PLAYING CATCH-UP posted by O.W.

Been out of town for a bit (shout out to both Big City and Good Records in NYC!) but wanted to quickly catch folks up on some posts you might have missed:

• Karen Tongson put together an excellent, eclectic Summer Songs post.
• Adam Mansbach also dropped some summer cuts for us, with an appealing mix of hip-hop, jazz and soul.
• I wrote about the new Jackson Conti album, plus a revisit of "California Soul" for my new weekly Vibe blog, Side Dishes.