In a time when big name acts of previous decades fill stadiums with their comeback tours, relentless nostalgia has become an industry of its own. The familiarities of the past providing a sort of cultural comfort blanket. There’s nothing inherently wrong with a bit of nostalgia, but mining an earlier era as an artistic source, can quickly put an artist in a particular bracket.
Singer-songwriter and all-round jazztronica sensation Anna Stubbs aka Kinzoogianna joyously avoids the pitfalls of retro-ism with The Clique of ’86, her second solo effort. On this fun and deeply gratifying set of tracks, she couples forward-looking contemporary jazz with a multitude of ’80s styles and sonic inflections to deliver a musical experience that is tongue…
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