Following are additional albums released December 2020 and January 2021 across multiple genres—some will be reviewed in future issues of Black Grooves.
Blues, Folk, Country
Skylar Rogers: Firebreather (dig)
Broadway, Sountracks
Devonté Hyne: We Are Who We Are (OST) (Sony)
Griselda and BSF: Conflicted OST (Griselda)
Kamasi Washington: Becoming OST (Young Turks)
Marisha Wallace: Tomorrow (Decca)
Funk, Rock, Pop, House, Electronic
Arlo Parks: Collapsed In Sunbeams (Transgressive)
Craig Charles: Trunk of Funk Vol. 1 (K7)
Lonnie Holley: National Freedom (vinyl) (Jagjaguwar)
Mike Dunn: Defected Presents House Masters (vinyl) (Defected)
Gospel, Spirituals, CCM
Mica Paris: Gospel (East West)
Jazz
Bill Evans: Live at Ronnie Scott’s (Resonance)
Bubbha Thomas: Life & Times…(reissue) (Tidal Waves)
Cleveland Eaton: Plenty Good Eaton (Remastered Ed.) (Real Gone)
Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger: Force Majeure (International Anthem)
George Coleman Quintet: In Baltimore (Reel to Real)
Leon Lee Dorsey: Thank You Mr. Mabern (Jazz Avenue)
Lon Moshe & Southern Freedom Arkestra: Love Is Where The Spirit Lies (Black Fire/Strut)
Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo: El Arte Del Bolero (digital) (Miel Music)
Monty Alexander: Love You Madly: Live at Bubba’s (Resonance)
Santi Debriano: Flash of the Spirit (Truth Revolution)
Sonny Rollins: Rollins In Holland: The 1967 Studio & Live Recordings (Resonance)
The Dave Brubeck Quartet: Time OutTakes (Brubeck Editions)
Various: Our New Orleans (Expanded Edition) (Nonesuch)
William Parker: Migration of Silence Into and Out of The Tone World (Vol. 1-10) (Centering)
R&B, Soul
Alycia Bella: Muse (dig) (Hurt People)
Baby Washington: A Handful Of Memories 1956-1962 (Jasmine)
Beyonce: Homecoming: The Live Album (4 LP set) (Columbia)
Billy Eckstine: Collection 1947-62 (Acrobat)
Boulevards (ft. Blake Rhein): Brother! (vinyl) (Normaltown)
Clarence ”Gatemouth” Brown: Rocks (Bear Family)
Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio: I Told You So (Colemine)
Demae: Life Works Out Usually (vinyl) (Touching Bass)
dsvn: Amusing Her Feelings (dig)
Four Knights: Collection 1946-59 (Acrobat)
Jazmine Sullivan: Heaux Tales (RCA)
Jimmy Rushing: Do You Wanna Jump, Children? 1937-1946 (Jasmine)
Jones Girls: We’re a Melody–The Essential Jones Girls (Real Gone)
Lee Fields & the Expressions: Big Crown Vaults, Vol. 1 (Big Crown)
Marvin Gaye: Funky Nation: The Detroit Instrumentals (dig) (Uni/Motown)
Pete Rock: Petestrumentals 3 (Tru Soul)
Sharon Musgrave: Jewelweed EP (dig)
VanJess: Homegrown EP (Cool/RCA)
Rap & Hip Hop
2nd Generation Wu: Hereditary (dig)
Aminé: Limbo (Deluxe Ed.) (Republic)
Beatchild: Nostalgia: Beats of 2008 – 2020 (BBE)
BlackMayo: OMO (On My Own) (dig) (Slaughter Gang Ent.)
Bun B and Le$: Distant (Striker Life/Closed Sessions)
CJ Fly: The Way I H(ear) It
Dee Mula: Respect (dig)
Doe B: The Last Definition of a Trapper (dig)
Drakeo the Ruler: Because Y’all Asked (dig)
Erick the Architect: Future Proof (dig)
Fredo Bang: In The Name Of Gee (Still Most Hated) (dig) (Def Jam)
G Perico: Welcome to the Land (dig)
J Stone: The Definition of Pain (dig)
Jody Lo: I Will Not Break the Scale (dig)
Johnny Cinco: North (Sakreligious)
JPEGMAFIA: EP! (EQT/Republic)
Kazi & Madlib: Blackmarket Seminar (CD reissue) (Below Systems)
Key! and Tony Seltzer: The Alpha Jerk (dig)
Kid Cudi: Man On The Moon III: The Chosen (Republic)
Kota the Friend: Lyrics to Go Vol. 2 (dig) (Fltbys LLC)
KRS-One: Between Da Protests (dig)
Lo Village: Lost in America EP (dig)
Madlib: Sound Ancestors (dig)
Pacman Da Gunman & Yhung T.O.: Lord Knows (dig)
Peewee Longway: Longway Sinatra 2 (dig) (Empire)
Philmore Greene: The Survival Scroll (dig)
Pink Siifu & Fly Anakin: Flysiifu’s (Lex)
Rayne Storm: Uptown Baby (Monopolyhouse)
Shordie Shordie and Murda Beatz: Memory Lane (dig)
Smoke DZA, NYM LO & Jayy Grams: R.F.C (Money Is the Motive), Pt. 1 (dig)
Taylor J: Still Ballin (dig) (Scenious Ent.)
TH1RT3EN (Pharoahe Monch, Daru Jones & Marcus Machado): A Magnificent Day For An Exorcism (Fat Beats)
UnoTheActivist: Unoverse (dig)
YG Teck: Undeniable (dig)
Young Dolph: Rich Sex (dig) (Paper Route)
Reggae, Latin, International
Afronauts: Africans from Outta Space (dig) (The Good Times)
Alostmen: Kologo (Strut)
Bob Marley & The Wailers: Complete Island Recordings [11 CD Box Set] (Tuff Gong)
Bob Marley & The Wailers: Songs of Freedom: The Island Years [Box Set] (Tuff Gong)
Buju Banton: Til Shiloh 25th Anniversary Edition [2 LP]
Nahawa Doumbia: Kanawa (Awesome Tapes From Africa)
Sly & Robbie: Red Hills Road (dig)
Stellio: L’etoile de la Musique Creole 1932-1938 (reissue) (Fremeaux Heritage)
The Tennors: Do the Reggay Dance (reissue) (Sutro Park)
Various: When Jah Shall Come (Pressure Sounds)