1514 Oliver Avenue (Basement) Soul David Blair Stiffler risked life

David Blair Stiffler risked life and limb to document under-recorded cultural groups living lives of extreme isolation in the mountainous Philippine regions of Nueva Ecija

as do clip-art praying hands superimposed over those same lighthouse

Just a true definition of what a rock and roller should be

“The most I could ever hope for in the world of folk music is to write a tune that someday singers

helping us dig deeper than ever before

1514 Oliver Avenue (Basement) Soul David Blair Stiffler risked lifeJimmy Jam Harris was just 16 when he began writing and arranging for Minneapolis 11 piece Mind & Matter. Boasting a perfectly calibrated vocal quartet, an aggressive rhythm section, and stacks of Rhodes, Rolands, and Hammonds, the danceable act failed to win favor with frigid Midwest audiences. Tracked in 1977, this bundle of never before released basement demos throw Harris beloved Philadelphia Sound into an unfinished root cellar, pelting it with