{"id":2117594,"date":"2025-10-27T03:54:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T03:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2117594"},"modified":"2025-10-27T03:54:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T03:54:02","slug":"add-to-playlist-the-spiky-playful-free-jazz-of-laura-ann-singh-and-the-weeks-best-new-tracks-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/add-to-playlist-the-spiky-playful-free-jazz-of-laura-ann-singh-and-the-weeks-best-new-tracks-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Add to playlist: the spiky, playful free jazz of Laura Ann Singh and the week\u2019s best new tracks | Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>From <\/strong>Richmond, Virginia<br \/><strong>Recommended if you like <\/strong>C\u00e9cile McLorin Salvant, Tomeka Reid, Ornette Coleman<br \/><strong>Up next <\/strong>Debut album, Mean Reds, released 24 October<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">As the co-founder of American bolero group Miramar, vocalist Laura Ann Singh has spent the past five years minting a warm, nostalgic analogue sound, rich with Spanish-language harmonies. Her upcoming spiky solo debut, Mean Reds, disrupts that entirely. Supplanting the swaying Latin rhythms of bolero for a free jazz quartet, these eight tracks revel in atonal scrapes, cymbal splashes, keening horns and Singh\u2019s lively vocals. Referencing avant garde pioneer Ornette Coleman\u2019s free form improvisations as much as Joni Mitchell\u2019s emotive lyricism, the result is a rowdy debut that launches Singh as one of the more distinctive new voices in jazz.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Singh has previously dipped her toe into the genre by guesting with composer Tomeka Reid on her 2024 live suite of music inspired by Duke Ellington. Her first full foray into improvisation touches on the music of other contemporaries: she channels Diane Reeves\u2019 soft melodics on the opening track River and Do Not Remain, while As Strange As It Is plays more akin to singers such as C\u00e9cile McLorin Salvant in its doubling of wonky, modernist horns and vocal melody. It\u2019s when Singh cuts loose that she fully comes into her own. A raucous, tub-thumping energy drives her tunes such as Highway Monster, while Counting plays like a jazz-punk version of a Sesame Street song as Singh shouts \u201cnumber words are hard it\u2019s true\u201d. She creates playful, unruly music that feels so alive thanks to its chaos, promising future stylistic twists to come. <em>Ammar Kalia<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"this-weeks-best-new-tracks\" class=\"dcr-n4qeq9\">This week\u2019s best new tracks<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"6b82e5f5-a532-4f4c-a12e-98cae6ecb15f\" data-spacefinder-role=\"showcase\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-5h0uf4\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-9ktzqp\"><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><svg width=\"18\" height=\"13\" viewbox=\"0 0 18 13\"><path d=\"M18 3.5v8l-1.5 1.5h-15l-1.5-1.5v-8l1.5-1.5h3.5l2-2h4l2 2h3.5l1.5 1.5zm-9 7.5c1.9 0 3.5-1.6 3.5-3.5s-1.6-3.5-3.5-3.5-3.5 1.6-3.5 3.5 1.6 3.5 3.5 3.5z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">South African singer Tyla.<\/span> Photograph: Edwig Henson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Tyla \u2013 Chanel<\/strong><strong><br \/><\/strong>The best of the singles the South African singer has released since her instant-classic self-titled debut album, Chanel shows how adept she is at turning Afro-house beats into dramatic pop: a rare feat. <em>BBT<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Leon Thomas \u2013 Baccarat<\/strong><strong><br \/><\/strong>Building huge success from the old-school stuff of talent and hard touring, the US soul man releases a new EP today and Baccarat is the astounding highlight: outrageous funk-rock with a shuffle to make Tony Allen smile from on high. <em>BBT<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Jpegmafia and Danny Brown \u2013 Roaches<\/strong><strong><br \/><\/strong>This bonus track from the Scaring the Hoes expanded edition is significantly less intense than that hare-brained record; positively feel-good, even, as Brown recalls childhood memories over bubbling, soulful production. <em>LS<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Barry Walker Jr \u2013 Quiessence (ft Rob Smith and Jason Willmon)<\/strong><strong><br \/><\/strong>The Rose City Band\u2019s pedal steel player stretches out and languishes in the pearly sighs of history\u2019s best instrument, creating space for the guitarist and drummer\u2019s light noodlings. <em>LS<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>US Girls \u2013 Running Errands (Yesterday)<\/strong><strong><br \/><\/strong>Meg Remy has put out two versions of her new song Running Errands: the Today version is sumptuously full-band but Yesterday is even better, like a boom-bap hip-hop production. <em>BBT<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Donna Thompson \u2013 Meteors<\/strong><strong><br \/><\/strong>The London jazz musician\u2019s self-possessed meditations on love recall KeiyaA and Aja Monet at their most beatific: birdsong, silvery cymbals and light double bass soundtrack her attempts to reassemble her shattered heart. <em>LS<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Oneohtrix Point Never \u2013 Lifeworld<\/strong><strong><br \/><\/strong>As well as scoring Oscar-tipped Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet drama Marty Supreme, Daniel Lopatin has a solo album coming up too: its track Lifeworld is a wash of new age wonderment that locks into a subtle groove. <em>BBT<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Subscribe to the Guardian\u2019s rolling Add to Playlist selections on Spotify.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"7c4322c3-a4b1-44de-9cf2-45a6d512fe1c\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.SpotifyBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-173mewl\"><gu-island name=\"SpotifyBlockComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"visible\" props=\"{&quot;embedUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/48kgn15Mrg6XC859pVtZj5?utm_source=oembed&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:352,&quot;width&quot;:456,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Add to playlist: the Guardian\u2019s favourite new tracks&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;design&quot;:10,&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:3},&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Spotify&quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;inline&quot;,&quot;isTracking&quot;:false,&quot;isMainMedia&quot;:false,&quot;source&quot;:&quot;Spotify&quot;,&quot;sourceDomain&quot;:&quot;open.spotify.com&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/48kgn15Mrg6XC859pVtZj5?utm_source=oembed\" title=\"Add to playlist: the Guardian\u2019s favourite new tracks\" height=\"352\" width=\"456\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/gu-island><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.theguardian.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Richmond, VirginiaRecommended if you like C\u00e9cile McLorin Salvant, Tomeka Reid, Ornette ColemanUp next Debut album, Mean Reds, released 24 October As the co-founder of American bolero group Miramar, vocalist Laura Ann Singh has spent the past five years minting a warm, nostalgic analogue sound, rich with Spanish-language harmonies. 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