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Concrete Island Discs: November 2021

A review round-up of jazz and beyond featuring Scrimshire, David Ornette Cherry, Theon Cross, John Coltrane, Ben LaMar Gay and more

Various Artists – Spiritual Jazz Vol. 13: NOW! (Jazzman)

The latest in Jazzman’s Spiritual Jazz series takes the vibrational pulse of the current era with two sets of forward-thinking excursions

Rob Mazurek & Exploding Star Orchestra – Dimensional Stardust (International Anthem)

Rob Mazurek’s latest cosmic carnival of an album for International Anthem is playful, epic and riotously inventive

Vibrations Travel: Jim Becker Interview

Jim Becker tells Gareth Thompson about sharing compassion, putting the ego down and collaborating with Tibetan healer Lama Lobsang Palden

Lama Lobsang Palden & Jim Becker – Compassion (Drag City)

Healing energies and mystic overtones unite on Jim Becker’s long player with Lama Lobsang Palden for Drag City

Charles Rumback & Ryley Walker – Little Common Twist (Thrill Jockey)

Detouring again from singer-songwriter mode, Ryley Walker’s second pairing-up with Charles Rumback ploughs deeper into Chicago’s post-everything pastures

Thought Gang – Thought Gang (Sacred Bones)

David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti’s early nineties side-project finally sees the light of day and it’s a miracle of experimental nighttime music