Bribes 4 - The Sky Is Crying (2024) [Hi-Res]

The quartet Bribes 4 returns with The Sky Is Crying, an innovative project exploring the roots of the blues through ultra-modern improvisations inspired by legends like Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday. Originally a duo with Geoffroy Gesser (saxophone) and Romain Clerc-Renaud (keyboards), the group evolved into a quartet with drummer Yann Joussein and now collaborates with vocalist Linda Oláh. Revisiting 1920s blues archives, they blend free jazz, post-rock, and blues in a sound rich in poetic and political resonance, drawing inspiration from Angela Davis's Blues Legacies and Black Feminism.

Tracklist:
1-1. Bribes 4 - Josie 2 (03:09)
1-2. Bribes 4 - Deep Song (04:30)
1-3. Bribes 4 - He's Got Me Goin' (03:41)
1-4. Bribes 4 - Chain Gang Blues (04:53)
1-5. Bribes 4 - Gloomy Sunday (02:57)
1-6. Bribes 4 - I'll get by (02:44)
1-7. Bribes 4 - Weepin' Willow Blues (04:14)
1-8. Bribes 4 - Broken Soul Blues (04:18)
1-9. Bribes 4 - Strange Fruit (04:57)