MINOR AT HEART
A connection to time and space
Rome, Italy-based label owner and lifelong record hound Pierpaolo De Sanctis talks to Dust & Grooves.
A new era at CTI led by Freddie Hubbard
Writer Robert C. Gilbert zeroes in on CTI Records—in particular, three albums that mark “the beginning of a brief, brash era for the label.”
Bossa nova's break and a question of cover art
What's cover art got to do with it? Author Bryan McCann on bossa nova LP Getz/Gilberto and Pete Turner's iconic photography
And I will never grow so old again
Ryan H. Walsh explores the untold backstory behind Van Morrison’s iconic 1968 album Astral Weeks in a new book.
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Dominic Umile lives, writes, and drinks in Brooklyn, NY. His criticism and features have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Reader, Hyperallergic, and more. Get in touch.