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Dinner Party: Enigmatic Society review – slinky, synthy R&B

The jazz supergroup without the ego bring an LA breeziness to an album shimmering with 80s synths and G-funk

Kate Hutchinson

16, Apr, 2023 @2:00 PM

Angel Bat Dawid: Requiem for Jazz review – a cosmic brew

Capturing the full power of a live 2019 performance, the Chicago musician channels a 1959 film and Sun Ra with her potent jazz-classical suite

Kate Hutchinson

26, Mar, 2023 @12:00 PM

One to watch: Jawny

The Californian TikTok sensation channels the Strokes, Beck and Kings of Leon on his super-slick debut album

Kate Hutchinson

04, Mar, 2023 @2:00 PM

One to watch: Venbee

The teenage tearaway turned UK charts fixture is so much more than a ‘one-hit wonder on the radio’

Kate Hutchinson

04, Feb, 2023 @2:00 PM

One to watch: CVC

Channelling 60s California, this Welsh six-piece charm with classy psych-pop made for long summer evenings

Kate Hutchinson

21, Jan, 2023 @2:00 PM

Lady Wray: Piece of Me review – sublime retro-soul

Missy Elliott’s former protege has been criminally neglected, as this slept-on album blending everything from gospel to boom-bap shows

Kate Hutchinson

20, Dec, 2022 @8:00 AM

‘Things need to die for something else to come through’: Wet Leg, Nilüfer Yanya, Shabaka Hutchings and more on the year in music

Eliza Rose, Shabaka Hutchings, Sherelle, Rhian Teasdale and Nilüfer Yanya gather for our annual roundtable on the state of the music industry, discussing self-care, plagiarism allegations, post-release editing – and Kanye

Kate Hutchinson

02, Dec, 2022 @6:00 AM

One to watch: Ana Moura

The fado star is reinventing the ‘Portuguese blues’ again, this time mixing its emotional intensity with kizomba, samba and trap

Kate Hutchinson

12, Nov, 2022 @2:00 PM

Erykah Badu review – an exhilarating moment in a star’s eccentric orbit

The influential R&B singer bends past hits into fresh shapes and throws down covers in dizzying variety at the Southbank to celebrate 25 years since her debut

Kate Hutchinson

06, Nov, 2022 @4:28 PM

Ezra Collective: Where I’m Meant to Be review – brilliant follow-up from the inventive party band

This sophisticated second album from the five instrumentalists could just see them cross over to the big league

Kate Hutchinson

06, Nov, 2022 @9:00 AM

One to watch: Hagop Tchaparian

The British-Armenian producer expertly combines field recordings and grit-flecked electronics on his debut album for Four Tet’s Text Records

Kate Hutchinson

22, Oct, 2022 @1:00 PM

Kerri Chandler: ‘Where we lived, you had three choices: drugs, gangs or music’

The DJ has been filling dancefloors for 30 years with his eclectic brand of house. His new album – 24 tracks recorded at 24 clubs – is a tribute to the scene, he explains

Kate Hutchinson

05, Oct, 2022 @5:00 PM