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Finding out that there’s a new Steve Coleman recording is an occasion to be excited, and when it’s with the always funky and rhythmic Five Elements band, that excitement ratches way up the scale. The new release is Coleman’s second live set recorded at the Village Vanguard in NYC. Other Continue Reading

Whenever Clean Feed Records drops its latest batch of new releases I am compelled to check them out and that’s the feature of this episode. Albums sampled come from Norway’s Friends & Neighbours, and three Portuguese ensembles – Joao Lencastre’s Communion, the Lisbon Underground Music Ensemble and The Rite of Continue Reading

This edition comes with the requisite samplings of new releases from the intriguing duo of guitarist Mary Halvorson and pianist Sylvie Courvoisier, the Brisbane Australia trio, Milton Man Gogh, Vancouver guitarist Gordon Grdina (one solo and the other with Square Peg), Italy’s quirky Ghost Horse, Emitime with musicians from Switzerland Continue Reading