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O. the band: drummer Tash Keary and saxophonist Joe Henwood
Song of the Day: Wonderfully fresh, vibrant, energetic instrumental debut single by the sax and drumming south London duo of Joe Henwood and Tash Keary produced rapidly and skilfully by Dan Carey on his Speedy Wunderground label
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Steam Down: (We shall) Overcome
Song of the Day: A superb, powerful, stirring fusion of hip hop, jazz, afrobeat and other genres with guest rappers, by Deptford-based collective formed by multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer Ahnansé
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Dave Okumu
Song of the Day: A powerful song inspired by the documentary about the January 1981 New Cross Fire in south London that claimed 13 Black young lives, with the title from a chant of anti-racism protests that followed
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Yannick Ilunga, aka Petite Noir
Song of the Day: The Congolese musician joins forces with Florida trumpeter Theo Croker on this beautiful jazz-infused number about taking back your power from those who manipulate it, “a song to embrace harmony, reject division, and recognise that freedom comes from within."
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Liv.e and best friend: from the Wild Animals video
Song of the Day: Sensual, smoky, and alluring, comprising jazzy piano licks and ringtone trills, this sexy new single by the Dallas-raised, LA-based R&B and soul singer concerns animal attraction and and self-love, coming from her forthcoming LP Girl In The Half Pearl
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Leland Whitty’s forthcoming debut solo album, Anyhow
Song of the Day: A beautiful, evocative instrumental piece, by Toronto experimental jazz BadBadNotGood's saxophonist with shimmering, gliding sounds of strings, keyboards, bass and other playing from his bandmates, heralding Whitty’s debut solo LP, Anyhow, out on Innovative Leisure
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Lady Blackbird
Song of the Day: “Before we rise we all must take a fall.” After last year’s acclaimed album Black Acid Soul, a brand new, yet already classic-feel single by the LA-based bouffant-haired classy jazz and soul singer Marley Munroe
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Nick Hakim returns with his smoothly refined sound
Song of the Day: A deliciously mellow, honey-smooth and beautifully refined funk number by the Brooklyn-based musician, taken from his from the forthcoming album COMETA out on 21 October 21 on ATO Records
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Jiitwam’s latest album, Third
Song of the Day: Dynamic, pacy, multi-dimensional fusion of dance, funk, jazz and hip by the India-born, Australia-raised artist working in London and New York, from his latest album, Third, here with echoes of Happy Mondays and Primal Scream
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Oscar Jerome
Song of the Day: Taken from his forthcoming new album The Spoon, strangely compelling, momentum-building funk and soul with an original twist by the South London’s Norwich-born singer-songwriter and jazz guitarist
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Sudan Archives
Song of the Day: Striking, pacy, rhythmical, with interweaving vocal loops of vocals and instruments, this fabulous latest single by the LA-based singer-songwriter, violinist and rapper is about insecurities forced on a brown skin Black female by American beauty standards
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From the video for Lambchop’s Police Dog Blues
Song of the Day: Moving again away from his best known alt-country style, Kurt Wagner returns with an extraordinary experimental fusion of jazz, gospel and soul with this song that imagines a post-apocalyptic world where ex-police dogs roam
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Donna Thompson
Song of the Day: With soulful voice reminiscent of Lianne La Havas and Minnie Riperton, this beautiful new number about yearning in a long-distance relationship (especially over lockdown) comes from the London singer and drummer from her upcoming debut EP Something True on PRAH Recordings
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A visual taste of Pan Amsterdam’s Rigatoni
Song of the Day: Produced by Damu The Fudgemunk (Earl Davis), another food-titled piece of highly original hip hop by the American rapper Leron Thomas, here with a chess-move theme, and doing a jazz trumpet solo at the end
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Eda Eren’s new release remix
Song of the Day: Continuing on from a trio of blue-themed songs, a new mix by the jazztronica duo Blue Lab Beats (NK-OK and Mr DM) of a catchy fusion of disco, jazz and hip-hop about mood and songwriting by the London artist
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Poppy Ajudha’s forthcoming album The Power In Us
Song of the Day: From the forthcoming album The Power In Us, the latest of several passionate, soulful pop songs about society and politics by the London singer-songwriter, focuses on the damaging system of male control that screws up relationships and pro-choice
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Ishmael Ensemble
Song of the Day: “I keep questioning this war …. Whose fight is this? Who wrote the rules? I struggle to understand the reasons. Where was my right to choose?” A powerful, prescient but also timelessly relevant new version of the song by the Bristol jazz collective featuring words by the Gloucester poet, rapper and MC
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Kamasi Washington
Song of the Day: A powerful new number by the great American jazz saxophonist, tumultuously dynamic, with writhing solos and a main theme that centres of the chaos of our times, and the struggle to get to grips with it
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Ellen Arthur Blyth
Song of the Day: Dreamy and beautifully soulful new number by the Dublin singer who, with a mature voice, has Peggy Lee and Lana Del Rey as influences in this track taken from her forthcoming debut album Nine, a running theme in her life, being the youngest of nine children
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Melt Yourself Down’s latest single
Song of the Day: A single o blistering pace and riff released a couple of months ago by the London band that fuses jazz, punk, jazz, funk and North African influences, led by tenor saxophonist Pete Wareham and joined by vocalist Kushal Gaya
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