Tag Archives: Earth Wind & Fire

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 […]

“Funky-Funky Style” © Greg Nice

Being in a figurative funk over my recent respiratory deficiency gave me the bright idea to post about some actual Funk in today’s Blogarhythms entry. The musical “stank” in question emanates from Brownout, an eight member troupe of musicians hailing from Austin, Texas who’ve been blessed with the good fortune of backing the legendary Prince and […]