Kevin Press

  • Contemporary music from everywhere.

  • This week’s highlights: 504 – Salvage Rhythms (Tone List) Dinosawroid-Mane – 人工的急所 (Hard Return) Sture Ericson, Pat Thomas, Raymond Strid – Bagman Live at Cafe Oto (577 Records) Drew Mulholland – My Life With the Imber Goat Cult (1911-1913) (Subexotic Records) Tomotsugu Nakamura – Nothing Left Behind (laaps records) And from the archives: Daisuke Miyatani…

  • Michael Gregory Jackson says his latest LP, E_LEC_TRIC_GIT_BOX is dedicated to the late Greg Tate who passed in December. The album features Jackson on solo guitar, without overdubs. Eleven striking performances on a 1959 Gibson SG and Fender Stratocaster offer unfettered access to the master avant-gardist, more than 40 years into his influential career. He and…

  • Nonesuch has announced the release of a new Joshua Redman Quartet album on Sep. 9. LongGone features the original lineup: Redman on saxophone, joined by pianist Brad Mehldau, bassist Christian McBride and drummer Brian Blade. The new disc features Redman compositions from the RoundAgain sessions – that album dropped in 2020. We’ve also been promised…

  • Angel Bat Dawid is among the artists featured in a Elbphilharmonie series dedicated to Afrofuturism. The Hamburg-based concert hall has booked many of the genre’s leading lights over a three-month period starting Aug. 17. The lineup includes: Sons of Kemet – Aug. 17 Angel Bat Dawid & Tha Brothahood – Sep. 4 Chief Xian Atunde…