Music - July 1, 2008
Mix tape: July 2008
Here's a look at the jazz-heavy stack of discs teetering on my desk while I'm at Summerfest...
Tags: Prince Fatty, Nick Cave, David Murray, Mal Waldron, Justin Time, Paul Bley, Blue Note, Baby Face Willette, Stanley Turrentine, Bobby Hutcherson, Lou Donaldson, Freddie Redd, Horace Silver, Wayne Shorter, Johnny Osbourne, Heartbeat, Rounder, Dig!!! Lazarus

Music - June 11, 2007
Reconnecting with old friends
Recently, a gift card allowed to me to get reacquainted with some old friends. That's because I had enough for reissued versions of Billy Bragg's "Don't Try This At Home," George Harrison's "All Things Must Pass" and a double-disc reissue of Alvin Ranglin's "Roots Man Dub."
Tags: Bragg, Beatles, Clapton, Roots Man Dub, reggae, GG Ranglin, Heartbeat, Rounder, All Things Must Pass, George Harrison, Dark Horse

Music - May 9, 2007
Mix tape: part three
Here’s part three of a journey through the stack of CDs on my desk. Parts one and two appeared in the Sound Check section in the past week.
Tags: Placebo, Air, Astralwerks, Hannon, Cocker, Heptones, Coxsone, Heartbeat, Rounder, LePop, Le Pop, Keren Ann, Blue Note, Sibbles, Groove Attack, Neil Young, Massey Hall

Music - May 1, 2006
Mix tape May '06: Bobby Tanzilo
From the edgy new Placebo record to the breezy summer sound of Josh Rouse's new disc, recorded in Spain; from reissues and a fresh new voice in jazz, Gianluca Petrella, to classic reggae, OMC music editor Bobby Tanzilo is spinning all kinds of discs these days.
Tags: Placebo, Flaming Lips, Rouse, Prestige, Van Gelder, Blue Note, Petrella, Calexico, Dub Syndicate, Studio One, Heartbeat, Rounder