Aug 29, 2019
The Album: João Gilberto João Gilberto (1973)
Before the summer got away from us, we wanted to record one more episode for the season and we invited a guest to pick the perfect LP for the end of the summer. We were not disappointed...
João Gilberto was as integral to Brazil’s bossa nova movement as Ray Charles was...
Aug 22, 2019
The Album: Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings 100 Days, 100 Nights (2007)
On the occasion of our 100th episode, we decided to devote a Host’s Choice episode to talking about the breakout 2007 album from Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings. Coming out hot on the heels of Amy Winehouse’s best-selling Back to Black (2007) which...
Aug 15, 2019
The Album: Earth, Wind & Fire That's The Way Of The World (1975)
On March 15, 1975, Columbia Records released "That's The Way Of The World" the sixth studio album of Earth Wind & Fire, a band of 10 members who fused rock, jazz, funk and soul. The album sold five million units, and won a Grammy for the single "Shining...
Aug 8, 2019
The Album: Nina Simone It Is Finished (1974)
It Is Finished is an ominous title, least of all given where Nina Simone was in her personal life at the time. Much of the early ‘70s had seen the High Priestess of Soul escaping to Barbados, first to avoid a troubled marriage, then to avoid the IRS. But RCA Records lured...
Aug 1, 2019
The Albums:
Note: This is a rerun of an episode from 2018 that has been re-edited and remastered.
We wanted to...