Calling out a beaming welcome to the ambassador of Honduras, Aurelio gently filled the room with his unique equatorial style,...
In a world of “acceptable musical nihilism”, Clinton Fearon is a citizen-musician, in the ideal sense of the word. He...
I am writing this review at the Santa Monica Pier in LA, surrounded by sea, sand, a Bubba Gump Shrimp...
Reggae was born as an attempt at offering a mass of people tired of pretending to be a rational, liberal,...
Event Review: Manana//Cuba – A Night of Afro-Cuban Collaborations @ Barbican (London, 26th May 2017)
That euphoric swelling an artist feels when they connect with their audience is what rumba musicians describe as ‘Manana’. The...
Ariwo‘s eponymous EP may only be four tracks long, but the length of the tracks gives it more of an...
At age of 66 and with a career spanning almost 50 years, Clinton Fearon could be peacefully considering retirement. But...
Transparent Water, a meeting between Cuban jazz pianist Omar Sosa and versatile Senegalese kora player Seckou Keita, is a delightful...
The concept behind the AfroCubism collaboration is to celebrate and unite some of Mali and Cuba’s hottest musicians and to...
Contemporary Cuban music is currently enjoying a high profile with exciting, forward-looking releases from Dayme Arocena and Gilles Peterson’s Havana...
Less than a month ago, we had the pleasure to co-promote an exciting event at The Jazz Café. Family Atlantica and Vula Viel...
This year, we only got a glimpse of the music bonanza offered by the Womad UK weekend. Our stay in...