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Radio & Podcasts

Luke Stewart, Pablo Held, MonoNeon, John Hebert & More New Releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
February 19, 2022

From the irresistible Afro dancefloor life-affirming music of Nubyian Twist to two tributes to Wayne Shorter's contribution to the Miles Davis' Second Great Quintet, and a whole lot of other jazz declinations in this set. Happy listening! PlaylistBen Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Nubiyan Twist “If I Know (feat. K.O.G.)" Freedom Fables (Strut) 0:16 Host talks 6:21 Guillaume Vierset “First Round" The End of the Fucking World (First Round) -EP ...

Album Review

Irreversible Entanglements: Open The Gates

Read "Open The Gates" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May
December 30, 2021

Irreversible Entanglements is the sort of band that gives poetry-and-jazz a good name. The third full-length album from the Philadelphia/NY/DC collective fronted by poet Camae Ayewa aka Moor Mother ploughs the same rich furrow as before: groove friendly semi-free jazz which dissects diasporic Black history and lays out future possibilities. The band's bloodline stretches back to such landmark releases as New York Art Quartet & Imamu Amiri Baraka (ESP, 1965) and Jayne Cortez's Celebrations And Solitudes (Strata-East, ...

Album Review

Irreversible Entanglements: Who Sent You?

Read "Who Sent You?" reviewed by Gareth Thompson

by Gareth Thompson
December 8, 2020

Irreversible Entanglements first came together to perform at a Musicians Against Police Brutality event in 2015, after the killing of Akai Gurley by the NYPD. Who Sent You? is their second album and was released in March 2020, two months before George Floyd's death at the hands of police in Minneapolis. A five-piece collective, Irreversible Entanglements feature the voice and texts of Camae Ayewa, aka Moor Mother. An artist and activist from Philadelphia, her other works include the ...

Live Review

Irreversible Entanglements a Padova Jazz

by Giuseppe Segala
November 8, 2018

Irreversible Entanglements Teatro Torresino Padova Jazz Festival Padova 5.11.2018 L'impatto sonoro, ritmico ed emotivo su cui si impernia la musica di Irreversible Entanglements è autentico: non mira a stupire o sedurre la platea con virtuosismi oppure con facili formule di presa diretta sul pubblico. È corrosivo, arroventato, ribollente, ma si regge sulla genuina schiettezza del messaggio. Un messaggio fortemente sociale e politico, condotto sul dramma delle popolazioni di colore attraverso le parole ...