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Oh and Sorey aren t mere collaborators or accompanists; they re educators and composers in their own rights. Of Sorey s drumming, Iyer cites a life-sustaining kind of magic. And of Oh s bass playing, Her awareness of and relation to pulse, it s like micro-detail, he says. Those qualities and more can be found on Uneasy, the trio s first studio record, which drops April 9 on ECM Records. The album is a mix of topical material Children of Flint with Iyer originals ( Combat Breathing ) and standards ( Night and Day ) from deep in their wheelhouse. Most importantly, Iyer considers the pair to be his musical family; together, they re his stronghold through a racially and sociopolitically turbulent time. And with the tragic Atlanta spa shootings in the rearview, the cover where the three musicians names float around an out-of-focus Statue of Liberty is a side-eyed glance at what it means to be an American. ....
The spacey country-rock of NYC veteran singer/songwriter/guitarist Dusty Wright is simple on the surface but contains profound depths. The tongue-in-cheek optimism of “New Year Bliss” is more than balanced by plenty of darkness in a stretch of songs dealing with loss, politics, pain, and murder. It’s not easy listening if you pay attention to the lyrics, but it rewards that attention with catharsis. Though the thought experiment “Every Man’s Burden” hardly lightens up as the last track, its Stones-y slide guitar and rollicking groove nonetheless ensure the album ends on an up note. ....