Butcher Brown’s Letters from the Atlantic has landed. The band has guests Yaya Bey, Victoria Victoria, Leanor Wolf, Nicholas Payton, and more to their Solar Music followup. LFTA is hazy and atmospheric but still very much grounded in earthier grooves from their jazz, funk, soul, and hip-hop roots. They evenContinue Reading
Butcher Brown shares the spacey “Ibiza” from their next album, Letters From The Atlantic. The instrumental single builds tension with subtle percussion and ambient keys interspersed with a floaty saxophone. “Ibiza” is part of the band’s announcement for the new album, which takes its inspiration from jazz, soul, rock, funk,Continue Reading
Butcher Brown returns with the funky jazz of “Montrose Forest,” featuring Nicholas Payton. The Richmond, Virginia, band laid down a warm and soulful offering that has guitar work reminiscent of Wes Montgomery that supports Payton’s bluesy trumpet solo. The single is a tribute to a studio in the woods ofContinue Reading
Butcher Brown’s Solar Music is the next phase of their jazz-based exploration into Black pop. The Richmond, Virginia band’s musical inclusiveness is the central inspiration of the new album. The title refers back to the saying “Everything under the sun.” The band’s creative choices have a long lineage going backContinue Reading