The Tracks & Tales Guide Daily
A running journal of the listening bar world — fragments, reflections, and discoveries written in the moment. Each piece follows the culture of slow listening as it unfolds, one record and one room at a time.
Tracks and Tales Daily
The Unmissable Films and Music of September 202...
Rafi Mercer highlights five essential soundtrack albums — from Super Fly to Drive — that belong in every home listening bar this September.
The Unmissable Films and Music of September 202...
Rafi Mercer highlights five essential soundtrack albums — from Super Fly to Drive — that belong in every home listening bar this September.
What Does a Sunday Morning Sound Like?
Rafi Mercer reflects on the sound of Sunday mornings — quiet, heavy, or somewhere in between — and how music carries the memory of the night before.
What Does a Sunday Morning Sound Like?
Rafi Mercer reflects on the sound of Sunday mornings — quiet, heavy, or somewhere in between — and how music carries the memory of the night before.
The Rhythm of Rain, the Pulse of Trains
Rafi Mercer reflects on rain, trains, and the rhythms that shaped his life — from jazz in London to the sounds that inspired Tracks & Tales.
The Rhythm of Rain, the Pulse of Trains
Rafi Mercer reflects on rain, trains, and the rhythms that shaped his life — from jazz in London to the sounds that inspired Tracks & Tales.
When the World Calls for Nina Simone
Rafi Mercer reflects on Nina Simone — a voice the world keeps returning to, carrying elegance, rage, and truth through piano, song, and silence.
When the World Calls for Nina Simone
Rafi Mercer reflects on Nina Simone — a voice the world keeps returning to, carrying elegance, rage, and truth through piano, song, and silence.
Listening Now: Herbie Hancock’s Maiden Voyage
Rafi Mercer listens to Herbie Hancock’s Maiden Voyage and finds himself drifting unexpectedly toward Masters at Work’s Nuyorican Soul.
Listening Now: Herbie Hancock’s Maiden Voyage
Rafi Mercer listens to Herbie Hancock’s Maiden Voyage and finds himself drifting unexpectedly toward Masters at Work’s Nuyorican Soul.
The Ones Who Listened Differently
Rafi Mercer reflects on 17 visionaries of sound — the radicals, outsiders, and obsessives who taught us to listen differently, and why their spirit defines Tracks & Tales.
The Ones Who Listened Differently
Rafi Mercer reflects on 17 visionaries of sound — the radicals, outsiders, and obsessives who taught us to listen differently, and why their spirit defines Tracks & Tales.