Sweeping Elegance
A Moving Sound A Moving Sound (Motema Music, 2011) Lush and exotic A Moving Sound is a stunning collection of tracks celebrating the musical tradition…
Reverse: A new album by Cuban X Alfonso
The album Reverse is, according to its author, an album made among friends and conceived as an art antibiotics. It is the most recent musical…
Inspired by the Mountains of Caramulo
Toques de Caramulo Retoques (Dorfeu 003, 2011) Portuguese band Toques de Caramulo hails from Agueda, a mid-size city in northern Portugal located right by the…
Video of the Week: Daybreak by Mandolinist Sierra Hull
This week’s video features 19-year of bluegrass sensation Sierra Hull. The video, titled ‘Daybreak’ is taken from Sierra’s latest album also called Daybreak. Sierra Hull…
Doing What Comes Nationally
Nation Beat Growing Stone (Barbès Records BR033, 2011) Two core members of Nation Beat, drummer Scott Kettner and vocalist Liliana Araujo, both arrived at the…
Argentine Poet and Tango Rock Innovator Hugo Estevez Dies at 48
Singer-songwriter Hugo Estevez, better known as Peche, died Saturday, October 2nd, stabbed by a neighbor while he was walking his dog. Peche was a leading…
Buzuki Orhan Osman Releases Turkophony
Orhan Osman is the messenger of a new music movement with his latest CD, ‘’Turkophony’’ (Golden Horn). With this album, Orhan who is from Greece…
Andalusian Hearts
Las Guitarras De España Tantas Cosas (NR 1104, 2011) Las Guitarras De España (The Guitars of Spain) is a Chicago-based band that fuses Flamenco sounds…
8th Annual Colombian Music Festival in New York City
The annual Encuentro/Encounter of Colombian Musicians in New York music festival, will take place October 22-23, 2011. Founded by Colombian bandleader, pianist, and composer Pablo…
Most Definitely
The Afro-Semitic Experience Further Definitions of the Days of Awe (Reckless DC Music RMCD 1055, 2011) Continuing their unlikely though intriguing fusion of African and…