1971. MCM is Alex Masi on guitars, Randy Coven on bass, and John Macaluso on drums - three musicians from different musical and geographical backgrounds who felt like trying expanding a horizon or two. After meeting..

2012. Lost sounds are the archives of a forgotten history. The raucously raw, Vodoun-inspired rhythms of Cotonou have confirmed Benin as a mecca of 70s Afro sounds and revived the story of its people, but the unope..

2012. Lost sounds are the archives of a forgotten history. The raucously raw, Vodoun-inspired rhythms of Cotonou have confirmed Benin as a mecca of '70s Afro sounds and revived the story of its people, but the unop..

2013. In 1969, after three years as Soul Sister #1 to James Brown's touring entourage, Marva Whitney came home to Kansas City, putting Ellis Taylor's Forte label back at full fighting strength. Shed calmed aching ..

2013. In 1969, after three years as Soul Sister #1 to James Browns touring entourage, Marva Whitney came home to Kansas City, putting Ellis Taylor's Forte label back at full fighting strength. She'd calmed aching c..

2020. The Awakening were the only "group" recorded by Black Jazz, for which they made two albums; those two releases happen to be among the most collectible in the label's entire catalog, which, given th..

2022.  'vol.  1: eternal thing' - incredible 1954-1964 black pre-pop dance music.  The club methusalem, nomen est omen, is musically dedicated entirely to the biblical times of modern p..

2023. Weather Report live from Yomiuri Land Open Theatre East, Inagi, Japan on July 29th 1983. This was to be the last incarnation of the legendary Weather Report. Publicity shots at the time show Joe Zawinul and Wa..