Album Album September 16, 2025 by Diego Olivas Silvia Patricia: Curvas E Retas (1991) Sometimes the best romance is the one that’s rekindled. As I listen to Sylvia Patricia’s Curvas e Retas, I’m reminded why I… September 16, 2025
Album Album of the Month October 3, 2024 by Diego Olivas Kay Huang (黃韻玲): 平凡 (Ordinary) (1991) To quote a famous repartee: “Nevertheless, she persisted.” If one could attach a north star to Kay Huang (黃韻玲), it would be… October 3, 2024
Album Album of the Month March 26, 2024 by Diego Olivas Emmanuel: Entre Lunas (1988) As the child of first-generation immigrants, I imagine, many of y’all have had a similar relationship with your parents’ culture as I’ve… March 26, 2024
Album Album March 12, 2024 by Diego Olivas Silje Nergaard: Tell Me Where You’re Going (1990) Isn’t pop music such a fickle beast? It seems, one moment anyone could hold the world’s glimmer…only to be shuttled off when… March 12, 2024
Mix Mix March 5, 2024 by Diego Olivas Mix: 83. Discos De Amor With spring just around the corner for most of us, undoubtedly, my mind turned toward emotions conjured by such in-between periods. There’s… March 5, 2024
Album Album of the Month October 3, 2023 by Diego Olivas John “Johnny Bug” Chen (小蟲): 活在愛裡 (Because Of Love) (1995) Some of you might not realize it but It appears that lately I’ve been exploring a bit of musical nostalgia. For me,… October 3, 2023
Album Album July 4, 2023 by Diego Olivas Viktor Lazlo: Club Désert (1989) When writing about Viktor Lazlo, the musical alias of Sonia Dronier, my mind began to think of parallels. I kept thinking of… July 4, 2023
Album Album May 9, 2023 by Diego Olivas Kim Wan-sun (金元萱): 第一次接觸 (The First Touch) (1994) To paraphrase the great Janet Jackson, “Like a moth to a flame, Burned by the fire, My love is blind, Can’t you… May 9, 2023
Album Album of the Month April 18, 2023 by Diego Olivas Nino Buoncore: Una Città Tra Le Mani (1988) If y’all can count on one thing about me, it’s on this: I’m unafraid to promote adult music. Years of listening has… April 18, 2023
Album Album of the Month December 2, 2022 by Diego Olivas Chika Ueda (上田知華): いつも 2人で (Always 2 People) (1994) You know, some days I’m grateful I have a platform to highlight music that others might pass on. It’s why you get… December 2, 2022
Mix Mix December 7, 2021 by Diego Olivas Mix: 59. Christmas & Glasgow Sometimes when I get dug in a corner, it’s pretty hard to get me out of it. In this case, it was… December 7, 2021
Album 音 Album of the Month March 2, 2021 by Diego Olivas Ban: Mundo de Aventuras (1990) Just more music for “in between seasons”. What else can you say to describe the latter-day work of, sadly, now defunct, Portuguese… March 2, 2021