| What’s Past is Epilogue: The Thousand Knives of Ryuichi Sakamoto | November 21, 2019 |
Jordan Ryan Pedersen nicks himself on Ryuichi Sakamoto's Thousand Knives, newly reissued by Wewantsounds.
| Music as Counterargument: BBE collects untraceable Japanese jazz | October 15, 2019 |
Jordan Ryan Pedersen surveys the not latest but maybe greatest of Japanese jazz.
Jordan Ryan Pedersen immerses himself in composer John Luther Adams' follow-up to his Pulitzer Prize-winning "Become Ocean."
| He is the Cool: Screamin Jay Hawkins’ Bizarre Years | July 9, 2019 |
Jordan Ryan Pedersen digs into Real Gone Music's new collection of late-period Screamin' Jay Hawkins.
| Help Me to Remember: The Complex Disco of Patrice Rushen | June 18, 2019 |
Jordan Ryan Pedersen looks at Strut's new collection of disco/R&B innovator Patrice Rushen's Elektra years.
| Big Deal: Strut Records’ new Nigeria 70 Compilation and the legend of Sir Victor Uwaifo | April 2, 2019 |
Jordan Ryan Pedersen on the momentous occasion of the release of a new Nigeria 70 compilation.
Jordan Ryan Pedersen evangelizes about Johnny Mathis and Chic's long-buried "I Love My Lady."
| Mixed Personalities: YNW Melly Chases His Demons | January 28, 2019 |
Jordan Ryan Pedersen reviews the new album from the mind behind "Murder on my Mind."
| Pinch the Grinch: A POW Holiday Playlist | December 21, 2018 |
A Christmas Fucking Miracle.
| The Consummate Juggler: Pat Kalla and Le Super Mojo’s Jongler | December 11, 2018 |
Jordan Ryan Pedersen takes a look at the African music virtuoso's newest album.
