Listening Bar Albums
Ella Fitzgerald — Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Col...
Ella Fitzgerald’s Cole Porter Song Book reveals the profound depth hidden in old music — a timeless album that shows what careful, intentional listening can still uncover.
Ella Fitzgerald — Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Col...
Ella Fitzgerald’s Cole Porter Song Book reveals the profound depth hidden in old music — a timeless album that shows what careful, intentional listening can still uncover.
Donny Hathaway — Someday We’ll All Be Free (1973)
A quiet, soul-deep reflection on Donny Hathaway’s Someday We’ll All Be Free — an album of fragile hope, tender brilliance and the kind of truth that still lifts a room...
Donny Hathaway — Someday We’ll All Be Free (1973)
A quiet, soul-deep reflection on Donny Hathaway’s Someday We’ll All Be Free — an album of fragile hope, tender brilliance and the kind of truth that still lifts a room...
Rahsaan Roland Kirk — The Inflated Tear (1968)
A soulful, accessible entry into Rahsaan Roland Kirk’s world, The Inflated Tear blends tenderness, invention, and melodic clarity — a timeless jazz classic for new listeners and longtime devotees alike.
Rahsaan Roland Kirk — The Inflated Tear (1968)
A soulful, accessible entry into Rahsaan Roland Kirk’s world, The Inflated Tear blends tenderness, invention, and melodic clarity — a timeless jazz classic for new listeners and longtime devotees alike.
Fela Kuti — Zombie (1976)
A fearless Afrobeat masterpiece that turned rhythm into rebellion — and changed the course of modern music.
Fela Kuti — Zombie (1976)
A fearless Afrobeat masterpiece that turned rhythm into rebellion — and changed the course of modern music.
A Tribe Called Quest — Midnight Marauders (1993)
Rafi Mercer revisits Midnight Marauders, A Tribe Called Quest’s effortlessly cool 1993 masterpiece — a nighttime world of groove, clarity, and movement that remains as vital today as ever.
A Tribe Called Quest — Midnight Marauders (1993)
Rafi Mercer revisits Midnight Marauders, A Tribe Called Quest’s effortlessly cool 1993 masterpiece — a nighttime world of groove, clarity, and movement that remains as vital today as ever.
Dusty Springfield — You Don’t Have to Say You L...
A reflective album review of Dusty Springfield’s You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me, exploring its emotional clarity and why it remains powerfully present when revisited today.
Dusty Springfield — You Don’t Have to Say You L...
A reflective album review of Dusty Springfield’s You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me, exploring its emotional clarity and why it remains powerfully present when revisited today.