Even with a first spin of this recording Legado one wonders who but Berta Rojas could have played this music that honours legendary women guitarists Ida...
The lack of recognition for the work of Grazyna Bacewicz [1909-1969] – even among music’s cognoscenti – is something of mystery. The Polish violinist and composer,...
This recording – Mapou, featuring the Haitian-Swedish-Swedish-Haitian brass, woodwind and percussion orchestra of Sten Källman and Sanba Zao – is one of the most electrifying recordings...
The young violinist Kinga Augustyn has outdone herself with the release of her second album of 2021, Turning in Time, probably reaching the apogee of performance...
David Broza’s declaration that the internationalism of humanity lies in music – no matter the extent of numerous Diasporas across the universe – has never been...
Ajoyo released their EP War Chant in the Fall of 2019 and have since followed that four-song release with a full album in the Summer of...
You cannot call your recording La Próxima Traición and expect to get away with emphasis on the elegance of the tango alone. Ben and Winnie certainly...
The origin of the word “mariachi” was once hotly discussed – even disputed. Semantics and etymology apart, no one has been able to quite resist the...
In 2017 Stanley Grill wrote music that elevated the terrestrial to the celestial with At the Center of All Things. That music swept across Whitman’s America...
There’s a good chance you might not have heard of the guitarist, vocalist and composer of these songs – Soli. Having a one-word name that also...
Think about Brasilian music played by Brasilians – even before a single note is played – and the chances are you’ll expect something magical in the...
Music has an ephemeral quality that makes it experientially real only in the present. For instance, once music has passed it becomes a cherished memory that...
One of the most exciting discoveries to make in music – something like excavating something you never knew existed in archeology – is a new recording...
The word “amazones” (plural form of the word “amazone”) is usually associated with South America and the peoples – principally Brasilian (but also from the Peruvian...
James Fernando – The Lonely Sailor; Untold; The Journey Within; Ancient Lullaby; Troubled Waters; The Other Side of the Storm; The Last Sunset at Sea; Where...
Perhaps the greatest gift a father as famous as Egberto Gismonti could have bestowed upon his children would be a questing one; that boundless yen to...
The Scottish guitarist Simon Thacker is a musical alchemist. Thus, rightfully he and his art is evocative of a musical Merlin-like figure roaming mystical places in...
Almost unique among contemporary guitar virtuosos Itamar Erez is a musician who is an equally gifted composer who strives to make music of a consciously all-encompassing...
Haiti and New Orleans have an extremely deep cultural connection which, in turn, arises from its historical one. Both places saw an infusion of “freedom” when...
Sylvain Leroux is, without a shadow of a doubt, a major musician. He is also an activist who is deeply committed to preserving the music of...
