Where the magazine speaks for itself. Editor's letters on how music gets made, heard, and valued — the ideas the rest of City Jam is built on.
Short first listens. A new track, a piece of gear, one technique — discovery, sound first, no bio and no numbers.
One track, pulled apart to the single decision that carries it. The purest sound-over-image piece we run, with the audio to hear it.
The long profile, written from inside the making. Independent artists judged on the work, never the image.
Interviews that stay on craft — the makers who write the songs and the players who play on the records, in their own words.
A city or community heard, not ranked. From anywhere in the world, because the room has no postcode.
Reviews the City Jam way: by ear alone, no scores, honest about what works and what doesn't.
How it's actually done. Technique, production, and the business of being independent — mastery first, jargon translated.
The closing beat. A short piece to send you off wanting to make something of your own.
What's moving in the world of making music — gear, tools, rights, and the maker economy. Craft-first. Never charts, never gossip.
