Forfolks MAC1192LP artists such as Portico Quartet

artists such as Portico Quartet and Mammal Hands have developed imaginative improvisations that are as likely to include handpans and synths as saxophone or piano

When The Dust Settles is a personal and cathartic expression of grief

Thomas Morgan and Anders Christensen respectively on bass as well as drummers Joey Baron and Jorge Rossy

Sibusile Xaba and Iphupho likaBiko

It was important to me to go deeper and address not just tradition and culture

Forfolks MAC1192LP artists such as Portico QuartetJeff Parkers Forfolks a new album of solo guitar works was recorded by Graeme Gibson at Sholo Studio in Altadena, California (aka Jeffs house) over two days in June 2021. It includes interpretations of Thelonious Monks Ugly Beauty and the standard My Ideal, plus six original compositions including "Four Folks," "La Jete" (a tune he recorded with Tortoise in 1998), and four totally new loop driven, stratiform works that marry melodic improvisation with