Editor’s Pick · Album of the Month · It is true that when Pedrito Martinez puts it out there that a new album is coming, half...
For a change and long overdue Román Díaz is the hero of an Afro-Cuban recording and that too one wholly immersed in the language of Lukumi,...
It’s hard to argue with Tony Bennett when he describes Leny Andrade as the “Ella Fitzgerald of Brasil”. Anyone who has heard Ms. Andrade live or...
The year 2015 has seen two monumental musical works where Afro-Caribbean music collides with Jazz: The first is Elio Villafranca’s suite, Cinque which was premiered at...
To the untrained ear, most frevos may sound the same—fast-paced, played at breakneck speed almost, music rising and falling in waves crashing upon invisible beaches under...
Kellylee Evans does not get the attention she deserves and yet she must be swept up and have arms wrapped around her. That may be about...