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\u25b6 Listen on <\/strong>Spotify<\/a>, Apple Music<\/a> or YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n What could have been a sullen, bitter good-riddance song \u2014 and still is with lyrics like \u201cWas it always just words or was it always just her?\u201d \u2014 is downright festive instead. Jorja Smith<\/a> sings the accusations of \u201cWhat\u2019s Done Is Done\u201d over pizzicato strings, a brisk beat and backup vocals that might as well be taunting, \u201cnyah-nyah.\u201d She\u2019s dancing her way out the door.<\/p>\n \u25b6 Listen on <\/strong>Spotify<\/a>, Apple Music<\/a> or YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n Drake tries to shrug off a separation that might well be a breakup in \u201cRoad Trips.\u201d Backed by blipping, ticking synth-pop, he admits that \u201cDestiny is telling you to go,\u201d but his goodbye isn\u2019t exactly gracious; he hints that she\u2019s selfish and money-grubbing, and he gripes, \u201cWhy is the solution always running away?\u201d He adds, \u201cI\u2019m supposed to be the one whose heart is made of ice,\u201d putting self-pity first.<\/p>\n \u25b6 Listen on <\/strong>Spotify<\/a>, Apple Music<\/a> or YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cTime to start a riot,\u201d Genesis Owusu declares in \u201cStampede.\u201d Born in Ghana and based in Australia, Owusu is a rapper and singer whose political messages have grown increasingly blunt on his third album, \u201cRedstar Wu & the Worldwide Scourge.\u201d Galloping electro-pop, topped by electric guitar, makes Owusu a cheerful class warrior as he raps lines like \u201cGiving my reply with a bat \/ Find a oligarch, get him taxed.\u201d<\/p>\n \u25b6 Listen on <\/strong>Spotify<\/a>, Apple Music<\/a> or YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n KatzPascale, the duo of Sammi Katzmann on saxophone and Jenna Pascale on cello and vocals, uses loops, multitracking and effects to construct a sonic haven in \u201cHold Me (Slowly)\u201d from a coming EP, \u201cElegy.\u201d Elaborate counterpoint ripples around Pascale\u2019s breathy vocal harmonies as she sings about falling into sensuality.<\/p>\n \u25b6 Listen on <\/strong>Spotify<\/a>, Apple Music<\/a> or YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n Dav\u00edd Sanchez, a saxophonist from Puerto Rico, found historic inspiration on a visit to San Basilio de Palenque, Colombia, a region founded in the early 1600s by \u201ccimarrones\u201d \u2014 runaway Afro-Colombian slaves \u2014 who were led by Benkos Bioho. In the local music he heard connections to the Puerto Rican bomba beat, a diasporic kinship. Fierce percussion drives \u201cBenkos y Los Cimarrones,\u201d which opens with sprinting saxophone and drums and leads into a deliberative melody and expansive solos, soon meshed with unstoppable Afro-Caribbean percussion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nytimes.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u25b6 Listen on Spotify, Apple Music or YouTube Jorja Smith, \u2018What\u2019s Done Is Done\u2019 What could have been a sullen, bitter good-riddance song \u2014 and still is with lyrics like \u201cWas it always just words or was it always just her?\u201d \u2014 is downright festive instead. 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Drake, \u2018Road Trips\u2019<\/span><\/h3>\n
Genesis Owusu, \u2018Stampede\u2019<\/span><\/h3>\n
KatzPascale, \u2018Hold Me (Slowly)\u2019<\/span><\/h3>\n
What\u2019s New in Jazz<\/h2>\n
Dav\u00edd Sanchez, \u2018Benkos y Los Cimarrones\u2019<\/span><\/h3>\n