Matisyahu

Electric Boogaloo

Various Artists ·2018

"the second album I bought here is Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo, original soundtrack recording from the movie, which had a big impact on me. This is when hip-hop music started really breaking into the mainstream."

Shakedown Street

Grateful Dead ·1978

"this album was my mom's favorite it's shakedown street i have countless memories of her booging down in the kitchen or the living room to shake down the street."

Harvest Moon

Neil Young ·1992

"this is just such a staple young miel young harvest moon this was on all the time in my house growing up a lot of my nostalgia and my memories that I have of my childhood are connected with music and a lot of this music in particular."

Rickie Lee Jones

Rickie Lee Jones ·1979

"Her voice is just incredible and it's haunting and beautiful. I think my favorite song on this is 'Ghetto of My Mind.'"

Live at The Rainbow, 4th June 1977

Bob Marley & The Wailers ·2020

"this is bob marley and the whalers live at the rainbow june 4th 1977 very special record and bob marley's live music had a huge impact on me and the power of music and the spirituality of it."

Tunnel of Love

Bruce Springsteen ·1987

"this was really a special album bruce was i think going through a lot and writing incredible songs and his energy is something that everyone knows him for but this is more of a quiet moment for him and it's a beautiful songwriting emotional."

Tracy Chapman

Tracy Chapman ·1988

"Fast Car was like one of the songs that I remember as a kid really really being touched by... that song is about a homeless couple and it just hit home for me."

Flying Cowboys

Rickie Lee Jones ·1989

"Ricky Lee Jones, Flying Cowboys, this has like an island flare and her voice is just incredible and it's haunting and beautiful. I think my favorite song on this is 'Ghetto of My Mind.'"

Graceland

Paul Simon ·1986

"Paul Simon's Graceland is a classic, hugely impactful in terms of the connection I feel when I play music and make music, and the feeling of joy that comes across."