In These Times is the new album by Chicago-based percussionist, composer, and producer Makaya McCraven.

Although this album is new,” the truth its something that’s been in process for a very long time, since shortly after he released his International Anthem debut In The Moment in 2015. Dedicated followers may note hes had 6 other releases in the meantime (including 2018s widely popular Universal Beings and 2020s Were New Again, his rework of Gil Scott-Herons final album for XL Recordings); but none of which have been as definitive an expression of his artistic ethos as In These Times. This is the album McCravens been trying to make since he started making records. And his patience, ambition, and persistence have yielded an appropriately career-defining body of work.

As epic and expansive as it is impressively potent and concise, the 11-song suite was created over 7+ y