Kevin Press

  • airport people – from morning no. 9 0.00  All India Radio & Fionnlagh – Natured State 2.50  Joshua W Bruner & City Of Dawn – The Sleep of the Sun 7.08  RIKAAR – Twelve Stars Shining 10.13  Pulselovers – Fuggles 16.29  Sulk Rooms – They Killed A Sacred Deer 17.43  Purple Decades – Kagami 24.30 …

  • Contemporary music from everywhere. Ellen Zweig – If Archimedes 0.00  Demetrio Cecchitelli – Memory Plasticity 8.38  encym – Foam 18.03  Dilian – Tenbosch 23.58  upsammy – Germ in a Population of Buildings 28.00  Perkins & Federwisch – Music 31.02  Francisca Rocha Gonçalves – The Noise Parade/Die Lärmparade 33.39  Pé – Spiral VII 38.55  Nonturn –…

  • Bana Haffar is a lifelong ex-patriot. Born in Saudi Arabia, she has lived in more countries than most people visit in a lifetime. Her music reflects that, and a great deal more. Her Touch release intimaa’ is among the best of the year so far. She and I talked about her music, her travels and…

  • Five new faves: Kyle Bates and Lula Asplund – A Matinee (Whited Sepulchre Records) Milford Graves with Arthur Doyle & Hugh Glover – Children of the Forest (Black Editions) Bana Haffar – intimaa’ إنتماء (Touch) Emily Rach Beisel – Particle of Organs (Amalgam) Gayle Young & Sarah Albu – According to the Moon (farpoint recordings) Plus one from the…

  • Dave Liebman – The Beginning 0.00  Rachel Therrien – Moment’s Notice 14.45  Markus Rutz – Soul Eyes 20.07  Joe Locke – Shifting Moon 26.23  Nadia Washington – Machine 35.18  Sanah Kadoura – Hidden Realities 39.47  Emilio Tuebal – Tokyo Trenque 43.08  Angie Wells – Truth Be Told 51.20  Ludovica Burtone – Awakening 54.26  Ivo Perelman…

  • Trumpeter Ahmed Abdullah has published a memoir, covering his time with the Sun Ra Arkestra in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. It is the first book authored by a group member. A Strange Celestial Road is out July 25 on Blank Forms. Abdullah put in more than 20 years with the band. A key figure…