Scary Monsters is supposed to be the return to form after Lodger, the final entry in the Berlin Trilogy, proved disappointing to fans and critics.

Cassandra Wilson helped influence the neo-soul movement from the jazz side with her warm, soul-infused vocals.

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.

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 myriad reasons that include brevity of the group’s existence, or Miles changing bands and styles while searching for his next direction. 

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 US (VG+/VG). Some folks might consider that overpaying since there are many copies available, but it’s a fair price for a copy that plays cleanly.  

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 that music could be made that went beyond any category you could throw at it.

Visit the ECM Page, with videos, playlists, links to articles and the ECM Review Archive.