Daily Newsletter, March 9, 2024

HJirok, Breezers, Taj Mahal, Little Feat, more

Ljubinko Zivkovic
March 09, 2024

SPILL ALBUM REVIEW: THE TAJ MAHAL SEXTET - SWINGIN' LIVE AT THE CHURCH IN TULSA - The Spill Magazine

THE TAJ MAHAL SEXTET SWINGIN’ LIVE AT THE CHURCH IN TULSA LIGHTNING ROD RECORDS For some musical masters, no matter what genre they are working within, it just might be hard to keep it at your best for decades. Even more so if they have wandered through genres or roots and world music (or both) […]

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Dave Harrington, Max Jaffe, Patrick Shiroishi - Speak Moment

Even for such acclaimed and experienced artists it is an achievement to do it all in a single afternoon, improvised session that covers such a wide musical ground.

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SPILL ALBUM REVIEW: BREEZERS - HIDEAWAY - The Spill Magazine

BREEZERS HIDEAWAY INDIE AM GOLD Breezers is yet another musical moniker and behind it is L.A.-based singer-songwriter and multidisciplinary artist Evan apRoberts. apRoberts is essentially an L.A. scene veteran since he’s been on that scene since the 90s but started working as Breezers back in 2016. With Hideaway he continues where he left off with his […]

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HJirok - HJirok

The results here are elongated, dubbed-out explorations of a Sufi musical base, making this album one of the more fully realised recent combinations of acoustic/electronic music with field recordings.

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International Women's Day in Music

Industry leaders contribute their insights in this Far Out exclusive.

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Captain Beefheart - 'Safe as Milk' album review

"'Safe as Milk' is always close to being a masterpiece..."

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What’s the Greatest Jazz Record? Here’s a Clue: Miles Davis.

James Kaplan’s new book, “3 Shades of Blue,” examines the lives of Miles, John Coltrane and Bill Evans, and the extraordinary album they made.

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We asked top British hi-fi engineers for their favourite test tracks – this is what they said

All the tracks that test the best kit in the business

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‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ remains Wes Anderson’s best

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Little Feat Releasing 'Sam's Place,' 1st New Studio Album in 12 Years - Best Classic Bands

For the first time, percussionist Sam Clayton handles lead vocals on the entire new album, an all blues set.

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