Cecilia Duarte – Reencuentros (Reference Recordings, 2022) “Reencuentros” (Re-encounters) is a significant album of traditional and popular songs by much-admired classical mezzo-soprano vocalist Cecilia Duarte.…
Linda Ronstadt – Feels Like Home: Songs from the Sonoran Borderlands (Putumayo, 2022) The new album Feels Like Home: Songs from the Sonoran Borderlands is…
Day 2 of the Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST 2022 virtual showcases took place on Wednesday, January 19 at 8:00 p.m. The event, hosted by African…
Innovative Mexican marimba band Son Rompe Pera was formed by the three Gama brothers, Kacho, Kilos and Mongo. The brothers originally performed with their father…
Mexico City’s marimba innovators Son Rompe Pera will be touring the United States for the first time. The band will be promoting its album Batuco…
Dos Santos, a Chicago-based world music band that combines influences from Hispanic America with futuristic sounds has a new single titled “A Shot In The…
At the end of January The Center for World Music (CWM) presented a stellar live- streamed concert of Regional Music of Mexico as part of…
Mexican artist Muwieri Xaure (also known as Eusebio López in Spanish) is a longstanding traditional Wixárika musician and former leader of the community of La…
Italian singer and guitarist Letizia Fuochi has a new album dedicated to influential Mexican singer Chavela Vargas. The title of the new recording is “Fuegos…
Duo Coincidencia – Veracruz – Sones y Flores (Cugate Clásicos Latinos, 2020) Veracruz – Sones y Flores presents a set of delightful, masterfully performed guitar…