Grupo Fantasma, the ten-piece Latin orchestra best known for its blistering live sets and work with Prince, is back with its fifth album, the fiery El Existential. With horns blasting, guitars grooving, and special guests like the Meat Puppets’ Curt Kirkwood and Fania piano man Larry Harlow, El Existential is poised to top the massive success of GF’s last album, the Grammy-nominated Sonidos Gold.

El Existential is out now on Nat Geo Music. Pick it up here. Grab a free track here.

En route to some dates in Europe and Canada, GF will celebrate the album’s release at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City on July 20. Pick up tickets here.

Watch the band make El Existential below.

Free Track of the week entitled Hard Steppin’ by Ikebe Shakedown on Colemine Records. Enjoy!

This week we bring you a free track  called Gettin’ Down by the High-Fly Orchestra off of the Contemporary Jazz compilation on Tramp records. This compilation presents a fine selection of hand picked songs to show that creative minds are still on the planet that are committed to keeping Jazz alive.

This week we bring you Black Tiger, a track by Deep Jazz on Perfect Toy Records.

Following in the footsteps of the classic Impulse and Blue Note recordings, Deep Jazz is presenting Spiritual and Modal-Jazz of the highest intensity.

This week’s free track is brought to you by our friends at Blow Up Records with a tune from Big Boss Man, VIP 233, off their album Full English Breakfast. Funky, Soulful and coupled with feet-stomping percussion and breakdowns, this British trio continues to keep people moving.

The great Porter Records brings us the Free Track of the Week from the funky Sounds of Liberation. Look for their full-length album coming February 16 to Wax Poetics Digital.

Courtesy of Luaka Bop. Download it for free here.

Australian funk label, Mighty Highness Records, brings us the free track of the week, “Heroine,” a slow soul burner by Barkin’ Soul.

Like the Brotherman soundtrack before it (featured in Issue #38), Big Bad Jimmy Ruckus is a street-tough soundtrack for a film that never was. Freestyle Records artist Big Pimp Jones tells the story of ghetto-tough criminals and crooked cops through chapter tracks written in razorblade beats, funky guitars, and hilarious dialogue. Do like Big Pimp Jones: get your walk right with “Pimp Stroll,” for free today by clicking here.

Tommy T deserves a PhD in musicology. Beyond playing bass with New York-based gypsy/dub/punk band Gogol Bordello, he’s just released The Prester John Sessions, a solo album of funky Ethiopian folk music. With an emphasis on Ethiopian jazz and the wah-wah sound of the ’70s, “The Eighth Wonder” is sure to unwind your mind. Get your doctor recommended dose of Tommy T for free by clicking here.