'Growing Upward' from Rupa and the April Fishes is an album of great music and powerful words - not something we're used to anymore, but something we need.
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Music Reviews: ‘Two Hands to Tango’ from Håkon Skogstad, ‘Chaplin’s Smile’ from Philippe Quint
Two worthy adaptation projects: inventive piano tangos from Skogstad and sweet violin interpretations of Charlie Chaplin's movie music from Quint
Read More »Charlie Doherty’s Top Tunes of 2018 (Camila Cabello, Post Malone, The 1975, Chris Cornell, and More)
Rock music will always come first in my world, but you'll see an eclectic list of everything from jazz-hop (Anderson .Paak) to metal, country, electronica, R&B, and folk rock.
Read More »Music Review: Ignacio Berroa – ‘Straight Ahead from Havana’
This memorable set from Dizzy Gillespie's longtime drummer is one of the best small-group jazz albums of recent vintage, full of rhythmic play and meaty assertiveness with a Latin lilt.
Read More »Music Preview: ‘Una Noche con Ruben Blades’
'Una Noche con Ruben Blades' is superb. If you’re into stellar music, fluent and elegant, then this is the album you’ve been seeking.
Read More »Music Review: Atropolis – ‘Shuffle Mode’ EP
'Shuffle Mode' is superbly innovative, merging various textures, colors, and rhythms into novel hip-hop flows.
Read More »Emilio and Gloria Estefan Named Recipients of the 2019 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize
The Estefans are the first musicians-songwriters of Hispanic descent and the first married couple to receive the prestigious honor.
Read More »Music Preview: Stu Mindeman – ‘Woven Threads’ Is Glorious
'Woven Threads' is glorious, defying description by means of adjectives like superb, stellar, lush, gorgeous, brilliant, and superlative.
Read More »Music Review: Brown Kid – ‘Rusty Strings’ EP Radiates Trop-Rock
With 'Rusty Strings,' Brown Kid demonstrates his knack for coalescing different flavors into interesting concoctions.
Read More »Music Review: Melbreeze – ‘Animazonia’
The music integrates jazz idioms with South American dance and psychedelic synth-pop, forming a mixture that is both traditional and unique-sounding.
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