September 3, 2021

Forager Records: Further Refining the Compilation Album

While some who see themselves as serious music collectors may hold the compilation album in low esteem, its value should never be underestimated. Often a compilation album’s true worth lies in its ability to bring difficult-to-find music to a wider audience.
September 23, 2021

High Fidelity and You: A Readership Responds

This summer I asked, “What is High Fidelity to You?” It seemed the question struck a chord with readers, as many took the time to answer in detail, sharing their thoughts and views on the highly-personal world they’ve created, and which they inhabit, while listening to the playback of recorded music in the privacy of their own homes.
October 14, 2021

Heavy Rotation: Elvis Costello – This Year’s Model

Just like today, gloomy mid-‘70s London pubs were redolent with the scent of stale beer, sweat, cigarettes and the promise of a smile or a wink under the wan lighting. The difference between then and now, is that pub windows no longer flex under the punitive fury of British new wave icons the likes of skinny-suited, bespectacled, and whippet-thin Declan Patrick MacManus, better known as Elvis Costello.
October 22, 2021

Review: The Ramar Record Brush by Rangel Vasev

The Ramar Record Brush, designed and handcrafted by Rangel Vasev in Berlin, Germany is another fine example of what happens when an artisan focuses on making the best.