The connotation of the music of Chucho Valdés being Border-Free, from soul to finger-tips, is that idiom and metaphor melt—one into the other—and that lines are blurred; so much so that the imagery and sound of musical topography of continents...
“Nilson Matta’s Black Orpheus tells the story of Orpheus and Eurydice with monumental skill, great intellect, great joy and elemental sadness; all of this wrapped up in the inimitable fabric of Brazilian magic.” Of the...
Leave a pianist to his own devices and he is likely to lose himself in the keyboard of the grand instrument. Leave Jovino Santos alone with a piano and there is no telling where that...
Since around the mid 90s, the influx of fresh Latin American talent in Canada has grown exponentially. Cuban-Canadian singer-songwriter Adonis Puentes is one of those artists who settled in Victoria, British Columbia in 1998. Born...
“When music works in such a glorious manner the individual songs leave their mark not just on the mind, for this would be just intellectual. In fact the music is deeply wrought with emotion that...
A 10th Anniversary Celebration Recorded at a live concert performance at Makor (a renowned midtown club in New York City), this is Los Más Valientes’ fourth recording, which is a compilation of their three previous...
“The power and sassiness of Ronnie Cuber’s playing is captured by the breathtaking manner in which he is able to imbue the notes he plays with such suppleness and elasticity that his phrases billow and...
Lary Barilleau is more than a percussionist; he is a veritable percussion colourist who wields sticks and mallets and brushes dipped and splayed into an enormous palette of tints and shades. This is evident throughout...
Reviewed by: Raul da Gama “Omar Sosa is an extraordinary musician embodying both the magical virtuosity of musicianship and its soulful roots all in one. Actually one could not exist without the other. In Mr....
When Toots plays the harmonica the little instrument driven by mechanical flues seems to take on a giant ...