Strut Records and Art Yard present a compilation bringing together the modern era recordings of Tribe, Detroit’s acclaimed independent jazz collective.

Tribe began as a musical ensemble in 1971 co-founded by Saxophonist Wendell Harrison and trombonist Phil Ranelin that soon expanded into a broad amalgam including a live collective and independent record label. Ignored for a long time by the mainstream, pathfinder label Strut attempts to correct this by putting their jazz fusion back in stores.

The ‘Hometown’ compilation places the spotlight on the later era of Tribe and Rebirth Inc., with rare and previously unreleased recordings from Harrison’s WenHa / Rebirth Studios and the SereNgeti Gallery And Cultural Center.

Hometown: Detroit Sessions 1990-2014, out November 8th via Strut. Discover the artwork below and pre-order the album now.

Serbian roots reggae band Soulcraft, led by lead-singer Ras Mc Bean, release their third single ‘Time Is Money’ from their current album ‘Reggae On A Mission’. The band plans a tour across the Balkan region during November, and the first of many upcoming performances is scheduled for November 29^th in Belgrade, Serbia.

"This song represents a satire on our modern capitalist society and the fast pace of modern life. Ras Mc Bean & Soulcraft entered 'Studio Blaze' in Belgrade during July 2019 to record a live session, and the song 'Time Is Money' was chosen as a third single and our next video release”, said Slobodan Djukic, the band’s guitarist..

Slobodan Djukic, guitarist, and Vladimir Krkljus, keyboardist, wrote the music for ‘Time is Money’ during the preparation of the album ‘Reggae On A Mission’, mid-summer 2017, while lead-singer Ras Mc Bean is the author of the lyrics. The video was shot in summer 2019 by Boris Usanovic and Vasil Vasev, and edited by Adriana Tanaskovic and Janko Pjesivac.

Soulcraft was founded in 2013 by prominent Belgrade musicians Dejan Utvar (drummer), Vladimir Krkljus (keyboardist), Slobodan Djukic (guitarist) and Damjan Cirilovic (bassist), and released two albums along with trombonist and lead-singer Hornsman Coyote: ‘Hornsman Coyote and Soulcraft’ in 2014 and ‘Safe Planet’ in 2016.

In May 2018, the band teamed up with reggae singer Ras Mc Bean from Guyana, currently living in Paris, France, to prepare and release the album ‘Reggae On A Mission’ for the record label Ammonite Records, from which two songs and videos stood out - ‘Boots Tracks’ and ‘Give Thanks For Life’

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Tyler, the Creator thinks he was treated like a "terrorist" by former UK Prime Minister Theresa May.

The 28-year-old rapper was banned from entering the country in 2015 by the then-Home Secretary after he was accused of encouraging violence and homophobia through his lyrics.

Reflecting on the incident, Tyler joked: "She's gone, so I'm back." According to Tyler, it took many lawyers and letters, as well as time and money, before he was allowed to return to the UK.

And the chart-topping star remains angry about the way he was treated.

He told the Guardian newspaper: "Then you get the official thumbs up. It was like: damn, finally, but it was so stupid to have to endure that. I got treated like a terrorist. Yeah. I got treated like I was a murderer."

In fact, at one stage, Tyler decided he simply didn't have the desire to return to the UK.

He shared: "It was kind of stupid, and after a while I was like: I don't even want to come back. But it was more the principle of: 'Y'all really did this, over this? In comparison to other s**t people do, that y'all let in?' So I'm happy that I got back. I feel like I won some invisible fight."

Asked whether the length of the ban - which was three to five years - came as a surprise, he added: "Yeah, it surprised me. But then I remembered - I'm dark-skinned, so, ahh, all right, I get it. I mean, I don't point my finger at that at first, but I looked at every outcome and I looked at every option. "And after doing that six times, then you say, OK, what's the difference between everyone else and me? And then you land on that."