Hamed Nikpay on the Road
By: Artin Amirian Los Angeles, California Wednesday, October 07, 2009 On Saturday, Oct 3 2009, I walked into the Ebell Theatre to see “Hamed…
Turiya Mareya and Javier Cabanillas Perform Latin Jazz at El Dragon Rojo Bar in Tijuana
Veteran Latin jazz pianist Turiya Mareya is collaborating with percussionist Javier Cabanillas in a new project being presented at El Dragon Bar in Tijuana Mexico.…
Exploring the Foundations of Rumba and Vallenato
Jesse Cook The Rumba Foundation (Koch Records, 2009) Canadian guitarist Jesse Cook was interested in recording an album that captured the history of rumba. Back…
Los Lobos Goes Disney
Los Lobos, the Grammy-winning East Los Angeles band famed for blending rock, blues and traditional Mexican music styles, is back with their first new album…
Sarazino’s Grooves
Sarazino Ya Foy! (Cumbancha, 2009) Ya Foy!, meaning "no problem" in the West African language of Baule, certainly sums up Sarazino’s latest out on the…
Tarantella Spider Trance Dance for Halloween in New York
World Music Institute and I Giullari di Piazza celebrate Halloween/Festa dei Morti (Feast of the Dead) Friday, October 30 at Peter Norton Symphony Space with…
Dan Zacks Talks About the Second Volume of Si Para Usted: The Funky Beats of Revolutionary Cuba
The Cuban music compilation Si Para Usted: The Funky Beats of Revolutionary Cuba, Vol. 2 was released recently on Waxing Deep Records. To find out…
Forro in the Dark’s New Album Available Now
Forro in the Dark, the band that has been rocking Wednesday’s at Nublu in New York City for the past five years is back with…
Egberto Gismonti Releases Saudações, featuring Camerata Romeu and Alexandre Gismonti
Egberto Gismonti’s new recording is Saudações. The title of the album, Gismonti explains, means ‘greetings, salutations, saludos, saluti’. The greetings follow a longer absence, at…
Intuitive Slide Guitars
Doug Cox and Salil Bhatt Slide to Freedom 2: Make A Better World (Northern Blues, 2009) Slide to Freedom 2: Make A Better World brings…