Shabaka and The Ancestors
15 Great Jazz Albums of 2020
Though jazz never went away, the past few years have seen a serious jazz renaissance that continues to grow and intersect with hip hop, electronic music, and more. Here are 15 of this year’s jazz albums that we strongly recommend…
Uncut's Top 75 Albums of 2020
Best of 2020 season continues… what do you think of Uncut’s list?
Treefort Fest 2020: Built to Spill, Calexico, Lightning Bolt & more added to lineup
Treefort Music Fest happens March March 25-29 in Boise, ID.
Shabaka & the Ancestors prep new album, announce 2020 US tour
Shabaka Hutchings has been busy with Sons of Kemet and The Comet Is Coming lately, and he’ll return to Shabaka & the Ancestors in 2020…
Treefort Fest 2020 lineup: Chromatics, Japanese Breakfast, AJJ, Torres, more
Treefort Music Fest happens March 25-29 in Boise ID and the 2020 lineup also includes Omar Apollo, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Peter Bjorn & John, Prefuse 73, Mikal Cronin, Torres, The Felice Brothers, Chad VanGaalen, Sinkane, and more.
The Comet Is Coming streaming LP ft. Kate Tempest, touring after SXSW
The Comet Is Coming is the most spacey, psychedelic project of Shabaka Hutchings, the UK jazz leader who also leads Sons of Kemet, Shabaka and the Ancestors, and more..
Afropunk 2017 set times (Macy Gray vs Thundercat, SZA vs Soul II Soul)
Sunday is mostly free of notable conflicts, but you’ll have to make some decisions on Saturday. Fortunately Solange’s set only conflicts with a DJ set.
Solange officially playing Afropunk; Thundercat adds 2nd BK Steel show
Now that her co-headlining set at NYC festival Panorama is behind her, Solange has officially been confirmed for Brooklyn’s Afropunk Festival…
Afropunk Brooklyn adds Anderson Paak, Raphael Saadiq, Burn, & more
Some additions have been made to Brooklyn’s 2017 Afropunk Festival lineup…
Afropunk 2017 lineup (Soul II Soul, Dizzee Rascal, Sampha, Thundercat, more)
This year’s Afropunk Festival has a St. Heron Stage (Solange’s label), a Kaytranada & Friends Stage, and tons more.