The restless questing that characterises the musicianship of pianist Martin Bejerano is something that draws the inner-ear to his music like a proverbial moth to a...
When Roxana Amed released her debut album Ontology, it was clear that a musician of prodigious gifts had been hiding in plain sight and that album...
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...
When Cristina Morrison released Baronesa she may have been considered an vocal artist of boundless promise, but since then and with the advent of Impredecible (Voces...
Singer/Actress Cristina Morrison Highly Anticipated New Release IMPREDECIBLE – VOCES DE MUJER Lena Burke, Mirella Cesa, Magos Herrera, Barbara Mendes and Consuelo Vargas Miami – May...
To listen to the voice of The Dreamers struggling against a manic administration in the 2019 White House is not too much to ask for and...
The utter simplicity of this title – Music in Me – does not even begin to convey the depth and sophistication of the music on this...
Few sets of brothers (as far as sisters go there is always the Labèque sisters) have such surprising material up their sleeves as The Rodriguez Brothers....
This album, by Manuel Valera Sr. Recuerdos ranks—with Charlie Haden’s Nocturne as one of the most beautiful albums of boleros made in recent times. Mr. Valera...
What’s new in the idiom of jazz? The next generation of Cuban musicians have arrived. Look no further than what they have brought with them. It...
Park Palace Tribute Featuring the Aruán Ortíz Quartet and Manuel Valera & The Cuban Express – May 4th to May 10th, 2014 – Constructed in 1890...
Editor’s Pick · Featured Album The elegant pianistic urgings—whether in consonant or in dissonant harmony—at the delicate hand of the Colombian-born Carolina Calvache are much too...
The rhythms of Latin America have been familiar to jazz since the music’s inception. The “Spanish tinge” has become more than just that over the past...
Manuel Valera and New Cuban Express seem to have picked up from where they left off. Their album Expectativas has the same vigor and the same...
On Wednesday, November 6th, 2013, at 7:30PM and 9:30PM, Cuban Pianist, Composer and Bandleader Manuel Valera and his New Cuban Express are celebrating the CD Release...