Raul Da Gama
Based in Milton, Ontario, Canada, Raul is a poet, musician and an accomplished critic whose profound analysis is reinforced by his deep understanding of music, technically as well as historically.
Felipe Salles Interconnections Ensemble: The New Immigrant Experience
During the course of your mission as a music critic you might come across numerous recordings that...
Tony Succar: Percussionist with a Big Bang Theory
Tony Succar could have been a professional sportsman – a football player to be precise. Two...
Tony Succar & Pablo Gil: Raíces Jazz Orchestra
Featured Album · Editor’s Pick
A big band project with Tony Succar and...
Marlon Simon: The Music of Marlon Simon
Essential Albums Revisited
It took a while for Marlon Simon to launch his...
Miguel de León: Malandro
We have always known that Miguel de León can sing with equal facility in both Spanish and...
Duduka Da Fonseca & Helio Alves ft. Maucha Adnet: Samba Jazz and Tom Jobim
Thanks in large part to the inimitable drummer Duduka Da Fonseca and Family Adnet, the music of...
The Norwegian Wind Ensemble conducted by Steffen Schorn, featuring Hermeto Pascoal, Marcio Bahia &...
In matters of art – poetry, drama, music and painting – the “timelessness” of the art in...
Antonio Adolfo: BruMa – Celebrating Milton Nascimento
Milton Nascimento remains one of the greatest musicians to come out of that country. He is revered...
Brian Andres Trio Latino: Mayan Suite
It is not easy – by any stretch of imagination – for a drummer to restrain his...
Samuel Torres: Alegría
Featured Album · Editor's Pick
In a world...
Gabriel Chakarji: New Beginning
The legendary Totó La Momposina, a musician of Afro-Colombian and Indigenous descent is at pains to tell...
Quatro: Music by John Finbury
John Finbury has long since displayed a prodigious gift for musicianship in all its forms – not...
Mart’nália Canta Vinicius de Moraes
Featured Album · Editor's Pick
Mart’nália sings in a voice like seda crua...
Duende Libre: The Dance She Spoke
Mother Africa – and everything that makes her ineffably beautiful – has probably never been as alive...
Edson Natale: Âmbar – Os Afluentes da Música
It doesn’t take much any longer – not after Jurassic Park – to imagine how amber could...
Spanish Harlem Orchestra: The Latin Jazz Project
Featured Album · Editor's Pick
In the nearly two decades of its existence, the...
Mart’nália: The Art of Love and Beauty in Music
Mart’nália’s eyes are like large, limpid pools. They draw you into their world. Once you’re in, the quietude of this portal opens out into...
Mafalda Minnozzi: Sensorial [Portraits in Bossa and Jazz]
Editor's Pick · Featured Album
It is rare – very rare indeed – that a foreigner singing Brasilian music in the native Portuguese language could...
Jazz Plaza 2020: Abrazando la Cultura del Jazz
Capítulo 1 de la serie: Edición 35 del Festival Internacional Jazz Plaza en La Habana
Autor: Raul da Gama / Traducción del inglés: Oscar Montagut
La...
Jazz Plaza 2020: Ancient to the Future
Chapter four of our series: 35th Jazz Plaza International Festival in Havana
In recent months I found myself in profound reflection of the term...