
Twenty current/recent releases that have been in heavy rotation ’round my home these past few months.

Twenty current/recent releases that have been in heavy rotation ’round my home these past few months.

Inspired by the July 1 birthdays of Debbie Harry, Missy Elliott, The B-52’s Fred Schneider, Village People’s Victor Willis, Evelyn King, Sufjan Stevens, Bobby Day, David Geddes, Imperial Teen’s Roddy Bottum, Elwood Blues (aka Dan Aykroyd), The Rembrandts’ Phil Solem, and Plies.

Inspired by Black Music Month, LGBTQ Pride Month, the passings of Carl Reiner and composer Johnny Mandel, and the June 30 birthdays of Patrick Wolf, The Supremes’ Florence Ballard, The Moments’ Billy Brown, Sneaker Pimps’ Kelli Dayton, and Girls Aloud’s Cheryl Cole.

Inspired by Black Music Month, LGBTQ Pride Month, and the June 29 birthdays of Flight of the Conchords’ Bret McKenzie, Men At Work’s Colin Hay, DJ Shadow, Little Eva, Pussycat Dolls’ Nicole Scherzinger, Emily Skinner, and Broadway composer Frank Loesser.

Inspired by Black Music Month, LGBTQ Pride Month, and the June 28 birthdays of Mel Brooks, Gilda Radner and 2 Unlimited’s Ray Slijngaard.

Inspired by Black Music Month, LGBTQ Pride Month, and the June 27 birthdays of The Beach Boys’ Bruce Johnston, The Surfaris’ Jim Fuller, Sixpence None the Richer’s Leigh Nash, and Lonzo.

Inspired by Black Music Month, LGBTQ Pride Month, and the June 26 birthdays of The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite’s Mick Jones, The 5th Dimension’s Billy Davis Jr., Ariana Grande, B.T. Express’ Louis Risbrook, Chris Isaak, Mr Hudson, The Sundays’ Harriet Wheeler and Wannadies’ Pär Wiksten.

Inspired by Black Music Month, LGBTQ Pride Month, and the June 25 birthdays of George Michael , Carly Simon, Harold Melvin, Eddie Floyd, Toto’s David Paich, Peggy Scott-Adams, and Dazz Band’s Skip Martin.

Inspired by Black Music Month, LGBTQ Pride Month, and the June 24 birthdays of Mick Fleetwood, Solange, Tears For Fears’ Curt Smith, The Zombies’ Colin Blunstone, Orchestral Manouevres in the Dark’s Andy McClusky, Ariel Pink, Michele Lee, Mazzy Star’s Hope Sandoval, Siedah Garrett, Arthur Brown, Phil Harris, and The Notwist’s Markus Acher.

Inspired by Black Music Month, LGBTQ Pride Month, and the June 23 birthdays of KT Tunstall, The Orlons’ Rosetta Hightower, June Carter Cash, Imagination’s Leee John, Duffy, and The Floaters’ Larry Cunningham.