There’s no better way to honor an oft-overlooked icon than to keep putting their music out there. And that’s exactly what bolero outfit Miramar is doing yet again for Puerto Rican composer Sylvia Rexach. To celebrate Rexach’s 100th anniversary, Miramar’s... Read Article
Miramar, the bolero side project from members of Richmond, Virginia, -based salseros Bio Ritmo, is not so much a side thing anymore–at least not in our view. Since the debut of their LP Dedication to Sylvia Rexach (Barbes Records) in 2016,... Read Article
There was avante-garde pop from Brazil, Detroit soul, and hip-hop over classical Indian music in the “heart of Manhattan” (Times Square) on the 14th of January as globalFEST celebrated its 15th edition. What a world music showcase it... Read Article
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 music” her mother would play while she was cleaning the house on Saturdays. Fast-forward to young adulthood, a... Read Article
