Patrick Corcoran

Dec 1, 2024 | albumism.com | Patrick Corcoran

[As an Amazon affiliate partner, Albumism earns commissions from qualifying purchases.]Michael KiwanukaSmall ChangesPolydorListen Below Five years on from his self-titled Mercury Prize-winning album KIWANUKA (2019), UK singer-songwriter Michael Kiwanuka returns with his fourth album Small Changes. As titles go, it is right on the money too. Returning on co-writing and production duties are Danger Mouse and Inflo and the string arrangements once more come courtesy of Rosie Danvers.

Oct 17, 2024 | albumism.com | Patrick Corcoran

[As an Amazon affiliate partner, Albumism earns commissions from qualifying purchases.] Happy 45th Anniversary to Prince’s eponymous second studio album Prince, originally released October 19, 1979. Five months and $170,000 is a lot of time and money to put into a debut album for a self-produced artist who is still a teenager. It’s even more when the record doesn’t deliver a hit.

Oct 12, 2024 | albumism.com | Patrick Corcoran

[As an Amazon affiliate partner, Albumism earns commissions from qualifying purchases.]MustafaDunyaJagjaguwarListen Below Mustafa’s second album Dunya is largely a simple, straightforward affair without bells, whistles or many other extravagances. It is, at its heart, a man with a guitar singing songs of love and loss. There are, undoubtedly, sprinkles of other things, but the power of this album comes from its simplicity. It might seem harsh to say, but his voice is simple too.

Oct 12, 2024 | albumism.com | Patrick Corcoran

[As an Amazon affiliate partner, Albumism earns commissions from qualifying purchases.]Nubya GarciaOdysseyConcord JazzListen Below The more you listen to what can be labelled as jazz music, the more you realize that jazz is all encompassing and limitless in its scope. In a 1997 interview, Nina Simone famously and righteously bristled at the prospect of being labelled a jazz singer.

Oct 4, 2024 | albumism.com | Patrick Corcoran

[As an Amazon affiliate partner, Albumism earns commissions from qualifying purchases.]Lynda Dawn11th HourFirst Dawn RecordsBuy via Bandcamp | Listen BelowRead our interview with Lynda Dawn here Lynda Dawn’s well-received debut EP At First Light was released in 2019, but this promising start was cut off at the knees by the global pandemic and prompted her to re-evaluate her process and undertake a music production course.