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Nubya Garcia – ‘Source’ review: London saxophonist showcases city’s entire jazz spectrum on breathtaking debut
Stepping into the spotlight with a debut solo album, Nubya Garcia's skills as a saxophonist are only rivalled by her talent for composing

Nubya Garcia: Saxophonist embodies capital’s jazz community on spectacular solo debut
On her debut solo album 'Source', she leads her band on a mind-bending journey that shows off her versatility

Tkay Maidza – ‘Last Year Was Weird, Vol. 2’ review: boundless creativity takes the rapper to incredible heights
On her latest EP, Maidza offers a lethal mix of club-ready anthems and saccharine pop gems

Serpiko – ‘Sleep State’ review: mysterious funk-fuelled jazz odyssey
The mysterious artist's debut album 'Sleep State' is an intriguing mixture of funk and jazz-flecked electronica

Emma-Jean Thackray: Beat-laden jazz groovers to “move your body, mind and soul”
Thackray's new collection, ‘UM YANG 음 양’, brings together Taoist ideals with a genre-hopping fusion of jazz and electronic music

Juice WRLD – ‘Legends Never Die’ review: rapper’s legacy eclipsed on crowded posthumous album
Too bad this 21-track collection stutters and starts without Jarad Higgins at the helm

Summer Walker – ‘Life on Earth’ review: insightful break-up bangers from Atlanta’s R&B hero
Scarcely ten months after her breakout debut album, Summer Walker's latest examines the highs and lows of break-ups

Pop Smoke – ‘Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon’ review: Brooklyn rapper’s posthumous debut matches rising star’s ambition
The late Brooklyn drill star's first album has been completed with care and attention

Denai Moore – ‘Modern Dread’ review: gifted vocalist showcases signs of gentle evolution
The high points on Moore's third album can get lost within the record's vast and veering structure

Khruangbin – ‘Mordechai’ review: newfound candour from psychedelic music’s low-key superstars
The Houston heroes have spent a decade quietly crate-digging and pushing the boundaries

Arca – ‘KiCk i’ review: a new high watermark for the wildly innovative producer’s experimental pop
The Venezuelan producer's singular project boasts an all-star cast including Rosalia and Bjork

Wiley – ‘Godfather III’ review: grime hero (allegedly) bows out with a career-spanning ode to the genre
This cinematic sequel sees the MC revisit the touchstones that made him so essential in the first place