UKNY for June 12

Releasing their debut album, You Can't Steal My Joy, in 2019, Ezra Collective is one of the best-known  jazz collectives in the UK. The group, led by drummer Femi Koleoso, has now signed to Partisan Records and released a new single, which we'll hear on tonight's "UKNY" at 11 p.m.

And speaking of fast-rising British jazz artists, London vocalist Ego Ella May leads with the first single from the forthcoming Blue Note Re:Imagined II, another collection of covers of classics by a new generation of UK-based artists.

Plus, spiky fresh singles from Hull's Low Hummer, Manchester's HANN, Nottingham's Divorce, and the effervescent French group Hyphen Hyphen, who'll be making their U.S. debut at SummerState in Central Park on June 21.

British and global releases on "UKNY," Sundays from 11 p.m.-midnight on 90.7, streaming online and available in the Weekend Archives after broadcast.

Songs played:

1. Mush, “Northern Safari,” Down Tools
2. Low Hummer, “Talk Shows,” single
3. Ezra Collective, “Victory Dance,” single
4. (Calabar, NG-London, UK) Obongjayar, “Sugar,” Some Nights I Dream of Doors
5. Porij, “Lose Our Minds,” single
6. (Stockhold, SE-Chicago, IL) Neneh Cherry, “Buddy X (Honey Dijon Rework),” The Versions
7. Ego Ella May, “The Morning Side of Love (Chico Hamilton cover)” Blue Note Re:Imagined II
8. Abbie Ozard, “Rose Tinted,” Water Based Lullabies EP
9. HANN, “My Mum Was Nico’s Driver,” single
10. (Melbourne, AU) Courtney Barnett, “I’ll Be Your Mirror (Velvet Underground cover),” I’ll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute to the Velvet Underground and Nico
11. Divorce, “Pretty,” Single
12. Belle and Sebastian, “A Bit of Previous,” single
13. (Nice, FR) Hyphen Hyphen, “Don’t Wait for Me,” single
14. Gwenno, “Tresor,” Tresor