Essential Scratch Perry
Lee “Scratch” Perry – Chicken Scratch (Heartbeat, 2007 reissue) Heartbeat Records has releases of Lee “Scratch” Perry’s Chicken Scratch in a Deluxe Edition CD. The…
Arturo Sandoval’s Mambo Mania Big Band at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley in Seattle
The Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley presents multi Grammy-winning trumpeter Arturo Sandoval with his Mambo Mania Big Band for four nights, February 21…
Bluegrass icon Rhonda Vincent Talks with Brad San Martin about Forthcoming Album Good Thing Going
Q: When did this project begin? Rhonda: I remember the date, it was January 5th of 2007, and I had flown to Portland, Oregon.…
World Jamming, an Interview with Hamsa Lila
One of the leading world music acts based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Hamsa Lila, recently released a double live CD titled Live in…
American Polka King Jimmy Sturr Wins 17th Grammy Award
Burlington (Massachusetts), USA – Jimmy Sturr continued his reign as polka king in the United States, albeit little competition, winning his 17th Grammy award for…
Johnny Whitehorse Wins Grammy
Totemic Flute Chants by Johnny Whitehorse (aka Robert Mirabal) is the winner of the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album. Mirabal and…
Alison Krauss & Robert Plant Collaboration Wins Grammy Award
Alison Krauss and Robert Plant received the Grammy award for ‘Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals’ for “Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On),” from Raising Sand.…
Latin Reggae and Mestizos
Various Artists – Latin Reggae (Putumayo, 2008) Compilations are a good way to get acquainted with new artists, but they are not always accurate. Putumayo…
Filmmaker Scorsese Announces Documentary on Reggae’s Marley
Hollywood is abuzz with the announcement that filmmaker Martin Scorsese will soon release a documentary on the late reggae superstar Bob Marley. The yet untitled…
Propelling Screen Drama
Antonio Pinto City Of Men The Soundtrack (Lakeshore Records, 2008) Often writing a music review for the soundtrack to a movie is a little tricky,…