I came for Mulatu Astatke and stayed for the cosmic grooves. The giant of Ethiopian jazz contributes to a selection on the new Nubiyan Twist album Jungle Run, but every track on the project fills me with a warmth that repels the excruciating winter chill. Twining the sounds of Roy Ayers, Fela, Curtis Mayfield, Roni Size, Soul II Soul and Erykah Badu into a riveting fabric, the youthful British “future jazz/afro-dub” collective weave entirely new patterns into a comforting blanket that makes me feel more secure than Linus van Pelt. Here’s “Tell It To Me Slowly”.
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I write weekly concert previews for The Kansas City Star.
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Natti Natasha’s Iluminatti bumps in my whip. RIYL: Diplo, candy, Wisin & Yandel. Here’s “Me Gusta”.
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Hey, jerks: I’m still seeking a roommate for the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville next month. I’m locked in for four nights at the convention hotel at the axis of the avant-garde hullabaloo. Hit me up.
(Original image by There Stands the Glass.)
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