Articles by Jonathan Rothman
Various
Panama! 3 - Calypso Panameño, Guajira Jazz & Cumbia Típica on the Isthmus 1960-'75
PUBLISHED Mar 19, 2010
Montreal's Soundway Records score with this gem-packed collection of rare tropical finds 23 tracks deep. Series compilers Roberto Gyemant a...
CéU
Vagarosa
PUBLISHED Dec 29, 2009
São Paulo singer-songwriter CéU defies expectations from Vagarosa's first transition. By the unmistakeable plink of the cavaq...
Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain and Edgar Meyer
The Melody Of Rhythm - Triple Concerto & Music For Trio
PUBLISHED Dec 21, 2009
Three masters of their own styles and compositions ― the incomparable Fleck on banjo; Hussain, the world's premiere tabla artist for...
Antonio Valdetaro e Grupo
Letícia
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2009
Brazilian jazz guitarist Antonio Valdetaro, who has played since the '80s and has worked with Paulinho da Viola, tells his passionate Rio s...
The Idan Raichel Project
Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Toronto, ON November 15
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2009
Israeli producer and bandleader Idan Raichel last brought his well-polished ensemble to Toronto three years ago. At his latest concert, tho...
Yasmin Levy
Mano Suave
PUBLISHED Nov 3, 2009
Yasmin Levy's third album makes sizable leaps from 2005's La Juderia, allowing her dramatic voice to captivate via a range of rich flamenco...
Staff Benda Bilili
Très Très Fort
PUBLISHED Oct 26, 2009
Most of Kinshasa's Staff Benda Bilili are street handicapés on heavy-duty custom tricycles who frequent the local zoological gardens...
Minus 8
Slow Motion
PUBLISHED Sep 22, 2009
The early online buzz about this eighth album from Swiss producer Robert Jan Meyer (aka Minus 8) heralds a certain nu-jazz revival. While t...
