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...
Esperanza Spalding had been releasing new songs (or, ”Formwelas”) all year, and now she announced a new album, featuring the six previously released songs and six new ones...
Listen to new songs from RZA, EST Gee, Sincere Engineer, DaBaby, Coi Leray, Between The Buried and Me, Caleb Giles, Cakes Da Killa, The Vaccines, and more.