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New on Shfl, February 2026

Phil Freeman on Free Jazz Orchestras

The seeming contradiction of the “free jazz orchestra” is what gives its music such power. How can one ask eighteen or twenty musicians, each committed to the principle of unfettered, highly individ...

3 months ago
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New on Shfl, January 2026

Happy New Year everyone! Usually we do an EOY list round about now but time got away from us. Maybe next month? Or even March. Or maybe we’ll skip it altogether. You’ll know shortly after we do!

Nate Patrin on The World of Kenny Dennis...

4 months ago
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New on Shfl, December 2025

Rick Anderson on Recomposition

We live in a time when originality is taken for granted as a prime virtue of artistic expression, in music as well as in most other art forms. But this hasn’t always been the case. In earlier centuries, c...

5 months ago
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New on Shfl, November 2025

Andy Beta on 1980s African Music

On the flip side, African artists themselves also emerged on the world stage like never before and found new audiences in the West. Much like Simon could hear a sound that evoked memories of his favorit...

6 months ago
2

New on Shfl, October 2025

Joe Muggs on Afro-House

At the time of writing, in 2025, “Afro-house” has become kind of codified as a very commercial strand of the global dance music economy. It means something smooth and lightly funky, full of signifiers of sunshin...

7 months ago
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