The title Abriendo Puertas—“Opening Doors”—captures the spirit of guitarist Roni Ben-Hur’s latest recording with unusual precision. Recorded in Havana with an accomplished group of Cuban musicians,...
There is a specific kind of alchemy that occurs when a master of the contemporary idiom decides to turn his gaze backward out of a profound...
Brazilian Whispers… How appropriate is that as the title for an album by Andrea Brachfeld. Not only does the instrument she plays – the flute –...
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...
It is not often that music—even some of the finest on record, like a highly imaginative novel—evokes powerful visuals, but when it does the result can...