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Records at Random Vol. 67 - Rose Royce Rose Royce III: Stikes Again!

I said a lot of good things about nature this week. So I was saddened when I learned it had run its course with legendary Soul music composer and producer Norman Whitfield, who passed away on Tuesday due to complications stemming from diabetes. He was only 65 years old. Like many songwriters and studio […]

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 […]