Listening to Kaya Street’s new four-part single series—” Kaya Street Summer Singles” from "Revolutionary Minds" through to "Start Again"—feels less like queuing up a playlist and more like walking through four rooms of a single, sprawling house. Each one is painted a different colour, holds a different temperature, but they’re all unmistakably connected by the same foundation. https://open.spotify.com/album/4lAZIzS8UEfR5g8RlEeWz1?si=pks_1ftjSOWhRaKJucc4CQ This is the Bristol collective’s genius: crafting a...

To understand the profound depth of Amana Melome's new album, "Recalibration", one must first appreciate the legacy she carries. As the granddaughter of Jimmy Woode, the legendary bassist who was the youngest member of Duke Ellington's orchestra and who performed alongside icons like Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald, Melome' is heir to a monumental tradition in American music. Her latest work is not a simple continuation...