Gilberto Gil’s song on the album Expresso 2222 ‘Qui Nem Jilo’, originally written by Luiz Gonzaga, sounds very similar to a certain Haitian mini jazz…
Continental Garden: Gilberto Gil, Mini-Jazz
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In order to rear a beautiful child: Rhiannon Giddens, Mermaid Avenue
On the road to eternal rest, perhaps one of the greatest challenges that a person can face is how to raise a child. The answer…
Balladeers: John Coltrane, Charles Lloyd
Central to the African American musical tradition is the writing of black ballads – an even more fitting way of understanding black music than simply…
American Troubadour: Charles Bradley, Charles Caldwell, RL Burnside
In the 20th century, a wonderful thing happened to American poetry. The recordings of musical troubadours, a singer of vernacular poetry, became very important to…
The Expressionists: Adele, Seu Jorge, Kamasi Washington
The impressionists produced a massive boom of cultural significance and so did the nationalists and their affect on society lingers but no aesthetic has had…
Bel Ochan for Michel Lamartiniere Honorat
In the history of Haitian dance, and thus of Haitian music, there is a name that few people know but that signifies conviction: Michel Lamartiniere Honorat.…
Evora Sightseeing During EXIB 2016
During my recent stay in Evora, Portugal, for the 2016 Ibero-American Music Expo (EXIB), I had the opportunity to visit some of the monuments in…
EXIB 2016 Conferences and Trade Show
The Iberoamerican Music Expo 2016 turned out to be a great opportunity to catch up with Portuguese music and some of the album releases from…
Gauche! / In Gouache ..
Given the news that we receive about Brazil daily, that the President will be impeached, that millions are sliding into poverty, that corruption is mining…
Les Moncada Remembering Conga Bata Master Francisco Aguabella in 2016
Francisco Aguabella was one of the greatest Latin drummers. He was a conga and bata master, a Latin Jazz orchestra leader, and composer. Francisco was…