Gil Scott-Heron and Makaya McCraven – We're New Again: a Reimagining by Makaya McCraven – New LP

Released the same day (07 Feb 2020) as the 10th anniversary edition of I'm New Here.   Bold, brave and never brazen, whatever you want to call it, the result is clearly amazing (and any negative connotations associated with the word brazen is just the pale king and queen trying to keep people down so they can stay on top...stay bold, and gold as Stevland Wonder and face every morning brave and brazen), this recording clearly deeply respectful and timely for so many reasons, wonderful presentation of Scott-Heron’s final statements from a decade ago, this recording just issued, featuring a group of some of Chitown’s finest (Jeff Parker, Brandee Younger, Junius Paul) huddled tight like brothers on the brick when the Hawk swoops down off Lake Michigan in December, with lots of others contributing to this reimagining, McCraven the master keeping Gil Scott-Heron’s voices and visions upfront. -- winch (green noise records)   Pitchfork: "Scott-Heron's final album, 2010’s I’m New Here, was a