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Long a lusted-after cult artifact among record collectors, Seasons is an anomaly in West Coast jazz keyboardist Pete Jolly's sizable catalog. Produced by Herb Alpert and released by his A&M label in 1970, the album found Jolly branching out beyond his trusty acoustic piano, incorporating Wurlitzer electronic piano, accordion, musette, Sanovox accordion organ, and Hammond B-3 organ. The expanded palette, combined with a new group of musicians besides longtime bassist/Wrecking Crew member Chuck Berghofer, resulted in a stunning departure from Jolly's more traditional outing. As Berghofer—who played with Jolly for nearly 40 years until the keyboardist's death in 2004—relates in...

  Turn on and tune in to the hypnotic vibrations of Hudson River Wind Meditations. Our latest installment of Light in the Attic's Liner Notes illuminates Lou Reed's final solo album, one of his most personal musical works. In this episode, we have the honor of speaking with Eddie Stern, the renowned yoga instructor who taught Lou, along with celebrated artist Laurie Anderson, Lou's longtime partner & wife. Hudson River Wind Meditations combines Reed's love of creating drone music with his passion for Tai Chi, yoga, and meditation. The album's ambient soundscapes have been described as a counterpoint to his...

On October 27th, 2013, we bid farewell to Lou Reed. Last year, on the 10th anniversary of his death, Laurie Anderson hosted a virtual gathering with some of Lou’s friends and collaborators to celebrate his life and work. Photos by Master Ren GuangYi. >>>> Buy Lou Reed's Hudson River Wind Meditations.Explore the Lou Reed Archives.

In celebration of the re-release of Hiroshi Yoshimura's 1986 masterwork Surround, which is being reissued by the record label Temporal Drift, we sat down with Patrick & Yosuke from the label to chat all things Yoshimura.    Light in the Attic: Congrats on the re-release of Surround.  As an undeniable masterpiece (in a catalog full to the brim with so many masterpieces), Surround is like nothing else before or since.  What is it about Hiroshi's music that speaks to you?  Why do you think his art means the world to so many of us?  Patrick McCarthy (Temporal Drift): It can be...

In 1975, Betty Davis’s star was on the rise. With the backing of Island Records and a new band, Funk House, Betty’s third album, Nasty Gal, leaned into the hyper-sexualized persona with which her critics were so obsessed. She raps, purrs, shrieks, and moans on top of Funk House’s manic funk-rock and lays claim to the “bad girl” anthems that now saturate the music industry. This excerpt from the liner notes by John Ballon that accompany our reissue of Betty Davis Nasty Gal (LITA 046) give a unique glimpse into Betty’s singular vision, her cultivation of Funk House, and what a...