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EP: Montreal’s Busty and the Bass release the groove of ‘The ET Suite’

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News: School of Language – Release 5 track EP in memory of Prince

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A Buyers Guide to Matt Berry on Acid Jazz

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Aotearoa’s Barnaby Weir has earnt his place as the humble, iconic and supremely talented national treasure and “chef” to such epic musical projects as The Black Seeds and Fly my Pretties. “Love & Fire” is a long awaited and much welcomed gift created over a collectively challenging time. The release of the album and nationwide …

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Call off the search! The chroniclers at We Are Busy Bodies continue their significant excavation of the rich seams of seventies South African jazz with the release of Almon Memela’s ‘Funky Africa’ (remastered by Noah Mintz and available from May 6th). This classic slab of soul-jazz rare groove, hotly pursued by crate diggers, turntablists and …

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A trip to Sheffield O2 Academy last Friday, I wasn’t sure what to expect as I hadn’t seen Kenny perform for a long time, suffice to say that I was not disappointed. Up first was Acantha Lang, hailing from London but originally from stateside New Orleans, Acantha performed a semi-acoustic set of soulful originals. With …

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By Cath Dupuy Jordan Rakei’s final date of his European/UK tour at 02 Brixton Academy was predestined to be memorable. His finely tuned and exceptionally talented band was augmented with a string quartet, 5 backing singers and extra percussion! Support was from 2 excellent singer-songwriters Ruti and Olivia Dean, both already with big fanbases.Jordan frequently brings …

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Lianne La Havas announces a residency at KOKO. She will perform three shows at the newly restored and redeveloped iconic London venue on Monday 9th, Tuesday 10th and Wednesday 11th May. Lianne’s eponymous, self-produced third album was released in 2020 to widespread critical acclaim. It won her the prestigious Ivor Novello award for best album, was nominated for 3 Mobo …

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So here we are at last – the long awaited album launch show for Stratos Bleu released June 2020 on Jalapenos Records. Smoove and Turrell returned to the Voodoo Rooms in Edinburgh after a stomping gig in 2018. It’s quite rightly a sold out show although the current circumstances mean the room is not full …

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Out tomorrow (May 21st) is the new album from Memphis multi-instrumentalist Paul Taylor, under his New Memphis Colorways guise, called It Is What It Isn’t. Ahead of its release we’re delighted to be able to premiere the album in full right here on Backseat Mafia today. Taylor has spent the majority of his career as …

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Edinburgh-based Laurence Murray Project joined us for a stripped back rendition of their latest single Providence. Bringing in an acoustic guitar to replace the psychedelic grooves of the original, Laurence Murray gives a blissful performance reminiscent of John Mayer and the RnB greats. The track was influenced by Laurence’s experiences teaching in refugee camps in …

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Taken from their forthcoming debut self-titled EP, Parasocials is the first single from new quartet The Parasocials, aka lo-fi indie jazz artist Tomer Krail, roguish punk-folk singer George Calne Jones, charming indie softboi Felix Slander and miracle drummer Rob James. Settling into writing over lockdown, Karmatose reflects on the bands recent penchant (to the point …

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We’ve all been waiting for a new Hiatus Kaiyote album to drop. Well, at least those who saw them perform whilst they were on the road to jazz fame at the Love Supreme Festival of 2016 . The band , fronted by Singer-Guitarist Nai Palm brings a fresh new and wonderfully mature sound to it’s …

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