New York with producer/engineer Sasha Stroud this past May and June
Determinedly swaying between harrowing bleakness and hateful depravity
Waziri fuses Etsako/Afemai folk styles with pan-Nigerian highlife and pop to create a sublime vehicle for his Islamic philosophy that gets everyone - Muslims
and strings and a Bay Area-local blues harmonica player who improvised recorded selections during practices
It’s a love letter to Batiste’s New Orleans roots and the musical giants who paved the way
Guster - Look Alive Monolord New York with producer/engineer SashaVinyl LP pressing. Look Alive Guster's first new album in four years was produced by Leo Abrahams (Regina Spektor, Brian Eno David Byrne, Belle and Sebastian) and recorded in a vintage keyboard museum in Calgary, AB, with additional sessions helmed by John Congleton (St. Vincent, Alvvays) and Collin DuPuis (Angel Olsen, Lana Del Rey). It captures the group Adam Gardner, Ryan Miller, Luke Reynolds, and Brian Rosenworcel at an inspired moment, creating