones collective is a fiery blend of free jazz, Carnatic ragas, and spoken-word poetry dedicated to those who fight for change. Amirtha Kidambi’s Elder Ones (current lineup). Photo by Caroline Harrison. For most of her career, Amirtha Kidambi didn’t refer to herself as an activist, in the same…
Perceive its Beauty, Acknowledge its Grace is due out April 12 via Impulse! Its lead single, “End of Innocence,” is out now. Shabaka. Photo by Atiba Jefferson. Shabaka Hutchings — the former Sons of Kemet and The Comet Is Coming bandleader — has shared plans for his debut solo LP as Shabaka, titled Perceive…
It’s the third single from YHWH is LOVE, their second collaborative LP as Jahari Massamba Unit. Jahari Massamba Unit: Karriem Riggins (left) and Madlib. Photo by Jimel Primm. Madlib and Karriem Riggins are closing in on the release of their second joint project as Jahari Massamba Unit. YHWH is LOVE — the follow-up to…
The third volume of the AIDS non-profit’s Red Hot + Ra series will feature longtime Sun Ra Arkestra leader Marshall Allen, Pink Siifu, and 20 others. Meshell Ndegeocello at the 2023 Blue Note Jazz Festival. Photo by Richard Bord/Getty Images. Red Hot, a non-profit organization “dedicated to fighting AIDS through pop culture,” has announced…
The rapper-turned-flautist talked about the ayahuasca trip that inspired his work. André 3000 was a guest on Stephen Colbert’s Late Show on Tuesday night, chatting to the host and also performing a track from his 2023 album New Blue Sun. You can see his performance above. The song performed on the late night shows was…
The 100 best songs of 2023 From Sexyy Redd to Liturgy and Fever Ray to Ralphie Choo, these are the songs we loved in 2023. By Raphael Helfand, Alex Robert Ross, Jordan Darville, David Renshaw, Cady Siregar, Vivian Medithi, Nadine Smith, Shaad D’Souza, Son Raw, Colin Joyce, Emma Madden, Wale Oloworekende, E.R. Pulgar, Sandra Song,…
YHWH Is Love will be released in March. Jimel Primm Madlib and Karriem Riggins have announced details of their second album as Jahari Massamba Unit. The drummer-producer duo will release YHWH Is Love on March 1 via Law of Rhythm. The album’s lead single, “Stomping Gamay,” is streaming below. YHWH Is Love is the follow-up…