REVIEW Dr. Drumah – Nu-Konduktor
Anyone familiar with Dr. Drumah‘s extensive back catalogue may be a little surprised by the new album. The numbers are... Read Article
Prezident Markon’s Singles Round-Up (Orquesta Akokán, Meridian Brothers, Susana Baca, DJ Jigüe, Desta French and more)
Summer may be fading out like the final track of a bossa nova compilation, but it hasn’t staunched the flow... Read Article
REVIEW Rodrigo Amarante – Drama
When the LA-based Brazilian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Rodrigo Amarante, delivered his first solo album Cavalo in 2014, it announced a... Read Article
Prezident Markon’s New Singles Round-Up (Jorge Drexler, Nidia Góngora, Quantic, Lagartijeando, Combo Chimbita, Islandman, Vana Liya and more)
While the English version of football may not be ‘coming home’ after all the hype, I’ll go home to my... Read Article
REVIEW João Donato – JID007
For the seventh edition of their Jazz Is Dead imprint, Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad have turned to the... Read Article
REVIEW José Mauro – A Viagem Das Horas
When I heard José Mauro‘s Obnoxius back in 2016, Far Out Recordings’ re-release of an album the Brazilian singer-songwriter recorded... Read Article
Prezident Markon’s Singles Round-Up (Amaro Freitas, La Mambanegra, Alex Figueira, Mental Abstrato, Big Youth, Manzanita, Traffic Sound, Rodrigo Amarante and more)
Brazil calls particularly loud and clear this month, but there are also some delicacies to declare from Peru, Jamaica, the... Read Article
REVIEW Penya – Penya
London-based Penya’s self-titled second album was recorded partly at Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios, itself a hallmark of quality. If... Read Article
London and Bogotá’s Rising Stars Unite for Mestizo Global Streaming Event
In normal times in a normal world, it’s round about now that a seething, steaming mass of humanity would be... Read Article
Prezident Markon’s Singles Round-Up (Cande y Paulo, José Mauro, Ignus, Aricia Mess, Okuté, Havana Meets Kingston, João Donato, Penya, Esperanto)
April has showered its musical blessings upon us: some old, some new and all worthy of more than a mere... Read Article
Prezident Markon’s Singles Round-Up (Renee Goust, Kanaku y El Tigre, Colectiva, Mad Cow, DJ Tudo, Joaquín Cornejo and more)
Spring has sprung in this neck of the woods, a little precociously perhaps but intimating better times ahead. Hopefully. Time... Read Article
A Johnny Pacheco Playlist
Alas poor Johnny, we knew him well… But perhaps we knew the dearly departed Dominican flautist more as a composer... Read Article