The Vinyl Anachronist

Editor Marc Phillips explores the magic and mystery of great LPs.

2L Recordings, Three for the Winter Months Ahead | The Vinyl Anachronist

November 25, 2020 // 0 Comments

2L Recordings from Norway (website) tends to release its titles in clusters, and sometimes right before the holidays so that we secular folk can also have a soundtrack for [...]

Matt DeMerritt, Fool’s Journey | The Vinyl Anachronist

November 24, 2020 // 0 Comments

It’s strange how music and the visual arts can bounce off each other, creating new echoes. Vincent Van Gogh has been my favorite artist for quite some time, ever since [...]

Ikue Mori, Satoko Fujii and Natsuki Tamura, Prickly Pear Cactus | The Vinyl Anachronist

November 19, 2020 // 0 Comments

I’ve reviewed plenty of experimental albums, both jazz and electronica, that sound like little more than a collection of recorded noises. The real trick in evaluating [...]

John Finbury, Quatro | The Vinyl Anachronist

November 17, 2020 // 1 Comment

Wow, it’s amazing. The review pile is actually getting pretty low. The only problem I’m having is with those CDs and LPs that might have gotten buried under [...]

Deborah Silver, Glitter & Grits | The Vinyl Anachronist

November 12, 2020 // 2 Comments

When I first moved to Texas back in 2009, I was more than a little concerned about the music situation there. I know, I lived outside of Austin and shouldn’t have [...]

Fred Hersch, Songs from Home | The Vinyl Anachronist

November 10, 2020 // 2 Comments

Pianist Fred Hersch (website) released his new album Songs From Home in celebration of his 65th birthday, and that makes me feel old. When I first discovered Hersch in the [...]

Carla Marciano Quartet, Psychosis: Homage to Bernard Herrmann | The Vinyl Anachronist

November 5, 2020 // 0 Comments

Here’s one that went from my mailbox to my CD player to right here in just a few hours, simply because it made such an outstanding first impression. The Carla Marciano [...]

Noshir Mody, An Idealist’s Handbook | The Vinyl Anachronist

November 4, 2020 // 0 Comments

I’m not sure what type of morning we’re waking up to, but it almost has to be a good day to play Noshir Mody. The title of Mody’s new album, An [...]

David Boswell, The Story Behind the Story | The Vinyl Anachronist

November 3, 2020 // 0 Comments

I’m sensing another trend in contemporary jazz. Here’s the formula: take a musician who has something new and original to say, and have that person play nearly [...]

Hazar Reincarnated | The Vinyl Anachronist

November 2, 2020 // 0 Comments

My father, who passed away in August, loved classical guitar recordings like Hazar Reincarnated. On his birthday that was one of the very few slam dunks, a sure thing for a [...]