Listening Sessions
Robert C. GilbertFor those looking for thoughtful writing on great music.
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The Audacity of Blood, Sweat & Tears
This edition’s essay is another in which I write about an album that I deeply love. The eponymous second album by Blood, Sweat & Tears is not one that is universally hailed. The marking of Al Kooper’s departure (he is co-credited on three o...
Listening My Way Through
Every once in a while, I like to write a more personal essay about some aspect of music: collecting it, listening to it, loving it, for three examples. The below combines these aspects in a kind of meandering way but I like the idea of lett...
"Who could imagine that they would Freak Out?"
Nineteen sixty-six was a big year in music, a quickening of the growth and maturation in pop music, a movement that I would argue began when the Beatles came to America in February 1964. It now being sixty years since that momentous year, t...
Back in the Archives: Joe Henderson and Cannonball Adderley
For this installment’s essay, I return to a frequent topic here: the archival recording. I discuss two jazz releases that are worth hearing (if you haven’t already) but also wrestle a bit with my enthusiasm for the ongoing urge to dip into...
Eight New Albums for Later in Spring
Below is my latest go-round this year of new albums that I think you will enjoy (read my previous installments for 2026 here and here).
As usual, there is a mix of genres and most of the albums featured are fairly well under the radar, and...
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Toronto-born and now Oshawa-based record collector, music writer and critic.
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