Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week is Unstoppable by Candi Staton on Beracah Records. Unstoppable is both a celebration of Staton’s legacy and a bold step forward, with a sound that’s funky and contemporary, but still steeped in the Southern soul and blues of her Alabama roots. Featuring an ace rhythm section made up of Staton’s […]
Read More… from Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week: Jul 19 – Jul 26
Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week is The Window by Cécile McLorin Salvant on the Mack Avenue Music Group label. The world first learned of the incredible vocal artistry of Cécile McLorin Salvant when she won the prestigious 2010 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition. In just under the span of a decade she has evolved […]
Read More… from Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week: Jul 12 – Jul 19
Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week is HEAVEN & EARTH by KAMASI WASHINGTON, released through YOUNG TURKS RECORDING. HEAVEN & EARTH is the second album of jazz saxophonist, composer, producer, and bandleader KAMASI WASHINGTON and described as another incredible, mind-opening exploration into Washington’s ideas of creation in the universe. Clocking in at two and a half hours […]
Read More… from Eastside Radio’s Album of The Week: 5 Jul – 12 Jul
Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week is The Return by Kamaal Williams on the Black Focus label. The Return is a natural evolution from the Yussef Kamaal project, mining the influence of visionary jazz but blended with all kinds of texture, sounds and signals from the over-saturated London streets. Notable tracks for old and new […]
Read More… from Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week: June 28 – Jul 5
Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week is Both Directions at Once By John Coltrane on Impulse! Records. A fair amount of Coltrane’s music has been released after the fact, but nothing that would seem, from a distance, quite so canonical as Both Directions At Once, which is 90 minutes worth of (mostly) previously unheard recordings made at […]
Read More… from Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week: Jun 21- Jun 28
Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week is Milyakburra by Emily Wurramara on the Wantok Music label. Debut album by celebrated young artist from Groote Eylandt. This album charts a personal history as well as a continuing celebration of family, culture and the land. “The songs on this album have been written over time. ‘Tapsticks’ was […]
Read More… from Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week: June 14 – June 21
Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week is LOVEPLAYDANCE by Toshio Matsuura on Brownswood Recordings. On ‘LOVEPLAYDANCE’, legendary Tokyo DJ and producer Toshio Matsuura charts a new direction. Casting musical cornerstones in a fresh light, the TOSHIO MATSUURA GROUP features Tom Skinner (drummer for Sons of Kemet and Owiny Sigoma Band amongst others) as its musical director, as […]
Read More… from Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week: Jun 7 – Jun 14
Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week is So Calypso! by Calypso Rose on the Because Music label. There’s no doubt about it, as the self-proclaimed ‘Queen of Calypso’, calypso is her thing and no one has ever come close to dethroning her. She remains the voice of this musical style originating from Trinidad and Tobago […]
Read More… from Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week: May 31 – June 7
Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week is Good Thing by Leon Bridges on Columbia Records. With his sophomore effort Good Thing, Bridges takes the opportunity to stretch out and take some risks, taking a leap into modern pop aesthetics while honoring a long legacy of soul and R&B. The first single from the album, “Bet Ain’t […]
Read More… from Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week: May 17 – May 24
Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week is THE TURNING TIDE by PP ARNOLD, released via Kundalini Music. I was at a crossroads back in 1968-1971. Immediate Records had folded and PP searched for a new label that would give her the opportunity to continue make music that would take her to the next stage of her musical journey. PP was […]
Read More… from Eastside Radio’s Album of The Week: 10 May- 16 May
Eastside Radio’s album of the week is FEAR OF FLYING by THE BALDWINS. THE BALDWINS are a progressive soul band, based in Sydney. The group unleashed their brand of sensuous, soul groove earlier this year, with their banging lead single, Goldbrick. Now the soul collective is back with an impressive 6-track under their belts. Album: Fear of […]
Read More… from Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week: 3 May – 9 May 2018
Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week is Animarum by Jonathan Zwartz. With his third solo album Animarum Jonathan completes the ‘musical picture’ he started with The Sea and The Remembering and Forgetting of the Air. Animarum again features a dream band who caress the melodies and swing the grooves of the eight new originals. Artist: […]
Read More… from Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week: April 26 – May 3