Articles by Sergio Elmir

Alpha Yaya Diallo
Djama
PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2005
Fresh from winning a Juno alongside the African Guitar Summit, Diallo releases his fifth album Djama, a poignant collection of meditative m...
Fania All-Stars Live
Hot Sweat: The Best Of
PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2005
At a time when every Latin label paraded their best and brightest performers to play in all-star groups, the Fania label based out of New Y...
Jaga
What We Must
PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2005
After dropping the "Jazzist from their name to avoid the limitations of genre classification, Norwegian musical super-collective Jaga have...
Various
The Rough Guide to Boogaloo
PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2005
Boogaloo is essentially North American Latin Soul music the marriage that came as a result of bicultural Spanish Harlem. It was the missi...
Chapter
Us vs. Them
PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2005
Picture a mix of emotional, street-level lyricism with banging beats that ride softly on soulful Rhodes, bass and guitar. Now imagine this...
Laurent Garnier
The Cloud Making Machine
PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2005
World renowned DJ Laurent Garnier is best known for his eclectic mix of acid-house, techno and disco for dance floors around the world, how...
Solomon Burke
Make Do with What You Got
PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2005
No one could possibly have more soul than Solomon Burke. Whether saving souls as a bishop for the LA congregation of the House of God for A...
Jeremy Ellis
Lotus Blooms
PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2005
After choosing the lush tropics of Puerto Rico over Detroits bitter winter, Jeremy Ellis returns stateside with Lotus Blooms, a jazzed out...