Cecilia Duarte – Reencuentros (Reference Recordings, 2022) “Reencuentros” (Re-encounters) is a significant album of traditional and popular songs by much-admired classical mezzo-soprano vocalist Cecilia Duarte.…
Ningue Ningue – No Paço e no Terreiro (Ningue Ningue, 2022) “No Paço e no Terreiro” is the second album by Ningue Ningue, a Portuguese…
Tango: Zero Hour was recorded in New York with tango master Astor Piazzolla and his classic New Tango Quintet, which worked with Piazzolla from 1978…
Born in San Juan and raised in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, Fernando García studied guitar at the extension program of the Conservatory of Music of Puerto…
Fanfare Ciocărlia – It Wasn’t Hard To Love You (Asphalt Tango Records, 2021) Romanian ensemble Fanfare Ciocărlia, one of the finest Gypsy brass bands, celebrated…
Candombe originated in Uruguay between the 18th and 19th century, developed by Africans and their descendants that were taken to South America through the slave…
American country and bluegrass singer-songwriter, musician, producer, and composer Rickie Lee Skaggs, better known as Ricky Skaggs, was born July 18, 1954. Skaggs grew up…
Tárkány Trió – A cimbalomprímás (Fonó, 2022) The album “A cimbalomprímás” by virtuoso musician Tárkány-Kovács Bálint celebrates the Hungarian hammered dulcimer known as cimbalom. Tárkány-Kovács…
Various Artists – Deep In The Woods – Pastoral Psychedelia & Funky Folk 1968-1975 (Strawberry Records/Cherry Red Records, 2022) “Deep In The Woods – Pastoral…
Sofia Vaina (Σοφία Βαϊνά) was born in Veroia, Greece in 1970. She is a Greek composer, lyricist, vocalist, arranger, pianist and violinist. She studied Special…