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Satchmo Loves Company

Louis Armstrong's exuberant and gravelly voice happened to be the perfect match with the mellifluous or crooning voices of his contemporaries. His blasting trumpet, the perfect contrast with the pianist.Who...

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Three years after ‘The Epic,’ Kamasi Washington delivers a second masterpiece : ‘Heaven & Earth.’ What else did you expect?

Kamasi Washington' s 'Heaven & Earth' is his second (and self-produced) album, recorded with bassists Miles Mosley & Thundercat, pianist Cameron Graves, trombonist Ryan Porter, etc. and released on June...

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In ‘The Blues Is Alive And Well,’ Buddy Guy invites some famous friends, adds some melancholy and pours a lot of booze in his blues

Buddy Guy' s 'The Blues Is Alive And Well' is his eighteenth studio album produced by Tom Hambridge, featuring Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Jeff Beck, James Bay and The McCrary...

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First you have serpentwithfeet on ‘soil’, then snakes on plane. An illustration of liturgical elevation.

serpentwithfeet 's 'Soil' is Josiah Wise a.k.a. serpentwithfeet's first album produced by Haxan Cloak and released on June 8, 2018 by Secretly Canadian / Tri Angle

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Father John Misty’s ‘God’s Favorite Customer’ is about death, diamonds, dumbness and duh! heartbreak. Father! Oh Father! we have an Elton for the new age

Father John Misty' s 'God's Favorite Customer' is Josh Tillman a.k.a. FJM's fourth studio album co-produced with Jonathan Rado and relased on June 1, 2018 by Sub Pop / Bella...

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Helped by his own son, Ry Cooder turns to gospels to heal what he sees as a derelict ‘moral state’. ‘The Prodigal Son’ is all about a possible redemption

Ry Cooder’s 'The Prodigal Son' is his seventeenth solo studio album recorded with his son, Joachim Cooder and released on May 11, 2018 by Fantasy

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The Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band – Goin’ Home

Released on May 5, 2014, "Goin' Home" is the seventh album by Kenny Wayne Shepherd. It is an exploration into the music of Shepherd’s biggest influences, and features guest performances...

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From Bossa to Reggaeton & Soul, Kali Uchis ‘Isolation’ is like hearing pop music through a kaleidoscope

Kali Uchis' 'Isolation' is her debut album featuring Bootsy Collins, Damon Albarn, Tame Impala, Tyler, The Creator, Thundercat among other contributors and released on April 6, 2018 by Virgin

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Introspection comes with beautiful harmonies on Wye Oak’s album : ‘The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs.’ ‘…The Deeper It Goes’

Wye Oak's 'The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs' is duo Jenn Wasner & Andy Stack's sixth album released on April 6, 2018 by Merge

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Parlophone publish ‘Gorillaz’ by virtual band Gorillaz, fully written by Damon Albarn (2001)

'Gorillaz' is the virtual band's eponymous debut studio album produced by Tom Girling, Jason Cox & Dan the Automator and released on March 26 , 2001 by Parlophone / Virgin.Track...

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In ‘Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt,’ Moby puts a large dose of electro-sound effects in his pessimism. Make it dark!

Moby' s 'Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt' is his fifteenth and self-produced studio album released on March 2, 2018 by Little Idiot / Mute.

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Respect Yourself

Starting and ending with 'Respect Yourself' made famous by The Staple Singers, we made a playlist powered by Hittin'Around. It has Joe Tex, The Staple Singers, The Monkees, Bob Marley...

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‘The Art of Making It’ is our post-Valentine Day playlist

From 'Let's Make More Love' to 'Feel Like Makin Love', we have mixed 17 tunes around the theme of 'Making Love'. It has Big Bill Broonzy, Jo Stafford, Joe Tex,...

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‘Oops! They Did it Again’ is our playlist about compulsive ‘encores’

From 'Falling In Love Again' to 'Today I Started Loving You Again' , we have mixed 12 'Ladies Only' tunes around the theme of 'Again'. It has Marlene Dietrich, Betty...

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‘Meals Ahead’ is our playlist for every food lover.

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Two Blue

From 'Love Is Blue' to 'Born To Be Blue', we have mixed 24 tunes around the theme of 'Doubled Songs In "Blue"'. It has Jeff Beck, Yehudi Menuhin & Stephane...

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Curtis Harding’ s ‘Face Your Fear’

Curtis Harding' s 'Face Your Fear' is his second studio album produced in part by Danger Mouse and released on October 27, 2017 by Anti Records

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Sheila E’ s ‘Iconic: Message 4 America’

Sheila E.' s 'Iconic: Message 4 America' is her eighth studio album (and first with a political theme) including covers of 'Pusherman','One Nation Under A Groove...', 'Inner City Blues' etc.,...

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Harry Connick, Jr. – That Would Be Me

Released on October 23, 2015, "That Would Be Me" is the twenty first vocal album by Harry Connick, Jr. Track Listing : 1.(I Like It When You) Smile (Harry Connick,...

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Tony Allen – Film of Life

Released on October 20, 2014, "Film of Life" is the tenth album by Nigerian drummer Tony Allen.Track Listing : 1.Moving On (Tony Allen) - 06:41 . 2.Boat Journey (Tony Allen)...

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