Label Check: Cherries Records
Here’s a label I have been anticipating releases from for a while. Based out of Chicago aka the Windy City aka Chi-Town, a city that has given us so many […]
Category Archives: Chicago
JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound – I Got High
Known for their high energy live shows, and described as “if Otis Redding individually whipped each member of the Velvet Underground off of heroin, and transformed them into a disciplined, […]
The Right Now Gets Over You
Continuing the legacy of good music coming out of the Windy City, Chicago’s The Right Now dropped their second record Gets Over You recently. Their first record Carry Me Home […]
General Crook – Gimme Some (Part 1)
This Monday we are traveling to the Windy City, Chicago, mecca of Soul, Jazz and the Blues, deep dish pizza, and Wrigley Field among others to get some. The some […]
Minnie Riperton – Baby, This Love I Have
Lots going on these days over here at FMF. Summer gigs approaching, the warmer weather hopefully (while we’re at it, when did NYC become Seattle?), and time for more digging […]
Curtis Mayfield is The Real Boss
As well as records, my other passion is photography. Since I’ve moved to NYC I always carry a camera with me, just in case. Last week i was waiting for […]
Big Ups with Brendan from The Right Now
Guitarist/Keyboard player Brendan O’Connell from Chicago Soul Band The Right Now breaks down his favorite vinyl, opening for Otis Clay, and Dairy Queen
Curtis Mayfield – (Don’t Worry) If There’s A Hell Below, We’re All Going Go
Listen to or Download Curtis Mayfield – (Don’t Worry) If There’s A Hell Below, We’re All Going Go At times here at FMF, I tend to focus on much of […]
Etta James – All The Way Down
Download or Listen to Etta James – All The Way Down from the Chess Records 45 About two or 3 Summers ago I bought a box of unsleeved 45’s at […]
Ramsey Lewis – High-Heel Sneakers
Listen to or Download Ramsey Lewis – High-Heel Sneakers from the Columbia Records 45 Here we are at Monday again folks, the Summer is just slipping away fast. I wanted […]
Flea Market Funk 