ALEX HURST
When Georgia Anne Muldrow is on form, she can be searingly fine. But she seems to be phoning it in on the latest instalment of her freewheeling VWETO series. “Vweto” means “gravity” in Swahili and, while there’s little doubt that Muldrow is grounded, the LA singer’s meandering jazz-funk could do with some cosmic elevation from time to time. Like the earlier editions, III is a largely instrumental collection that demonstrates her beat-making prowess. When it’s good, she nails squiggly G-funk (“Boom Bap Is My Homegirl”, “Action Groove”) and late-night power-cruising (“Ghostride 21716”). But with no real focus, the whole thing tends to drag.