Ultimate Christmas Cocktails – Various Artists

Half the fun of the holiday season is throwing (and/or attending) holiday parties! Here’s a great collection to serve as a soundtrack to your shindig. In fact, its usefulness as background music might be its best selling point. If you Read More …

Album Review: Putumayo presents “Jazz”

Putumayo has been a favorite record label of WSUM’s world music genre leaders (fancy name for DJ wranglers) for some years now, if for no other reason than because their releases serve as primers for any DJ slightly nervous about Read More …

Where it all began: “Sleepless In Seattle” soundtrack

Just about every time a new acquaintance learns of my involvement in this thing we call The Heavy Petting Zoo, I get the same question:  “How did you ever get into that kind of music?!”  Many factors contribute to this Read More …