I serve-up a Christmas Day Smörgåsbord of music from Rob Burger, Kate Tempest, The Comet is Coming, King Crimson, and The Beastie Boys!

Indie Rock veterans, The National land at #21 in my Favorite-30 songs of 2019, while a signature LP from Jazz-giant Art Blakey turns 60!

It can't possibly be that time again, but it is. Thanksgiving is just over a week away. Turkeys are being purchased and if they're big enough some may even be set in the refrigerator for thawing by day's end. Meals are being orchestrated, dessert-ideas mulled, guest-lists pored-over, and travel plans made. For many of us it's the beginning of a furious six-week sprint to the end of the year and that means stress is probably on your list of unwelcome guests about to pay a vis

Happy Friday everyone and welcome back to Mixed-Up Memories! I featured Brian Eno yesterday in the debut and as promised, updates can happen at ANY time... In this case it's a day later! Today marks the 25th anniversary of the album "Jazzmatazz Vol.1" by rapper, Guru. Born in Boston as Keith Edward Elam in 1966, he earned a degree in business administration before founding the hip hop group, Gang Starr in 1987. Gang Starr would go on to release six albums. In 1993 Guru began