One of the greatest and everlasting legacies of Johann Sebastian Bach is his invention of bass line melodies – especially his writing for more than one...
For an ensemble as medium-sized as Angel Roman & Mambo Blue what you get on Festive Interplay is big music-making; soaring horns – both brass and...
Spain may have been considered proverbial diadem of the world, between the 7th and 11th centuries, when the Umayyad rulers established the burgeoning Arabic influence across...
Colonisation of the Americas and the Caribbean has done little to stifle the traditional cultures of the colonised. If anything it has pushed a people’s voice...
The harp is one of the most challenging – even diabolically – instruments to play in music that requires rapid harmonic changes and a surfeit of...
Composer and pianist Michael Eckroth is a charismatic artist, a distinctive voice in a field crowded with technically immaculate but intermittently inspired players. Moreover, Mr Eckroth...
It is surely a critic’s joy to discover a major talent relatively obfuscated in the plethora of recordings, yet appearing on a major label. The Negroni’s...
Héctor Infanzón, recognized as one of the most complete Mexican pianists, is a performer and composer with a solid classical training. He has a vast experience...
Leon Lee Dorsey once enjoyed the company of the celebrated [late] pianist Hilton Ruiz, playing in one of the last ensembles the incomparable pianist brought together....
For the Brasilian singer Guai – not nearly as known as she deserves to be – to take this repertoire – none of which she has...
You may think you “know” the Bronx – and the South Bronx – in particular and depending on the time you have spent visiting it you...
The question of how to build a compact disc with repertoire immersed deep in a metaphysical concept of the nature and relations of beings is comprehensively...
Featured photo of Antonio Adolfo by Paul Constantinides Antonio Carlos Jobim may be one of the most revered Brasilian musicians in recent memory and few musicians...
“Social distancing” became the buzz-words of our world for more than a year and a half between 2020 and 2021. Everyone suffered in body and soul...
Featured photo of Jovino Santos Neto by Rhonda Stewart Performing solo on a piano – even before a large audience – comes with a sense of...
