European tours and repeat Newport bookings may seem improbable for someone who is only 25, but Wilkins has achieved these things on the strength of two superlative albums.
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Immanuel Wilkins doesn’t write jazz for the sound, and he doesn’t play it for the awards or the crowds. His quartet plays to become something more than a band on a stage they aim for something higher.
Weyes Blood: And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow Sub Pop (16/44.1, Qobuz). 2022. Natalie Mering and Jonathan Rado, prods.; Kenny Gilmore, eng. Performance Sonics "These songs may not be manifestos or solutions, but I know they shed light on the meaning of our contemporary disillusionment." So says singer-songwriter Natalie Mering about her latest album under the name Weyes Blood (pronounced like "wise," a tribute to a novel by Flannery O'Connor).