Chapter Two: Nia The Rolling Stones benefits from a modest sense

benefits from a modest sense of scale

Snare-uh Wilson (drums) and Brandon Pittman (bass) make up CHEW

The songs on this album sound so fresh they could have been recorded today while also retaining the feel of the best post-Tropicalia work of 70's Brazil

ICBINCB radiates with a sort-of offbeat charisma

an auspicious trait for what is essentially a debut

Chapter Two: Nia The Rolling Stones benefits from a modest senseStrut releases a reissued Afrocentric album, 'Chapter Two: Nia' from 1974, on Strata East. Bandleader James "Plunky" Branch explains their move from San Francisco to New York in July 1972 and to Richmond, Virginia in 1974 to create a new creative environment. Their second album, Chapter Two: Nia, features black nationalistic poetry and a cover of Pharoah Sanders' 'Black Unity.' After relocating to the South, Juju incorporates trap drums and a