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Animal Collective EP Fall Be Kind, with compact grandeur, out now

Less than a year after their compelling masterwork, Merriweather Post Paviliion, Animal Collecitve is back with EP Fall Be Kind to hold us over...

British rock guitarist Justin Adams and Gambian griot Juldeh Camara new album Tell No Lies (Real World Records) shows none of the hesitancy that...

Bob Dylan’s 46th album Together Through Life was released to rave reviews in late April. The album, which was produced by Jack Frost, was...

Based on creative ethnography – the manipulation of field recordings made at candomble houses in Bahia (Brazil) – Ancients Speak by...

“My idea for this album was to write, with my musician collaborators, a collection of songs about unusual adventures, both real and surreal;...

“‘Kaiso’ is the verbal response to the energy that comes from being inspired by something you see or hear: a performance, a sound...

“[T]his album, ‘Plain ‘n’ Simple,’ is a departure because I really got away from the smooth jazz production that I...

"To get that feeling, I'm taking the music where it wants to go." –Tim MayerTim Mayer isn’t a well-known name in jazz,...

"I am so humbled and grateful to all of the wonderful musicians who graced this project. This collection truly speaks to my belief in the...

"My intention was to have a 'band' project in which everyone has equal input, with me coordinating the music that the members send in...