Friday's NYC-area shows include day one of Rolling Loud NYC, New Order/Pet Shop Boys, Jamie xx, Four Tet + Floating Points, The National, Amyl and The Sniffers, Robert Fripp, and more.
Newport Jazz's 2022 lineup includes Norah Jones, Esperanza Spalding, Terence Blanchard, BADBADNOTGOOD, Makaya McCraven, Nubya Garcia, Sons of Kemet, and more.
This week's Notable Releases include Gang of Youths' first album in five years, chaotic hardcore band p.s.you'redead's killer debut, Robert Glasper's long-awaited 'Black Radio III,' early 2000s revivals from Dashboard Confessional and Avril Lavigne, and more...
From Floating Points/Pharoah Sanders and Nala Sinephro's ambient jazz excursions, to Sons of Kemet and Damon Locks' Afrobeat-infused compositions, to Emma-Jean Thackray's electro-funk-psych-jazz opus, here are some the jazz albums that stood out to us most this year...
Former US president and hip music tastemaker Barack Obama's picks also include Courtney Barnett, Wye Oak, Little Simz, Mdou Moctar, Adia Victoria, Esperanza Spalding, Brandi Carlile, and more...