Monthly Spins: April 2019
Finally winter leaves us. I did enjoy one epic day of shoveling and I stayed up late one night to watch when a storm began coming down. I like the way snow obliterates and [...]
Music
Jazz Wires, Land of Giants | The Vinyl Anachronist
Jazz Wires, a group led by Cuban-born Raul E. Blanco, creates such a huge impact on their new CD Land of Giants that you might not believe there are only six [...]
Jeanne Lee & Ran Blake, The Newest Sound You Never Heard | The Vinyl Anachronist
Jeanne Lee and Ran Blake released their first album, The Newest Sound Around, in 1961. They released their second album together, You Stepped Out of a Dream, in 1989. [...]
Cecil Taylor, Silent Tongues | The Vinyl Anachronist
This recent LP shipment I’ve received from ORG Music came at just the right time–we’re getting ready to put out the Spring Issue of The Occasional and [...]
Gregg Belisle-Chi, Book of Hours | The Vinyl Anachronist
I’ll give you a glimpse behind the curtain of the Vinyl Anachronist operation: I get music from jazz labels, and I get music from indie rock labels. The two worlds [...]
Gregor Huebner, Los Sonadores | The Vinyl Anachronist
My first listen of violinist Gregor Huebner Los Sonadores was a special sonic treat, if only for the reason that I had just set up the EgglestonWorks Emma EVO loudspeakers [...]
Sotto Voce’s Safety | The Vinyl Anachronist
Sotto Voce takes me back thirty years, even longer, to a time where a rock band could create a unique identity for themselves with just bass, drums and a couple of [...]
Thin White Rope LP Remasters
Thin White Rope As an expatriate of the People’s Republic of Davis, CA [1984-1993], I must first acknowledge the appearance, at least, of a conflict of interest in [...]
Linette Tobin, Pangaea | The Vinyl Anachronist
Linette Tobin is a successful immigration lawyer based in Washington DC, and she’s very passionate about, uh…wait a minute. What does this have to do with music? [...]
Monthly Spins: March 2019
The in-between month with a steady bunch of tasty releases. I’m hearing all these Trout Mask Replica influences and this is a welcome development. Perhaps we’ll agree, or [...]
