Prezident Markon’s New Year’s Honours List
I note with interest that in my New Year’s Honours List of January 2020 I described 2019 as “dire”. So... Read Article
REVIEW Kiriki Club – Kiriki Club
On a casual first listening, this band from Birmingham (that’s England, not Alabama) sounds like Hot Club of Cowtown might... Read Article
Prezident Markon’s Singles Round-Up (Cimafunk, Kaleema, La Chica, Limoncello, Sofia Rei and more)
Season’s greetings, pop-pickers! There are few more gratifying ways of bringing this annus horribilis to a close than savouring some... Read Article
REVIEW Zopelar – Novaterra Vol. 1
If you want the synth, the whole synth and nothing but the synth, then this “mini-LP” is for you. It’s... Read Article
REVIEW Various Artists – Color de Trópico
One man’s passion became the same man’s label. Now based in Barcelona, El Palmas is described as “an intertropical South... Read Article
REVIEW Aníbal Rojas – Cachai
Aníbal Rojas is a Chilean jazz saxophonist from Santiago who emigrated to the US 20 years ago. Since then he... Read Article
REVIEW Mariana Zwarg Sexteto Universal – Nascentes
Around this time two years ago, I reviewed on this site an ambitious musical project on the UK’s Far Out... Read Article
REVIEW Bosq – Bosq Y Su Descarga Internacional
“Hey, James! Who’s this Bosq cat, then?” “Bobby, I don’t know, but whoever he is, he’s got to be FONKY!”... Read Article
Prezident Markon’s Singles Round-Up (Azymuth, M.I.S., Aquiles Navarrro & Tcheses Holmes, Cabruêra, ÌFÉ and more)
I’ve dipped my hand into the lucky-bag and picked out some variegated singles and other items for you in keeping... Read Article
REVIEW Raúl Monsalve y los Forajidos – Bichos
Regular visitors to this site may remember Ellen Gordon’s interview with Raúl Monsalve prior to the band’s appearance at the... Read Article
REVIEW Tino Contreras – La Noche de los Dioses
Mexican jazz doesn’t pop up on the jukebox of life that often. So, when it does, it’s gratifying that it’s... Read Article
REVIEW Jocy de Oliveira – A Música Século XX de Jocy
What a strange and intriguing album the new Berlin-based Litoral Records has chosen to inaugurate its exploration of “the intersection... Read Article