Joyce’s ‘previously-lost’ Visions of Dawn album is set to be re-released on vinyl by Far Out Recordings. Recorded in 1976 in Paris, which was then a hub of Latin American political expatriation, though not released until 2009 when it... Read Article
In his customary black cowboy hat, this time accompanied by his sister Maria, Eliades Ochoa has released a new album of conviviality, dance, and seriousness, Guajira + Mas Guajira. The album expresses an art of living rooted in an... Read Article
Music has always had a particular ability to enliven one’s life, whether through the elegance of masterfully-arranged sounds or even the beauty of an album’s artwork. Music trails design, literature, language and many other human activities behind it... Read Article
In a preface to Edith Piaf’s autobiography, French poet Jean Cocteau wrote about her singing voice as “a voice that comes out of the guts, a voice that inhabits a singer from her feet to her head, that... Read Article
Nas Vozes De Cartola is quite honestly a collector’s item. For a reason unknown to this critic, Cartola has not been as formally introduced to global audiences as other Brazilian singer-songwriters such as Gilberto Gil, Chico Buarque or Tom Jobim.... Read Article
Seu Jorge is perhaps the most prominent Brazilian soul musician in the US. This is largely due to his major role in Wes Anderson’s film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, where he played a melancholic man with... Read Article
