Greetings!

I managed to fend off my possessed new Basset Hound puppy for a few hours to bring you the next episode. He is adorable … sometimes 😈

But will I ever focus again? 🤔

As always, feedback is oxygen. So please write back, either below or on socials @amarofpatel. Which artists caught your ear? Which gigs have you been to? Who is Moonbeam Levels material?

How do you get a hound to stop sniffing and start listening?

News flash: I will be going monthly from April on my local radio station, run by Sister Midnight, who are opening Lewisham’s first community-owned music venue.

Proud to be a board director there. We have a shared purpose and the twin messages of cooperation and mutual benefit are resonating across the borough. F*ck capitalism. Join us.

SMFM did a special day of live broadcasts last weekend at RONS Coffee House in Peckham. I steered a discussion about public architecture in Catford, how to build community in bricks and mortar in Lewisham, and why we should adapt more of what’s already here. Listen back.

Writers can/should voice their opinion beyond the page so you will be hearing more of me in your ears … if you like.

Stay close 👐🏾

A

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V/Z – Tobu Reprise [Offen Music]

DANIEL BLUMBERG – Overture (Ship) [Milan]

GREGORY UHLMANN, JOSH JOHNSON & SAM WILKES – Rewinded [International Anthem]

KIRAN KAI – Ramps [30940]

ROBERTA FLACK – I Can See The Sun In Late December [Atlantic] A few words on Roberta 🕊

EVERYTHING IS RECORDED – The Meadows [featuring Roses Gabor, Kamasi and Ricky Washington) [XL]

ANGIE STONE – Everyday [Arista] Memorial service 🕊

JAMES BRANDON LEWIS – Prince Eugene [Anti-]

MARSHALL ALLEN – Angels And Demons At Play [Week-End]

PEBBLES – Positive Vibrations [Disciples]

CYMANDE – Coltrane (Crooked Man remix) [BMG]Who are Cymande?

Q LAZZARUS – Heaven [Sacred Bones]More about the documentary

CAN – Brighton 75 Zwei (live) [Mute/Spoon]

ESKA – Down Here [Earthling]In-store performancesThe journey so far…

DEAN BLUNT & ELIAS RØNNENFELT – 3 [World Music]

T-FIRE – Son of An African [Old Boy]

ESG – Keep On Moving [Fire]

N’DAMBI – Call Me (Yam Who Rework) 🕊More about Andy Williams aka Yam Who

MAC MILLER – 5 Dollar Pony Rides [Warner]Balloonerism – a story in many parts

LARRY JUNE, 2CHAINZ & THE ALCHEMIST – Munyon Canyon [Empire]

MIKE – You’re The Only One Watching [10K]

LEWIS PARKER – Walk in the Sky [Boombap Relickz]David Kane’s What Do You Call It? From The Grass Roots to the Golden Era of UK Rap 📗

BLAK TWANG – Queen’s Head (featuring Roots Manuva) [Sound of Money]

TY – The Tale [Big Dada]

ROOTS MANUVA – Strange Behaviour [Big Dada]

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