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Sons Of Kemet
Sons of Kemet were a British jazz band formed by Shabaka Hutchings, Oren Marshall, Seb Rochford, and Tom Skinner (drummer), Tom Skinner. Theon Cross replaced Marshall on tuba after the first album, and Eddie Hick replaced Rochford on drums after the third. They disbanded in 2022.PitchforkSons of Kemet Breaking Up After Final Shows , Pitchfork accessdate: May 23, 2023 Career The band used saxophone and clarinet (Hutchings), tuba (Cross), and two drummers (Skinner, Hick) to make their music and played a mixture of jazz, rock, Caribbean music, Caribbean folk, and African music. On 9 September 2013 in jazz, 2013, Sons of Kemet released their debut album ''Burn (Sons of Kemet album), Burn'', which received the Arts Desk Album of the Year 2013 and a nomination for Gilles Peterson's Album of the Year. Their next album ''Lest We Forget What We Came Here to Do'' received the same nomination for the year 2015. The band won Best Jazz Act at the 2013 MOBO Awards. On 30 March 2018, Impu ...
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Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, hymns, marches, vaudeville song, and dance music. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major form of musical expression in traditional and popular music. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, complex chords, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation. As jazz spread around the world, it drew on national, regional, and local musical cultures, which gave rise to different styles. New Orleans jazz began in the early 1910s, combining earlier brass band marches, French quadrilles, biguine, ragtime and blues with collective polyphonic improvisation. However, jazz did not begin as a single musical tradition in New Orleans or elsewhere. In the 1930s, arranged dance-oriented swing big bands, ...
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MOBO Awards
The MOBO Awards (Music of Black Origin, also known as the MOBOs) are an annual British music award presentation honouring achievements in " music of black origin", including hip hop, grime, UK Drill, R&B, soul, reggae, jazz, gospel, and Bantu music. The MOBO Awards were founded by Kanya King and Andy Ruffell. The first ever award was presented to Baby D, in the Best Dance Act category. The inaugural awards were broadcast by Carlton Television from London's Connaught Rooms. In 2009, the ceremony was held for the first time in Glasgow. Prior to that, it had been held in London. In 2011, the ceremony returned for a second time to Scotland. The awards then moved to Leeds for the first time in 2015 and returned there in 2017 before going on hiatus the following year. In 2020 it was confirmed it would be returning later that year, however for the first time ever it would be live streamed on YouTube. For the first time, Sheffield hosted in 2024 with Newcastle announced as th ...
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Musical Groups Disestablished In 2022
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Sons Of Kemet
Sons of Kemet were a British jazz band formed by Shabaka Hutchings, Oren Marshall, Seb Rochford, and Tom Skinner (drummer), Tom Skinner. Theon Cross replaced Marshall on tuba after the first album, and Eddie Hick replaced Rochford on drums after the third. They disbanded in 2022.PitchforkSons of Kemet Breaking Up After Final Shows , Pitchfork accessdate: May 23, 2023 Career The band used saxophone and clarinet (Hutchings), tuba (Cross), and two drummers (Skinner, Hick) to make their music and played a mixture of jazz, rock, Caribbean music, Caribbean folk, and African music. On 9 September 2013 in jazz, 2013, Sons of Kemet released their debut album ''Burn (Sons of Kemet album), Burn'', which received the Arts Desk Album of the Year 2013 and a nomination for Gilles Peterson's Album of the Year. Their next album ''Lest We Forget What We Came Here to Do'' received the same nomination for the year 2015. The band won Best Jazz Act at the 2013 MOBO Awards. On 30 March 2018, Impu ...
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Lest We Forget What We Came Here To Do
''Lest We Forget What We Came Here to Do'' is the second studio album by British jazz band Sons of Kemet. The album was released on by Naim label. Reception Simon Spreyer of AllMusic wrote, " Lest We Forget... had a tough act to follow, and in many ways this album picks up where Burn left off. Similar themes are explored but with added focus, a heightened interdependence on each other as group improvisers that makes this record feel like a rich progression. Hopefully there's more to come – the conviction of their collective sound, not to mention their popularity amongst fans not typically interested in jazz, suggests further exploration of this path could yield even more exciting results." Selwyn Harris of ''Jazzwise'' stated, "Compared to the effects-laden, dub-like studio production on ''Burn'', ''Lest We Forget...'' benefits from a pared down, earthy ‘live’ feel although it also gains from the kind of sonic precision associated with contemporary beats and electronica in ...
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Oren Marshall
Sons of Kemet were a British jazz band formed by Shabaka Hutchings, Oren Marshall, Seb Rochford, and Tom Skinner. Theon Cross replaced Marshall on tuba after the first album, and Eddie Hick replaced Rochford on drums after the third. They disbanded in 2022.PitchforkSons of Kemet Breaking Up After Final Shows , Pitchfork accessdate: May 23, 2023 Career The band used saxophone and clarinet (Hutchings), tuba (Cross), and two drummers (Skinner, Hick) to make their music and played a mixture of jazz, rock, Caribbean folk, and African music. On 9 September 2013, Sons of Kemet released their debut album ''Burn'', which received the Arts Desk Album of the Year 2013 and a nomination for Gilles Peterson's Album of the Year. Their next album ''Lest We Forget What We Came Here to Do'' received the same nomination for the year 2015. The band won Best Jazz Act at the 2013 MOBO Awards. On 30 March 2018, Impulse! released the band's third album, '' Your Queen Is a Reptile''. It was nomi ...
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The Observer
''The Observer'' is a British newspaper published on Sundays. First published in 1791, it is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper. In 1993 it was acquired by Guardian Media Group Limited, and operated as a sister paper to ''The Guardian'' and '' The Guardian Weekly''. In December 2024, Tortoise Media acquired the paper from the Scott Trust Limited, with the transition taking place on 22 April 2025. History Origins The first issue was published on 4 December 1791 by W.S. Bourne, making ''The Observer'' the world's oldest Sunday newspaper. Believing that the paper would be a means of wealth, Bourne instead soon found himself facing debts of nearly £1,600. Though early editions purported editorial independence, Bourne attempted to cut his losses and sell the title to the government. When this failed, Bourne's brother (a wealthy businessman) made an offer to the government, which also refused to buy the paper but agreed to subsidise it in return for influence over its editori ...
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Kitty Empire
Kitty Empire (born 1970) is a British writer and music critic, currently writing for ''The Observer''. Early life Empire says that she was born in Montreal, Quebec, in 1970 and brought up in Canada, Italy and Egypt before arriving in Britain in 1988. She studied at Wadham College, Oxford, and Thames Valley University before working as a stage door-keeper for the Royal Shakespeare Company and London's Barbican Theatre. Empire describes herself as a feminist. Career Empire began writing about music at the ''NME'' in 1995, continuing for seven years. In 2002, she became pop critic for ''The Observer''. She has also contributed to a variety of publications and broadcasts such as ''Elle'' (US), GQ, Radio 4's ''Woman's Hour'', '' Newsnight Review'', '' Uncut'' and ''The Scotsman''. In 2008, she served as a judge for the Mercury Music Prize and she is a guest judge for the 2022 ''Observer'' / Anthony Burgess Prize for Arts Journalism. Empire also featured on 5Live, BBC 6Music, and ...
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Pitchfork (website)
''Pitchfork'' (formerly ''Pitchfork Media'') is an American online music magazine founded in 1996 by Ryan Schreiber in Minneapolis. It originally covered alternative and independent music, and expanded to cover genres including pop, hip-hop, jazz and metal. ''Pitchfork'' is one of the most influential music publications to have emerged in the internet age. In the 2000s, ''Pitchfork'' distinguished itself from print media through its unusual editorial style, frequent updates and coverage of emerging acts. It was praised as passionate, authentic and unique, but criticized as pretentious, mean-spirited and elitist, playing into stereotypes of the cynical hipster. It is credited with popularizing acts such as Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene, Bon Iver and Sufjan Stevens. ''Pitchfork'' relocated to Chicago in 1999 and Brooklyn, New York, in 2011. It expanded with projects including the annual Pitchfork Music Festival (launched in Chicago in 2006), the video site ''Pitchf ...
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Black To The Future (Sons Of Kemet Album)
''Black to the Future'' is the fourth and final studio album by British jazz group Sons of Kemet. It was released via Impulse! Records on 14 May 2021 to widespread critical acclaim from music critics. Critical reception The album received widespread acclaim from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 84, based on 16 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave the album a 8.6 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus. Accolades Track listing Personnel Credits adapted from ''Mojo'' review. Sons of Kemet * Theon Crosstuba *Shabaka Hutchingstenor saxophone, woodwinds * Tom Skinnerpercussion *Edward Wakili-Hickpercussion Additional musicians *Steve Williamsontenor saxophone *Joshua Idehenvocals * Angel Bat Dawidvocals *Moor Mothervocals *D Double Evocals *Kojey Radicalvocals *Lianne La Havas Lianne Charlotte Vla ...
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