International Anthem

'Pink Dolphins' is a major new step for ANTELOPER - a duo consisting of Jaimie Branch (Fly or Die, Exploding Star Orchestra, TV On The Radio, Matana Roberts, William Parker, etc) on trumpet & synths plus Jason Nazary (Helado Negro, Bear In Heaven, Little

Jeff Parker's Forfolks – a new album of solo guitar works – features interpretations of Thelonious Monk's "Ugly Beauty" and the standard "My Ideal," plus six original compositions including "Four Folks" (a tune first written by Parker and recorded in 1995

Chicago comes good again with both volumes of Jaimie Branch’s 2017/2019 sessions ‘Fly or Die Live’ repackaged as one deadly showcase of her ensemble, lead by her trumpet and vocals. “There is a moment near the top of jaimie branch’s FLY or DIE LIVE, the n

Best known as a multi-instrumental member of Tortoise and a pillar of the Chicago jazz and experimental music scene, Jeff Parker has been incomparably prolific over the last 20+ years while merely producing 5 albums as a “lead artist” (just 2 since 2005,

Coloured wax version! “A telepathic Afro-Caribbean improvisational DUO” as they’ve dubbed themselves, Aquiles Navarro & Tcheser Holmes are also known as 2/5 of the revolutionary free jazz quintet Irreversible Entanglements. Navarro – a protégé of Carlos G

Panama-born, Chicago-based drummer Daniel Villarreal is known to many for his work in Dos Santos, Wild Belle, The Los Sundowns, Valebol Rudy de Anda, and many more. He’s one of the busiest players on the Chicago scene. If you’re in the Windy City, find hi

A definitive new peak in the recorded continuum of prolific producer/percussionist Carlos Niño, elegantly presented in his unique “Spiritual, Improvisational, Space Collage” style. Featuring contributions from more than a dozen exciting voices from the cr

Over the course of 3 days in London, drummer/producer Makaya McCraven connected with first time collaborators (Theon Cross, Nubya Garcia, Joe Armon-Jones, Soweto Kinch, Ashley Henry, Daniel Casimir and Kamaal Williams) and did 2 improvised performances as

In late 2018, long-time collaborators Carlos Niño & Miguel Atwood-Ferguson flew to Chicago to participate in the album release performance of Makaya McCraven’s Universal Beings. The night afterward, International Anthem hosted a performance for the duo at

Though he invited in collaborators for this project, Jeff Parker is very much a solo artist on Suite for Max Brown. He constructs a digital bed of beats and samples; lays down tracks of his own on guitar, keyboards, bass, percussion, and occasionally voic

GOLD, the follow-up to Alabaster DePlume's widely-acclaimed, 2020-released cinematic instrumental LP To Cy & Lee: Instrumentals Vol. 1, introduces the world to the artist’s truest self. That is... though DePlume’s now known across the globe as the saxopho

Damon Locks & Black Monument Ensemble's previous album, their 2018 debut Where Future Unfolds, had a best new music in Pitchfork, was a "Top 50 Album of the Year" in Wire Magazine, and was BBC DJ Gilles Peterson's unequivocal "Favorite Album of the Year."

Angel Bat Dawid & Tha Brothahood's LIVE was recorded in Berlin, Germany, during JazzFest Berlin 2019. It was the first show of Angel's first European tour. Angel and her band experienced several instances of racially-charged mistreatment over the two days

Highlights from bassist Dezron Douglas and harpist Brandee Younger's legendary lockdown live stream brunch sessions, recorded between March and June, 2020, at their apartment in Harlem, New York.

Alabaster DePlume is a London-based bandleader, composer, saxophonist, activist and orator. Whilst much of his music contains vocals, this is a collection of instrumentals. The music of To Cy & Lee... contains naturally elegant orchestration wrapped aroun

Irreversible Entanglements' third full-length album Open the Gates is ethereal shards of jagged onyx, a melancholic exploration of the post-colonial debris that surrounds us. Let's watch and listen, as this platter snakes through the sandy ashes of possib

City of Mirrors is a bold new collection of music from Chicago-based alt-Latinx band Dos Santos, which is comprised of bandleader/singer/lyricst/guitarist/keyboardist Alex Chavez, drummer Daniel Villarreal, percussionist Peter "Maestro" Vale, bassist Jaim

Coming 6 months after the release of their debut single "Escalator" (which BBC's Gilles Peterson called "a winner") is Resavoir's first full-length album. The self-titled collection is a juicy suite of elegantly-orchestrated lo-fi jazz instrumentals, reca

Polychromatic low tone poems, free-form funk flight & Great Black Music turn the page to a brand new chapter in the Chicago sound.