Telegraph Avenue

As the summer of 2004 draws to a close, Archy Stallings and Nat Jaffe are still hanging in there — longtime friends, bandmates, and co-regents of Brokeland Records, a kingdom of used vinyl located in the borderlands of Berkeley and Oakland. Their wives, Gwen Shanks and Aviva Roth-Jaffe, are the Berkeley Birth Partners, a pair of semi-legendary midwives who have welcomed, between them, more than a thousand newly minted citizens into the dented utopia at whose heart—half tavern, half temple—stands Brokeland Records.

Agosto 2004. Archy si prende cura di un neonato non suo per allenarsi ad accudire il primo figlio in arrivo. L’amico e socio Nat rimugina sui presagi di sventura che aleggiano attorno al loro negozio di dischi, il Brokeland Records, tempio dei vinili usati tra Berkeley e Oakland. Le loro mogli Gwen e Aviva, ostetriche a cui si deve l’ingresso nel mondo di un migliaio di concittadini, raggiungono una paziente per un parto difficile in una casa di legno affacciata sul canyon. Julie, figlio quindicenne di Nat e Aviva, si innamora di Titus, venuto dal Texas e dal passato di Archy. Attorno a loro, una ragazza etiope con occhi da cerbiatta e dita che odorano di spezie, un impresario di pompe funebri abituato a immaginare una lapide appropriata per ogni persona che incontra…

Nat Jaffe und Archy Stallings führen gemeinsam den kleinen, aber exklusiv bestückten Jazzplattenladen Brokeland Records. Ihre Ehefrauen arbeiten gemeinsam als Hebammen. Der Ärger beginnt, als Gibson Goode, Footballlegende und fünftreichster Schwarzer Amerikas, gleich neben dem Plattenladen einen Megastore eröffnen will.Brokeland Records scheint seltsam aus der Zeit gefallen: Menschen mit Muße und Geschmack treffen sich hier, um über Musik und Jazzlegenden zu fabulieren…

When they recorded their ninth album, "Trouble Maker", the venerable punks of Rancid had been working together as a band for 25 years. It would follow that maybe the record would be nostalgic, and it is. Both lyrically and musically, the 19 songs have the blurry feel of old Polaroids, as the bandmembers stick to their guns and dish out tales of past glories.

When they recorded their ninth album, "Trouble Maker", the venerable punks of Rancid had been working together as a band for 25 years. It would follow that maybe the record would be nostalgic, and it is. Both lyrically and musically, the 19 songs have the blurry feel of old Polaroids, as the bandmembers stick to their guns and dish out tales of past glories.

Recursive Classics has announced the upcoming release of Mahler's Symphony No. 5, featuring David Bernard leading the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony.

Recursive Classics has announced the upcoming release of Mahler's Symphony No. 5, featuring David Bernard leading the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony. This album will be available on December 2nd, 2022 at all major retailers, download sites and streaming services.