Maxwell released his debut “Urban Hang Suite” 21 years ago. 1996. That’s when we hosted the Olympics. That’s when a lot of you youngsters were still using training wheels. The album is sexy. It’s smooth. It’s lush. And though it took critics a minute to catch on (it only went gold in its first year) […]

Every once in a while, we at the Collective present an album that needs no introduction. Most of us likely have our own experiences with and stories to tell about Rubber Soul, The Beatles’ tenth studio album, released at the end of 1965. That’s part of what led us to this bluegrass retelling, to shine […]

Welcome to Stronger Than Pride, Sade’s third studio album. Released in 1988, three years after the release of the band’s sophomore album, Promise. According to a BBC review, the album is “a confident, post-fame release, full of infectious, hushed musical sophistication, making it impossible to dislike.” Though recorded in France and the Bahamas, the sound […]

Lineup The Howling Tongues India Shawn PRISCA Daiel DeWitt Trae Vedder of Death On Two Wheels Side A 1.Once 2.Even Flow 3.Alive 4.Why Go 5.Black 6.Jeremy Side B 7.Oceans 8.Porch 9.Garden 10.Deep 11.Release

In a nutshell Thriller is the most influential record of my time. I grew up in a very strict, religious home & Thriller was the only “secular” album my mom would allow me to have.The year was 1983: The Jackson Five are performing at Motown’s 25th anniversary, and I’m glued to the TV. Toward the […]

Lineup: Adron Chinua Hawk Cody Matlock Terrence Brown of of All Cows Eat Grass House Band: Charles LaMont Garner (Drums) Dustin Cicero (Sax) Rafael Pereira (Percussion) Rhett Huffman (Keys) Robby Handley (Bass & ATL C Music Director) Side A 1.What’s Going On Chinua Hawk 2.What’s Happening Brother Terrence Brown 3.Flyin High (In the Friendly Sky) […]

Despite being at their creative peak (The White Album was released just 18 months after Sgt Pepper’s), the band members were not getting along. Ringo even quit the band for two weeks during the recording of The White Album? He took Peter Sellers’ yacht and sailed off to Sardinia. So Paul is the drummer on […]

We’ve got a beauty brewing for fall 2018…We’re bringing Janet Jackson’s Control back to life at Venkman’s on October 13th. This is Jackson’s third studio album, her chart-topping 1986 release that features “What Have You Done for Me Lately,” “Nasty,” and “When I Think of You.” The album earned four Grammy nominations including one for […]

Elliott Smith never much cared for attention. His engineer Larry Crane once recalled, “He told me once, ‘I want to write songs, I want to record. The interviews and the tours are things I have to do in order to do the first two.’” In October 2018, it will be 15 years since Elliott Smith’s […]

Though expectations for Alanis Morrisette’s Jagged Little Pill were modest, the international debut by the young Canadian songwriter won four Grammies (including Album of the Year) and has sold over 30 million copies to date. The alt-rock masterpiece has even been recently turned into a musical. So many of us grew up with these tunes […]