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Ruth Goller

Hailed by the Guardian for her “thunderous bass-guitar hooks”, Ruth Goller is a bassist, vocalist, composer, environmentalist and now solo artist.

Goller helped lay the foundation for the UK’s jazz renaissance, from her years on stage with Acoustic Ladyland and Melt Yourself Down, to more recently Let Spin and Vula Viel, whilst performing and recording with the likes of Shabaka Hutchings, Mercury-Award nominee Kit Downes, Sam Amidon, Bojan Z, Marc Ribot, Rokia Traoré, and Paul McCartney.

On ‘Skylla’, Goller in some ways returns to the pure untaught instincts that drove her as a teen punk musician. Working with different tunings for each song, Goller composes instinctively based on what she hears in every moment. As Goller puts it, “at that point muscle memory doesn’t work anymore so I have to trust my ear completely”. While predominantly a solo work, Goller is aided on ‘Skylla’ by accomplished and celebrated vocalists Lauren Kinsella and Alice Grant. The final contribution is from Kit Downes with the post-production and mixing of the record.

Skyllumina

By Ruth Goller

Label: International Anthem Recording Company
Released: 2024
Track listing: Below My Skin; Reach Down Into The Deepest White; Of Snowhere; Next Time I Keep My Hands Down; All The Light I Have, I Hand To You; She Was My Own She Was Myself; How To Be Free From It; From Breaks To Shreds, It’s A Short Path; Don’t Follow Me; I Have For You.

Dolomite

By Maddalena Ghezzi

Label: DēngYuè Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: 1. Jole 2. Flex and Float 3. I Fliag 4. Volo

Chris May's Best Jazz Albums Of 2024

by Chris May
December 3, 2024

In case you missed the sad news, our dear friend and compatriot, Chris May, passed away in November (read our tribute). Below are the albums he considered extraordinary in 2024--a final testament to his discerning taste and love of sound. -mR Rob LuftDahab Days Edition Records

Spinifex, Angelica Sanchez / Camila Nebbia Duo, & Rob Mazurek

by Maurice Hogue
November 19, 2024

The unpredictable but always powerful Dutch sextet, Spinifex, is releasing its latest album in North America, Undrilling The Hole, so it will be interesting to see if the band gains some traction in North America. Hopefully it will; they're a no-prisoners-taken ensemble. Brooklyn's I-Beam was the venue for a most interesting and perhaps inevitable hook-up for ...

Genius Loci 2024

by Neri Pollastri
October 24, 2024

Complesso Monumentale di Santa Croce Genius Loci 2024 Firenze 26-29 Settembre 2024 Per il settimo anno l'Opera di Santa Croce ha aperto gli spazi del meraviglioso complesso monumentale che circonda la basilica fiorentina per dar vita al caleidoscopico festival Genius Loci, due serate (e un'alba) di concerti, spettacoli ...

MOMO.: Gira

by Chris May
September 27, 2024

Gira is one of those exhilarating beyond-category albums which London produces uniquely well, if the gentle reader will excuse a little partisanship. It is part música popular brasileira (MPB) and part jazz, but never entirely one or the other, swinging between the two as the fancy takes it. Add to that splashes of West African highlife, ...

Südtirol Jazz Festival 2024

by Thomas Conrad
July 22, 2024

Südtirol Jazz Festival Various Sites Bolzano, Italy June 28-July 7, 2024 The Südtirol Jazz Festival started in 1982. Despite the fact that its lineups rarely include big-name artists, this annual event is neither small nor unambitious. Whereas most jazz festivals are located in one town and sometimes in ...

Südtirol Jazzfestival Altoadige 2024

by Libero Farnè
July 11, 2024

Südtirol Jazzfestival Altoadige 2024 Varie sedi Bolzano e provincia 28.6-7.7.2024 Sempre più il festival altoatesino si qualifica come una palestra di sperimentazione, tesa a favorire aggregazioni inedite fra improvvisatori prevalentemente giovani ed europei, ma non solo, proponendo alcuni dei musicisti in diversi contesti. Nei 54 concerti che si sono susseguiti in ...

Johanna Burnheart: Bär

by Chris May
June 7, 2024

German-born London-based violinist, singer and composer Johanna Burnheart made a big impact fast on the Britain's underground jazz scene. After graduating from Guildhall School of Music & Drama in 2018, and before the pandemic shut things down, she played on three significant albums: spiritual-jazz band Maisha's There Is A Place (Brownswood, 2018), trombonist Rosie Turton's 5ive ...