New music: ‘Urgencia’ and ‘Salida’ by Miramar on Daptone Records
Miramar, the bolero side project from members of Richmond, Virginia, -based salseros Bio Ritmo, is not so much a side thing anymore–at... Read Article
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The Caribbean Reigns Supreme on Three New Tracks You Have to Hear
There’s no shortage of new music coming out of the Caribbean. Artists routinely dominating the charts in the widely encompassing... Read Article
Miramar’s Evocative Boleros Will Make You Sit With Your Feelings
The bolero is a genre of slow-tempo Latin music and its associated dance. As a child, this writer wasn’t too fond of the “slow... Read Article
Shows to Watch for APAP Conference and globalFEST in NYC
Though world music can be found in New York City virtually year-round, January is a time when a plethora of... Read Article
New Music: Bio Ritmo’s ‘Oriza’
Though they’ve been at it for more than 20 years now, we introduced Bio Ritmo to our readers as “forward-thinking salsa”... Read Article
REVIEW Various Artists – The Rough Guide to Psychedelic Salsa
Missing the homeland and in need of a little dancing fix? The Rough Guide to Psychedelic Salsa is waiting for... Read Article
New Music: Bio Ritmo’s ‘Puerta del Sur’
Classic salsa seems to be the ‘new, old in-thing’ lately, but Bio Ritmo, a Richmond, Virginia, -based outfit that’s been... Read Article
REVIEW Bio Ritmo – Introducing Bio Ritmo
Along its twenty years of existence, Bio Ritmo has experimented with different salsa styles, incorporated influences that range from punk-rock... Read Article
MP3 Download: Original Bossa Nova from Os Magrelos
Os Magrelos are a project started by Marlysse Simmons, also of Bio Ritmo, a group who blew us away with... Read Article
REVIEW Bio Ritmo – La Verdad
This is salsa, though with a difference. The instruments are the same, the rhythms the same, but there’s a difference... Read Article
Forward-thinking salsa from Bio Ritmo (MP3)
Bio Ritmo‘s La Verdad is already the album of the summer and it’s not even been released yet! You’ll have... Read Article