Benoît LeBlanc – Mô kouzin, mô kouzinn (self-released, 2025) Mô Kouzin, Mô Kouzinn by Montreal-based singer, songwriter, and producer Benoît LeBlanc presents 27 pre-jazz songs…
Cousins in Song: Benoît LeBlanc Revives Forgotten Voices
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DANTCHEV:DOMAIN To Those Who Have Gone, I Sing in a Key of D
DANTCHEV:DOMAIN – To Those Who Have Gone, I Sing in a Key of D (Glomama Music, , 2025) The Finnish-Bulgarian ensemble DANTCHEV:DOMAIN has released its…
Borderless Bloom: Bagot and Nieto Cultivate a Garden of Sound
Gaëlle Bagot & Juan Manuel Nieto – Jardin d’ailleurs (MusiqueLive / InOuïe Distribution, 2025) French clarinetist and vocalist Gaëlle Bagot and Ecuadorian pianist Juan Manuel…
A New Set of Standards: Gino Amato’s “Latin Crossroads 2”
Gino Amato – Latin Crossroads 2 (Ovation Records, 2025) Gino Amato doubles down on his passion for Latin Jazz on Latin Crossroads 2, co-produced with…
Cassie and Maggie, Key Voices in the Canadian Contemporary Roots Scene
Cassie and Maggie – Gold And Coal (2025) Gold and Coal, the 2025 release from Nova Scotian sisters Cassie and Maggie, presents a confident fusion…
King Jammy Revives Junior Murvin’s 80s Work
Junior Murvin – Cool Down The Heat (Greensleeves Records, 2025) Cool Down The Heat is a top of the ladder posthumous set, produced and newly…
Circle Of Matriarchs: Voces Del Bullerengue Spins A 360° Second Album
Voces del Bullerengue – #anonimas&resilientes (Chaco World Music, 2025) Voces del Bullerengue returns in 2025 with #Anónimas&Resilientes, a passionate, profound and riveting 14-track set captured…
Alienda Breathes New Life Into Asturian Traditions with Spirited Debut
Alienda – Alienda (self-release, 2023) Alienda was the noteworthy debut album of Alienda, a contemporary folk band from Asturias in northern Spain. The band’s sound…
Guitar Riffs And Rights: Artivist Eljuri Presents “Así Es El Mundo”
Eljuri – Así es el Mundo (Manovill Records, 2025) New York-based Hispanic singer, guitarist, and activist Cecilia Villar Eljuri has recently released Así Es El…
Mambo Royalty, Reloaded
Raúl Gutiérrez and His Cuban Band – Prado… Vive! (Cugate Clásicos Latinos, 2021) Raúl Gutiérrez and His Cuban Band celebrate Pérez Prado’s legacy on Prado……