New album: Natasha Khan returns with her sixth studio LP and first for five years, a quirky, swirling experimental release capturing up the early days of her motherhood to daughter Delphi, born in 2020 during the pandemic, and using folkloric, electronica keyboard improvisational approach sometimes with vocals of semi-formed words
Read moreNew albums: Bat For Lashes, Chrissie Hynde, Iggy Pop, Tinariwen, The Highwomen, Octa Octa, Frankie Cosmos, Various from Madagascar
This latest roundup includes Natasha Kahn’s return with vampiric battiness, Chrissie Hynde’s alternative American Songbook, Iggy Pop intoning poetry, and beautiful work from Mali’s Tinawiren and a Madagascar compilation
Read moreNew album and vinyl releases for week beginning 12 December
Before Christmas madness descends, peruse our selection of vinyl and other releases including rare stuff from the Doors, Bat For Lashes, Gold Panda and polished new work from Mr B. The Gentleman Rhymer
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