Cassandra Wilson & the Neo-Soul Connection
adminCassandra Wilson helped influence the neo-soul movement from the jazz side with her warm, soul-infused vocals.
Read MoreIn Ten Tracks: The B-52’s
A selection of B-52’s songs that have meaning to me and have stuck with me through the years, appearing frequently on mix tapes and playlists.
Read MoreMiles Davis/The Lost Septet
The Lost Septet is a live recording featuring another of Miles’ ‘lost’ bands, groups that never made a studio recording or in some cases weren’t even documented live due to…
Read MoreTubular Bells
Progressive hippy jam studio music was in the air So, here in the mail is a VG+ US copy of Mike Oldfield’s classic Tubular Bells, for which I paid $4.00…
Read MoreECM Records: What Makes Them So Special
ECM Records always represented, to me, the apex of creative instrumental music. Along with Impulse! Records, home of John Coltrane, and Arista’s Freedom Series, ECM represented to me the fact…
Read MoreThe Spiritual Energy of the Record Store
In the suburban sprawl where I grew up, record stores were largely chain places with names like Sound Warehouse and Coconuts, but there was one store in town where you…
Read MoreSao Paulo Confessions & Tanto Tempo
How Mitar Subotic moved to Sao Paulo, recorded Sao Paulo Confessions, produced Bebel Gilberto, and became a huge influence on Brazilian electronica.
Read MoreIn Ten Tracks: Cowboy Junkies
A selection of Cowboy Junkies songs that have meaning to me and have stuck with me through the years, appearing frequently on mix tapes and playlists.
Read MoreEric Gale and Phil Upchurch: It’s all in the rhythm guitar
Eric Gale and Phil Upchurch put their driving, R&B based rhythm guitar behind George Benson and helped make him a star. As studio stars, they also heavily influenced the sonic…
Read MoreFive Corners Quintet & Timo Lassy: Helsinki Jazz
by Marshall Bowden Listening to Five Corners Quintet instantly transports the listener back to a time when modern jazz was still hip and cool despite the advent of rock n’…
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