Articles by Matt Bauer

Class of 2020: Hanorah Revels in the Healing Power of Song

PUBLISHED Jan 6, 2020

A prophet by the name of George Clinton once said, "Funk not only moves, it can remove." That's a dictum that emerging Montreal soul queen...

G&D (Georgia Anne Muldrow and Dudley Perkins)

Black Love & War

PUBLISHED Aug 9, 2019

As life and musical partners for 13 years, Georgia Anne Muldrow and Dudley Perkins (aka Declaime) send out a message of love, healing and r...

Tuxedo

Tuxedo III

PUBLISHED Jul 16, 2019

They won't get props for the most original album titles (Tuxedo III is the followup to 2017's Tuxedo II) but man, can the Tuxedo duo ignite...

Georgia Anne Muldrow

VWETO II

PUBLISHED Jun 25, 2019

Overload, her 2018 Flying Lotus-produced offering, was the most accessible album of Georgia Anne Muldrow's joyously wayward sonic journey o...

Crazy P

Age of the Ego

PUBLISHED Jun 3, 2019

With their ebullient and polished melange of disco, soulful house and pop, Crazy P can always be counted on to ignite a groove, not to ment...

The O'Jays

The Last Word

PUBLISHED Apr 17, 2019

They declared back in 1976, that "we've got a message in our music," and indeed, a lot of the best and most beloved songs in the O'Jays' oe...

Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah Attempts to Decolonize Sound on 'Ancestral Recall'

PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2019

With his new album Ancestral Recall, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah is on a mission to free your mind. Tracing the sonic unity between West...

Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah

Ancestral Recall

PUBLISHED Mar 19, 2019

With Ancestral Recall, New Orleans born-and-bred jazz missionary Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah is out to free your mind with a mission to d...