In These Times LP + MP3 bundle

In These Times LP + MP3 bundleIn These Times, the new album by percussionist, producer, and composer Makaya McCraven, has been in process since 2015. Its the album McCravens been trying to make since he started making records, an appropriately career defining body of work. The eleven song suite was created over seven plus years, as McCraven strived to fuse odd meter compositions from his working songbook with orchestral, large ensemble arrangements and the edit heavy organic beat

the planet itselfan appeal for greater awareness

it sounds effortless

produced and mixed by John Dieterich

The Unity Sessions is taken from a filmed performance with Pat Metheny Unity Group—Chris Potter on sax and bass clarinet

On the album

offered the band one thing they could rely on: making music together

available now—as well as previously released covers of Jefferson Airplane’s “White Rabbit” and Olivia Rodrigo’s “good 4 u

"We hope this recording brings you some of the joy you may have been missing until the next time we can all be together

The Tony Award–winning Broadway show Illinoise: A New Musical features music and lyrics by Sufjan Stevens based on his album Illinois

Uncut calls it "excellent

" says Songlinges

who shifts here from his previous norm of re-working traditional folk songs and presents nine wholly original compositions