When Minnie Riperton released her debut album, Come to My Garden, in 1970, she decided to make “Les Fleurs” her grand, sweeping introduction to the LP. A lush masterwork arranged by Charles Stephney, ...
I love the late-’60s, quasi-MOR, rock-pop schlock that helped spark what we sometimes call post-rock. Guitarist Phil Upchurch’s 1969 album Upchurch and Minnie Riperton’s 1970 Come to My Garden used ...