
REVIEW Dom La Nena – Tempo
She is young, soft spoken; her vocals are zephyrous, her lyrics without guile, her arrangements demure, and she plays the... Read Article
She is young, soft spoken; her vocals are zephyrous, her lyrics without guile, her arrangements demure, and she plays the... Read Article
Aldo López-Gavilán’s eyes open wide and round as he examines a vast gallery of vintage American cars in Detroit. On... Read Article
A burnished man, 40’s, wall-eyed, unshaven, his hair slicked down by the salt spray. He clamps his teeth on a... Read Article
I jumped at the chance to interview Totó la Momposina in 2005, on the eve of her New York Town... Read Article
The story of Buena Vista Social Club, the reunion of veteran Cuban musicians who’d found modest success in the 1950s... Read Article
Yesun, Cuban pianist Roberto Fonseca’s 9th release, is a work of vivid intricacies woven by a master hand. Scion of... Read Article
Twenty years in the sub-Arctic cold of Smithers, British Columbia, hasn’t chilled the tropical soul of Alex Cuba (born Alexis... Read Article
I write from my go-to café in Merida, Mexico. Ki’ Xocolatl has been a refuge since I discovered their music... Read Article
The music of Polo Montañez is back in circulation after almost 15 years, thanks to LusAfrica’s reissue of his two... Read Article
During the nearly four centuries of slavery in the Americas, 2.5 million Africans were brought to the Hispanic New World;... Read Article
Latin America has a tortured history of democracy deferred by brutal dictatorships that were nearly endemic on the continent until... Read Article
World Circuit Records has been reissuing on vinyl various jewels from its trove of world music recordings. Their latest release... Read Article