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Probably the greatest set in Baby Face Willette's all-too-slim discography, Stop and Listen matches the organist with the hugely sympathetic team of guitarist Grant Green and drummer Ben Dixon (the same trio lineup who recorded Green's debut LP, Grant's First Stand). With no saxophonist this second time around, it's just Willette and Green in the solo spotlight, and they play marvelously off of one another. As a soloist, Willette has a nimble, airy touch, and though he owes no debt to the modal style of Larry Young, he has a greater melodic imagination than many of his instrument's straight blues players…

Baby Grandmothers were a short-lived Swedish band, but one of the most prolific and unique psychedelic, modal, experimental power-trios to emerge out of the Scandinavian psychedelic underground-scene in 1967. Although hailing from Stockholm, Sweden they only released a single in Finland, which has since become one of the most sought after pieces of vinyl from the era. Baby Grandmothers were formed out of the legendary R&B / beat band T-Boones in the summer of 1967. T-Boones are probably best known for their “At the club/King of the Orient” single which is one of the best, and most collectable, out of the Swedish garage beat-era. Guitar-wiz Kenny Håkansson joined the band in 1965 and with the group down to a trio they drifted into the psychedelic sounds of the time and in August 1967 released the single “I Want You”, which definitely was the first hard-rock recording ever made in Sweden…

Probably the greatest set in Baby Face Willette's all-too-slim discography, Stop and Listen matches the organist with the hugely sympathetic team of guitarist Grant Green and drummer Ben Dixon (the same trio lineup who recorded Green's debut LP, Grant's First Stand). With no saxophonist this second time around, it's just Willette and Green in the solo spotlight, and they play marvelously off of one another. As a soloist, Willette has a nimble, airy touch, and though he owes no debt to the modal style of Larry Young, he has a greater melodic imagination than many of his instrument's straight blues players…

Iconic tribal-trance drummer, composer and recording artist Byron Metcalf makes his Wayfarer Records premiere with a collaborative effort entitled "Rituals of Passion” co-led by award-winning virtuoso violinist Ari Urban. Passionate, evocative, and trance-inducing, Rituals of Passion is unlike anything you’ve ever heard and features guest performances by internationally acclaimed multi-instrumentalist Dashmesh.
Created over four days, the foundation of Rituals of Passion was born from a unique blend of meditation and improvising to truly capture the spirit of the moment. Basic percussion grooves and keys were laid down as foundations by Byron so that Ari’s stunning capacity for channeling could be optimized to create amazingly mystical and intuitive moments with her violin and viola…

Iconic tribal-trance drummer, composer and recording artist Byron Metcalf makes his Wayfarer Records premiere with a collaborative effort entitled "Rituals of Passion” co-led by award-winning virtuoso violinist Ari Urban. Passionate, evocative, and trance-inducing, Rituals of Passion is unlike anything you’ve ever heard and features guest performances by internationally acclaimed multi-instrumentalist Dashmesh.
Created over four days, the foundation of Rituals of Passion was born from a unique blend of meditation and improvising to truly capture the spirit of the moment. Basic percussion grooves and keys were laid down as foundations by Byron so that Ari’s stunning capacity for channeling could be optimized to create amazingly mystical and intuitive moments with her violin and viola…

Originally released in 1971. Baby Huey was a psychedelic soul legend as well as an enormous (sorry) influence on hip hop, having been sampled by the likes of A Tribe Called Quest, Ghostface Killah and many more. Includes the classics Hard Times (Curtis Mayfield) and A Change Is Gonna Come (Sam Cooke) and the best rendition of The Mamas & The Papas' California Dreamin' ever made.