We don’t usually post much about how we source our firewood here at The Sharp Notes, but our process is remarkably similar to Eddie Floyd’s. Although, admittedly, we’re rarely dressed this well. Look at this man. Chopping wood in a beautiful suit, immaculate loafers and—is that an ascot? Eddie Floyd understood that manual labor was no excuse for letting standards slip. However you prefer to forage, come as you are to The Sharp Notes and pick up this beautiful copy of a stone-cold soul...

Composer, orchestrator, and arranger Peter M. Bernstein joins The Sharp Notes to discuss his work on the original Ghostbusters score, his career in film and television music, and the experience of revisiting his father Elmer Bernstein’s music for Ghostbusters in Concert.

Minnie Riperton’s extraordinary 1970 debut Come to My Garden returns to vinyl, offering another chance to hear Charles Stepney’s sweeping arrangements, Riperton’s remarkable voice, and one of soul music’s most adventurous recordings.