Recommendations

Tyran Grillo of ecmreviews.com picks out 100 favorites — this list is chock-full of gems even if you think you know the catalog well, and if you don’t I humbly suggest that you start with Blue Maqams…or O Que Será…or damn, just listen to them all

Bark Psychosis, Talk Talk & A.R. Kane from Ned Raggett

Andrew Cyrille, Lee Morgan, Ginger Baker, Jan Kazda, Bennie Maupin, Peter Brötzmann, Wadada Leo Smith, Nicky Skopelitis, Sonny Sharrock, Bill Frisell, Autechre and more from Phil Freeman

Alex Riggs on Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Black Midi and They Might Be Giants

Sean Wood on Bernstein’s Mahler 9

Jeff Treppel on Nevermore, Porcupine Tree, John Foxx, King Diamond, Coven, Joe Satriani and John Carpenter

John Dwyer, Vanishing Twin, The Bug, Flying Lotus and Pharoahe Monch from Nate Patrin

Jon Dale with more Tom Verlaine

Rick Anderson with Ursula Rucker, Branford Marsalis, Shubha Mudgal, Various Artists, Prince Far I, The Seldom Scene, Kate Rusby, Business Class Refugees, Rafe & Clelia Stefanini and Delta 5

Albums by Wilson Simonal and Paulo César Pinheiro from Beatriz Miranda

Guides

Megan Iacobini de Fazio with her second guide to afro-synth, this time contemporary. If you missed the first here it is