It might represent one of the greatest untapped wells of music history, a trove of R&B and funk jams that no one knew was sitting under our feet this entire time.

Blossom Dearie lays out Dearie’s basic mission: music that transports the listener to a room where she herself might be singing directly to them.

The 2nd Edition Repress of our 35th Anniversary Deluxe edition of Whitney Houston’s self-titled debut comes on opaque metallic bronze vinyl, packaged in a box with a hardcover booklet.

Since we've reached the midpoint of another year, we've compiled an unranked list of 30 albums that we felt were among the best to come out in 2022, so far, chosen by members of the VMP team — from pandemic rap to folk, emo rock to electronic and everything in between.

A story told through seven albums of Latin soul meeting the hardest salsa, modal jazz, and frenetic boogaloo – sounds you’ve ever heard, with special attention to telling Bataan’s story and his groundbreaking label.