“To come to Recife and not see frevo is like going to Rome and not seeing the Pope!” This is what the man on the street...
If the reeds and woodwinds player Harvey Wainapel has not been made an honorary Brasilian already, then it is time that he is made one. His...
Diego El Cigala (who recently acquired the Dominican nationality) has been made famous not only by his Grammys, but also by the seminal album, Lágrimas Negras,...
These recordings: Stile Antico’s From the Imperial Court – Music for the House of Hapsburg and Anonymous 4’s Marie et Marion have been done in high-resolution...
The Uruguayan poet Juana de America was one of the major poets to come out of South America. Sadly, she is not as well-known as she...
Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897) German Requiem: Valery Gergiev; London Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Chorus; Sally Matthews: soprano; Christopher Maltman: baritone; Simon Halsey: chorus director Brahms...
While the hatred between one human being for another will make even the wildest animals squirm with disgust, here is a musician who is inclusive and...
While most of the world has heard of the celebrated Cyprus-born pianist Nicolas Economou, perhaps not too much of it would have heard of Angelos Ionas,...
The elemental rumble of the primero (tenor) and the segundo (bass) of the Garifuna drums announce the magnificent attack of Aurelio Martinez’s music on Lándini. It...
Aram Khachaturian (1903—1978) Violin Concerto; + Dimitri Shostakovich (1906—1975) String Quartets No.7 in F# Minor Opus 108 and No.8 in C Minor Opus 110; James Ehnes:...
The African-Caribbean music of Robert Nesta Marley is so unique and left such a lasting impression on his listeners and fans alike that attempting to pay...
In The Night: Stephen Hough – Piano Stephen Hough has an impressive resume as a pianist, with some of the worlds’ finest Symphonies and Philharmonics. He...
On the rather brightly coloured record Ici bas rien n’est impossible by the Cameroon-born Canada-based griot Njacko Backo, is the face of its leader looking down,...
To say that Kavita Shah is an artist like no other is not really saying anything new. It is in her singular voice and the tone...
Thomas Larcher (b. 1963) – What Becomes – Tamara Stefanovich: piano (1 – 21), Mark Padmore: tenor (22 – 32); Thomas Larcher: piano (22 – 32)...
The celebratory nature of Ogguere’s record, Solar is palpable almost from the first bars of “Tu Chocolate Caliente”. It comes from the fire of the brass...
There is nothing, or possibly very little, by way of music and dance in Latin America—and that includes Argentina—that is not a result of the direct...
Warren Hildebrand and his father Henry Hildebrand, are legendary and seminal figures in the promotion of New Orleans Second Line music and music in general, from...
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840—1893) Piano Concertos 1 & 2 – Simon Trpceski: piano; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra: Vasily Patrenko: conductor Nikolai Rubenstein, to whom Tchaikovsky dedicated...
I have been listening to the music of Lenka Lichtenberg for some time now. Still, it never fails to amaze me that I find myself catching...
