To What Strange Place: The Music of the Ottoman-American Diaspora, 1916-1929 Various Artists (Tompkins Square) This fascinating and entrancing 3-disk release is a [...]

The Kinks Kinda Kinks (Deluxe Edition) (Sanctuary Records) Long a standard-bearing  Mod template, Kinda Kinks nonetheless falls a little short when compared [...]

Derek & the Dominos Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (Deluxe Edition) (Polydor) As far as 60′s supergroups went, Derek and the [...]

Michael Jackson’s Vision (Sony Legacy) There’s an inherent irony that a man who had as much vision as Michael Jackson did, who [...]

The Overton Berry Ensemble T.O.B.E / At Seattle’s Doubletree Inn (Light In The Attic) Light In The Attic, one of the shortlist [...]

Those Shocking Shaking Days Indonesian Hard, Psychedelic, Progressive Rock and Funk 1970-1978 (Stones Throw) Born of the love and dedication that only [...]

Rikki Ililonga & Musi-O-Tuna Dark Sunrise (Now Again Records) One of the pioneers of African rock and funk, Zambian Rikki Ililonga, is [...]

Stereolab Not Music (Drag City) While at one point – say, 15 years ago – Stereolab might have had a slightly more [...]

Pena Pena (Secret Stash Records) Of all the music that’s descended from the polyrhythms and melodic primalness brought to the Americas by [...]

Since his first album in 1957, Mississippi-born Mose Allison has been equal parts pianist and sociologist.  While working within simple, blues-based song [...]