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’s no shortage of new music coming out of the Caribbean. Artists routinely dominating the charts in the widely encompassing urbano genre hail from the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, and hip-hop and jazz artists from Cuba have... 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
Though world music can be found in New York City virtually year-round, January is a time when a plethora of global sounds can be seen in the Big Apple, thanks to the APAP conference and globalFEST. globalFEST, Sunday, Jan.... Read Article
