Guardian Music — The leadman of Chic and hugely successful music producer on singing along to Elvis in little blue suede shoes, dropping acid with Timothy Leary and how Roxy Music led to ChicTHE FIRST SONG THAT MEANT SOMETHING TO ME PERSONALLY"Blue Suede Shoes", Elvi... more info

Altsounds — J-Boogie's Dubtronic Science "Undercover" Album Is In Stores Now via OM Records!! The album is as diverse as his world-famous DJ sets, blending a mix of genres from hip hop, dance, world, soul, etc alongside some great features including Chrys An... more info

Stereogum — Lateef The Truthspeaker is half of the great underground rap duo Latyrx and part of the Solesides crew, the great late ’90s Bay Area underground rap stable that also introduced the world to DJ Shadow and Blackalicious. Back in the day, is baroquely... more info

Impose Magazine — In support of Lateef The Truthspeaker's Firewire record in November, the Oakland MC crafted a seemless mixtape produced entirely by Somehow At Sea with mixing duties handled by DJ D-Sharp and DJ Icewater. For those in need of a tutorial, Somehow ... more info

Impose Magazine — Lateef the Truthspeaker is born and raised in Oakland. As a founding member of Latyrx and the Quannum label (formerly SoleSides), Lateef is 20-years deep in putting Northern California in our ears. Lateef kept it Town by recording his Firewire record... more info

Altsounds — J-Boogie's Dubtronic Science album is out now on OM Records! The album is as musically diverse as J-Boogie's famed DJ sets in San Francisco and all over the world. The album features various Bay Area heros including Lateef the Truthspeaker, Jaz... more info

Guardian Music — Free-spirited South African saxophonistThe South African saxophonist Zim Ngqawana has died aged 51 after suffering a stroke during a rehearsal. Ngqawana's debut studio album, San Song (1996), introduced his measured yet free-spirited style of music, ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — W said... DON "SUGARCANE" HARRIS Sugar Cane's Got The Blues (Unreleased Deluxe Edition) 1973 The classic live album from electric violinist, Sugarcane Harris. With an additional, unreleased 25 minutes from the same 1971 Berlin concert. With Robert Wy... more info

Totally Fuzzy — S R Management said... Hey, It's Christmas Everywhere! 01 Christmas Time At Home - Rhonda Vincent 02 Christmas Time in the Country-Kenny Neal 03 Christmas By The Bar-B-Que-Lynn august 04 Christmas In Prison-Doug Legacy & Legends of the West 05 Christ... more info

Mercury News, California — Ninety years old this month, Yusef Lateef was greeted with reverent applause Friday at Grace Cathedral, where close to a full house awaited this master of jazz and world-spanning sounds. more info