josh idehen

Led by saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings, London’s Sons of Kemet blend African jazz, dancehall and other Caribbean styles with fiery politics and decidedly punk rock rock attitude. Their new album, ’Your Queen is a Reptile,’ was released at the end of March via revived Verve imprint Impulse! (which was home to John Coltrane, Alice Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Pharoah Sanders, and others). It’s a condemnation of the British monarchy…