Archive for May 17th, 2012
Yuri Juarez – Afroperuano (Saponegro Records 2009)
It may not happen from the first note, but soon the music on Afroperuano begins to magically evoke the sound of the wind rushing through the rarified air of the Peruvian Andes. It is also possible to feel the swishing ...
Hamlet & his Latin Jazz Experience – Descarumbiando (2009)
The Latin Jazz wave is old hat. There are too many hangers-on; too many copy cats and not enough original thinking musicians. But in contrast, the serious craftsmen and women are getting more skilled and penetrating the soul of...
Gabriel Espinosa – From Yucatan To Rio (Zoho Music 2009)
The journey from Yucatan to Rio was a really smooth one. It was brimful with samba and bossa nova, with a little baroque thrown in probably the happy memory of a childhood resplendent withy the music of Bach and Vivaldi. And th...
Afrodisian Orchestra – Mediterraciones (BarCo 2009)
Few records in 2009 are going to have such an impact on the world of music as the Afrodisian Orchestra’s Mediterraciones. This is because there are few, just a few musicians – even native Spanish ones – who have ...
