Richmond-based Bolero Beat ensemble Miramar has announced their upcoming album, Entre Tus Flores, set for release on January 10 via Ansonia Records. The album promises…
Miramar Celebrates Transnational Bolero in “En Mis Sueños”
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Reaching Out and Stepping Back
(headline image: Isaac et Nora – Photo by Jean-Marie Jagu) However one chooses to define “World” music, there are a few certainties applicable to the…
Lovely Bolero by Indy Fontaine
Cuban/American Indy Fontaine delivers pure beauty throughout the flute-punctuated bolero “El Amor No Alcanza,” an original work that sounds like a pleasant remnant of a…
Amelia Rivera Revisits Beloved “Los Aretes de la Luna” Bolero
Guatemalan vocalist Amelia Rivera does a jazzy cover of the much-loved Cuban bolero “Los Aretes de la Luna” that lacks nothing in authenticity or style.…
Panel Discussion: “The Legacy of Tito Rodríguez” at Hostos Community College
A panel discussion will follow the Family Concert: “The Mambo? A Bolero? Tito Rodríguez?” in the Repertory Theater on Sat., November 12 at 3:30 p.m.…
Family Concert: “The Mambo? A Bolero? Tito Rodríguez?” at Hostos Community College
Legendary percussionist John “Dandy” Rodríguez, Jr. will bring his 10-piece band to the Repertory Theater at Hostos on Saturday, November 12 at 12:30 p.m. for…
Miguel Zenón and Luis Perdomo Release Digital Album ‘El Arte Del Bolero’
Puerto Rican alto saxophonist Miguel Zenón and Venezuelan pianist Luis Perdomo have released their digital only album “El Arte Del Bolero” today, Friday, January 8,…
Exquisite Latin Jazz Boleros from Trumpeter John Daversa
John Daversa – Cuarentena: With Family at Home (Tiger Turn, 2020) Cuarentena (quarantine in Spanish) is a delightful instrumental album from American trumpeter and educator…
Artist Profiles: Afro Cuban All Stars
The Afro-Cuban All Stars were brought together by musical director Juan de Marcos González (leader of the son group Sierra Maestra and mastermind behind the…
Artist Profiles: Addys D’Mercedes
Cuban singer Addys D’Mercedes grew up in Oriente, the southern, rural part of Cuba. At local parties she heard her father playing sones and guajiras…