Harold Burrage: You Eat Too Much

‘Tis the season in the USA, when it’s time to gather around, give thanks and load up our plates. Holiday tunes of the Thanksgiving variety are in short order, but thanks to the Chicago blues and soul singer Harold Burrage, we have a track to toast a turkey leg to. “You Eat Too Much” is a bluesy homage to holiday feasting at its finest, replete …

Theo Parrish: Be In Yo Self

Music might be Detroit’s longest lasting export after all. As one of the shining stars of the Detroit Techno scene, Theo Parrish’s unique blend of funk, soul and deep disco cuts has won him devotees the world over. “Be In Yo Self” is an epic 13-minute techno track of the best kind: lulling vocal samples, complex melodies, layered samples and build up with an unexpected …

Portico: Bright Luck (feat. Jono McCleery)

Portico Quartet has reduced themselves to a trio and now makes music under the moniker Portico, but the allure of their jazz-inspired sound (which mostly revolved around an instrument called the hang) certainly hasn’t dwindled any. For “Bright Luck“—a new song off their Ninja Tune-produced LP Living Fields—they brought it back to a foursome by enlisting English label mate Jono McCleery. Together they have created …