Tag Archives: Earth Wind & Fire

Dear Q-Tip; Thanks for Not Sucking

One thing music lovers of every stripe can agree on is that they just don’t make ‘em like they used to. The cliché holds true for both today’s artists and the veterans of the olden days who are still around, and is applicable to music regardless of genre. No matter how much I […]

There’s No Snow In Lagos

In deference to the ever-icier weather conditions observed outside my place of residence yesterday’s post featured a band that I consciously found snow-suitable. Today I’m going for the exact opposite, a post about an artist whose music is warm to the point of being tropical, driven by sweaty rhythms, and infused with passionate heat. That […]

Records at Random Vol. 65 - Stanley Clarke School Days

At the start of the week I mentioned that Summer vacation was over for the children in my city and they were (loudly) returning to school. A day or so after that I listed some of the musical minutia I happen to count myself devoted to, bass being among them. So why not […]

These Grooves are Dust-Free

Trips to the cinema are nice and all, but for the last month or so I’ve wanted to take off on a weekend day and hit up a couple of my digging spots to pick up some dusty wax. I haven’t been digging in what feels like forever and am feeling a little stagnated […]

Records at Random Vol. 56 - Ramsey Lewis Sun Goddess

I’ve had Jazz/Soul/Pop pianist Ramsey Lewis‘ 1974 Columbia Records LP Sun Goddess sitting next to my desk for months now. It got put there when I pulled a bunch of my “go-to” dusty joints out of the spare backpack they’d been tucked into, “just in case,” for the last few years and mixed them […]