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 - Oct. 25, 2007
Mix tape: October 2007
It's been a while since we dished up a mix tape, so here's one to warm your feet and your ears as the temps begin to dip.
Tags: Cocoa Tea, Dynamics, Robert Plant, Alison Krauss, Robert Wyatt, Paul Weller, Brian Eno, Thomas Dybdahl, Devendra Banhart, Euros Childs, Gomez, Ian Ball, Gorky's Zygotic Minci, Oz Mutantes, Rounder, Luaka Bop, Barbican, Minor7Flat5, Groove Attack

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 - April 28, 2007
Mix tape: part one
Here’s part one of a journey through the stack of CDs on my desk. Stay tuned for part two, coming early in the week:
Tags: Bodo Riddim, Horsemouth, Cocoa Tea, Sizzla, Grant Lee Phillips, REM, Depeche Mode, Rhino, Rounder, Collision, Dubblestandart, On-U, Prince Far I, Ari Up, Slits, post-punk, technopop, The Cure