Album Album of the Month August 17, 2018 by Diego Olivas Robin Scott & Shikisha: Jive Shikisha! (1984) It’s always a good sign when you’re out of step with whatever’s out there. Someone who really lived this idea was one… August 17, 2018
Album 音 Album August 14, 2018 by Diego Olivas Tony Esposito: Tamburo (1982) Let’s unwind for a moment. When I haven’t been busy occupying my days with writing, my mind and body has literally been… August 14, 2018
Album Album August 10, 2018 by Diego Olivas Febian Reza Pane: Dreams Of Ganesha (1995) How much are we a product of our past? It’s those thoughts that were floating through pianist Febian Reza Pane’s mind when… August 10, 2018
Album 音 Album July 31, 2018 by Diego Olivas Lino Capra Vaccina: L’Attesa (1992) In a not-so-recent interview with Vice Italy, Lino Capra Vaccina laments that out of his recently reissued work we’re missing most of… July 31, 2018
Album 音 Album of the Month July 24, 2018 by Diego Olivas Chagrin D’Amour: Chagrin D’Amour (1982) Who knows what would have happened in France if New Yorker Valli Timbert hadn’t met filmmaker Philippe Bourgoin, at some Chelsea Hotel,… July 24, 2018
Album 音 Album of the Month July 17, 2018 by Diego Olivas Roberto Musci & Giovanni Venosta: Water Messages On Desert Sand (1987) It would be easy to supplant whatever I stated in my post for Nuno Canavarro’s Plux Quba and simply transport it here.… July 17, 2018
Album 音 Album of the Month July 6, 2018 by Diego Olivas Hajime Mizoguchi: Oasis – Behind The Clear Waters (1986) Let’s take a step back. Let’s take a breather and rediscover the music of Hajime Mizoguchi. Romantic, sunny, and surprisingly graceful, Halfinch… July 6, 2018
Album Album of the Month June 29, 2018 by Diego Olivas Hideo Yamaki: Shadow Run (1993) And now, joining Genji Sawai in the next round of jazz not jazz, is the immensely talented drummer Hideo Yamaki. In essence,… June 29, 2018
Album 音 Album May 22, 2018 by Diego Olivas Miles Davis/Marcus Miller: Music From Siesta (1986) Marcus Miller, this is your redemption song. Marcus Miller. Marcus Miller, man, where do I begin? For so long, had I absolutely… May 22, 2018
Album Album April 17, 2018 by Diego Olivas Judith Ravitz Participagao: A Banda Do Zé Pretinho – Bolerio (1983) Perhaps Yehudit Ravit’s story can explain the appeal of Brazilian music to the Israeli citizenry. Not to go into deep into cultural… April 17, 2018
Album Album April 10, 2018 by Diego Olivas André Geraissati: DADGAD (1988) Well, this one’s a tough ‘un to describe. Meditative, elegiac, and at points quite melancholic, André Geraissati’s DADGAD is another instrumental, guitar album that… April 10, 2018
Album 音 Album April 3, 2018 by Diego Olivas Shadowfax: The Dreams Of Children (1984) Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here I am, stuck in the middle with Shadowfax’s The Dreams Of… April 3, 2018