Listening Bar Albums

Nina Simone – Pastel Blues (1965)

Nina Simone – Pastel Blues (1965)

Nina Simone’s Pastel Blues is raw, unflinching, and timeless — a 1965 masterpiece of blues, gospel, and resistance that still demands to be heard.

Nina Simone – Pastel Blues (1965)

Nina Simone’s Pastel Blues is raw, unflinching, and timeless — a 1965 masterpiece of blues, gospel, and resistance that still demands to be heard.

Stevie Wonder – Innervisions (1973)

Stevie Wonder – Innervisions (1973)

Stevie Wonder’s Innervisions is funk, soul, and prophecy — a 1973 masterpiece of groove and political vision that still resonates today.

Stevie Wonder – Innervisions (1973)

Stevie Wonder’s Innervisions is funk, soul, and prophecy — a 1973 masterpiece of groove and political vision that still resonates today.

Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On (1971)

Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On (1971)

Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On is a timeless soul masterpiece — intimate and political, tender and radical, still asking the question that matters most.

Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On (1971)

Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On is a timeless soul masterpiece — intimate and political, tender and radical, still asking the question that matters most.

Mad Professor – Dub Me Crazy!! (1982)

Mad Professor – Dub Me Crazy!! (1982)

Mad Professor’s Dub Me Crazy!! is dub as experiment and play — a British-Jamaican classic where bass, echo, and imagination collide.

Mad Professor – Dub Me Crazy!! (1982)

Mad Professor’s Dub Me Crazy!! is dub as experiment and play — a British-Jamaican classic where bass, echo, and imagination collide.

Augustus Pablo – East of the River Nile (1977)

Augustus Pablo – East of the River Nile (1977)

Augustus Pablo’s East of the River Nile turns the melodica into prophecy — a meditative reggae and dub classic of deep roots and spiritual atmosphere.

Augustus Pablo – East of the River Nile (1977)

Augustus Pablo’s East of the River Nile turns the melodica into prophecy — a meditative reggae and dub classic of deep roots and spiritual atmosphere.

Scientist – Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires (1981)

Scientist – Rids the World of the Evil Curse of...

Scientist’s Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires turns dub into theatre — bass-heavy, playful, and haunting, a classic of sound system imagination.

Scientist – Rids the World of the Evil Curse of...

Scientist’s Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires turns dub into theatre — bass-heavy, playful, and haunting, a classic of sound system imagination.