Richard M. Shain – Roots In Reverse
During the nearly four centuries of slavery in the Americas, 2.5 million Africans were brought to the Hispanic New World;... Read Article
REVIEW Magos Herrera & Brooklyn Rider – Dreamers
Latin America has a tortured history of democracy deferred by brutal dictatorships that were nearly endemic on the continent until... Read Article
REVIEW Orlando ‘Cachaito’ López – Cachaito
World Circuit Records has been reissuing on vinyl various jewels from its trove of world music recordings. Their latest release... Read Article
REVIEW Mariachi Herencia de México – Herencia de la Tierra Mia
Mariachi is popularly known abroad as demi-monde taverna music, providing succor or battle fuel for wronged lovers, or the province... Read Article
REVIEW Valeria Matzner – Anima
“I don’t want to show I have a pretty voice. I want to tell a story,” says vocalist and composer,... Read Article
The Crazy, Sweet Life of Clarice Assad
“Today was a crazy day,” announced Brazilian musician, Clarice Assad, before adding, “but sweet.” Clarice had come to the City... Read Article
REVIEW Los Adioses
I was predisposed to enjoy Los Adioses, Natalia Beristáin’s biopic about ‘mid-century modern’ Mexican feminist writer Rosario Castellanos. That the... Read Article
Tania Libertád Electrifies the Land of the Maya
Mexico has been a cultural dynamo, welcoming and nurturing artists from the Latin world and beyond, drawn to its ever-expanding... Read Article
Chavela
The life of Chavela Vargas, the Costa Rican-born canción ranchera singer who spent most of her adult life in Mexico,... Read Article
REVIEW Tribalistas – Tribalistas (II)
After a hiatus of 15 years, Marisa Monte, Carlinhos Brown and Arnaldo Antunes are collaborating again as Tribalistas. The years... Read Article