Patrícia Lopes: o feminino em Pessoa
This album o feminino em Pessoa by the Brasilian composer and pianist Patrícia Lopes is inspired by the poetry of Portugal’s premier poet Fernando...
Dan Costa: Skyness
The pianist Dan Costa might surprise – even shock – some of his contemporaries by inventing harmonies and chords that effectively reinterpret tonality on...
Garbelotto | André: Loro Project
The Loro Project by a quartet led by Brasilian guitarist Vitor Garbelotto and French violinist Henrik André features some of the most spirited and...
Idan Raichel: And If You Will Come To Me
Idan Raichel – once vilified for being on the wrong side of Israeli politics, is, nevertheless, a bona-fide international superstar. His last few recordings,...
Salif Keita: Un autre blanc
Salif Keita is a griot who has a royal bloodline and has descended from one of the great Mandinka people of Mali. Albinism not...
Domna Samiou: Music from Greece
Readers in the English-speaking world will recognise Domna Samiou as the Greek equivalent of someone like Allan Lomax whose legendary work documenting (particularly early)...
Hamid Drake | Ralph M. Jones | Adam Rudolph: Karuna
If you have ever listened to the music of any of Hamid Drake, Ralph M. Jones and Adam Rudolph, alone or together, you are...
Anja Lechner | Pablo Márquez: Franz Schubert – Die Nacht
Franz Schubert: Nacht und Träume, Die Nacht, Der Leiermann, Fischerweise, Meeresstille, Romanze aus Rosamunde, Sonata in a-Moll “Arpeggione”; Friedrich Burgmüller: Nocturne Nr. 1-3. Anja...
Yiddish Glory: The Lost Songs of World War II
It is one thing for a culture to survive torment, repression, and genocide as the European Jews did throughout history – especially...
Black Uhuru: As the World Turns
One of the most iconic bands to emerge in the inebriating puff of reggae was Black Uhuru, which began when Derrick “Duckie” Simpson combined...
Antonio Arnedo, Benjamim Taubkin: Fronteiras Imaginárias (Colômbia Brasil)
Antonio Arnedo, the saxophonist, known best for his floating lines reminiscent of magical soundscapes describing the porro, currulao, bambuco and contrapunteo forms of his...
Newpoli: Mediterraneo
The 2018 album from the wonderful contemporary Boston-based Neapolitan folkloric group Newpoli is different from any of their other work. Mediterraneo features original (as...
Bokanté + Metropole Orkest Conducted by Jules Buckley: What Heat
Michael League, guiding light of the iconic ensemble Snarky Puppy and now Bokanté, is a musician who continues to challenge the musical norm of...
Antonio Adolfo Orquestra Atlântica: Encontros
At last the renowned Brasilian musician Antonio Adolfo, pianist and pedagogue has followed esteemed fellow-Brasilians Moacir Santos, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Hermeto Pascoal and Mario...
Paa Kow: Cookpot
This Cookpot is a boiling and bubbling cauldron of African hi-life and every other kind of rhythmic style from Paa Kow, the energetic and...
New Caracas: Nos
That music this beautiful and life-affirming can arise from the death-defying Venezuelan consciousness of principal songwriter Luis D’Elias and this group New Caracas comprising...
Guai: Dama de Paus
It is hard not to gush on about Guai (formerly known as Karol Guaitolini) and her stunning debut album Dama de Paus. It is...
Idan Raichel: Piano • Songs
To share intensely private moments of artistry with audiences small and large is both rare and courageous. Idan Raichel exhibits both on Piano...
EMX: Eclectic Music Extravaganza
Gene Pritsker: 1: Suite No. 1 - I. I. Prelude; II. Fugue 10/8; III. Air Everywhere; IV. Postlude; 5: Circus Dreaming Rag (from "Three...
Strunz and Farah: Tales of Two Guitars
The celebrated guitar-duo of Strunz and Farah are no newcomers to the collision of music from Spain to Latin America and beyond. Indeed the...
