Trombonist Tom Green has been exerting a wholesome influence for the good on the UK jazz scene for some years now: as well as creating employment opportunities for his fellow young jazz artists by pursuing a busy schedule as bandleader and arranger, he’s joint boss of the Spark! label whose mission statement is ‘to support emerging jazz and creative music artists’: this is the second release for his own septet, with a line-up populated by an impressive array of bandleaders, composers and performers and fellow Royal Academy graduates who are also personal friends: and 20% of proceeds are to go to various charities dedicated to restoring the forests across the world.

On April 24th, three-time Grammy Award winner Lucinda Williams unabashedly takes on some of the human, social and political issues of our day with her boldest and most direct album to date, Good Souls Better Angels. During the course of her celebrated four-decade, pioneering career Williams has never rested on her laurels as she continues to push herself as a songwriter. On Good Souls Better Angels, she has much she needs to get out. In 2014 and 2015, Williams released two critically acclaimed double albums back to back with Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone and The Ghosts Of Highway 20, respectively.

This album was recorded in the Sala dell'Ermellino — Casa della Musica in Milano in November 2019.

Over the last few years Belgian artist Milow has emerged as one of Europe’s most exciting young talents: a plugged-in singer-songwriter with the ability to touch a crowd and the pop know-how required to make great records.