Album Album of the Month July 26, 2022 by Diego Olivas Santi Vega: Isla Mujeres (1992) Traveling. That’s all I can think about now. I won’t bore you with too much autobiography but life has been quite stressful… July 26, 2022
Album Album of the Month January 18, 2022 by Diego Olivas Javier Zuazu: Cuaderno De Invierno (1991) Brace yourselves, let’s see how far I can take this review of Javier Zuazu’s Cuaderno De Invierno (or A Winter Journal). What… January 18, 2022
Album Album December 14, 2021 by Diego Olivas Jesús Auñon: 13 Cuerdas (1992) Recently, while dabbling in the world of wine reviews, I’ve been ruminating on a term that I believe would be well-adapted for… December 14, 2021
Album 音 Album February 9, 2021 by Diego Olivas Fania: Deja Hablar Al Tiempo (1989) The more I burrow down rabbit holes, the more I realize music has interesting ways of making (seemingly) strange bedfellows work best… February 9, 2021
Album 音 Album of the Month July 23, 2019 by Diego Olivas Ana Benegas: Poema A Dos Voces (1986) Somehow, it’s becoming a recent recurring theme of mine to highlight outside the box music creators. Some of my favorite albums are… July 23, 2019
Album Album of the Month May 15, 2018 by Diego Olivas Mecano: Ya Viene El Sol (1984) What a shining moment. It took Mecano two albums to properly shake off being also-rans, to truly get to what made (or… May 15, 2018
Album Album September 15, 2017 by Diego Olivas Joan Bibiloni: For A Future Smile (1988) Six years after our first introduction to Joan Bibiloni, via his fantastic debut (Joana Lluna), the world had moved under him. For… September 15, 2017
Album 音 Album of the Month June 9, 2017 by Diego Olivas Juan Martin: Painter In Sound ft. Mark Isham (1986) Simply sublime. What else can you say? From the man who literally wrote the definitive word on Flamenco technique, comes a work showing… June 9, 2017
Album 音 Album March 8, 2017 by Diego Olivas Macias: Regreso a Valencia (1988) One of my favorite albums from one of my favorite record label series. Largely piano-based, José Luis Macias’s Regreso a Valencia (Returning to Valencia) touched on… March 8, 2017
Album 音 Album February 20, 2017 by Diego Olivas Mariano Lozano-Platas: A Field In The Sky / Rotterdam-88 (1987) ugust 21st, 1988 in Rotterdam, Netherlands must have been some kind of wonderful night. On that night, the music of composer Madrileño… February 20, 2017
Album 音 Album February 3, 2017 by Diego Olivas Orquesta de las Nubes: Manual de Usuario (1987) rquesta de las Nubes, The Cloud Orchestra, isn’t really an orchestra, that we know for sure. What it is is a trio of… February 3, 2017
Album 音 Album January 13, 2017 by Diego Olivas Eliseo Parra y MOSAICO: Homenaje A Agapito Marazuela (1984) imply, phenomenal, a landmark release of Spanish music. The more I hear Eliseo Parra y MOSAICO’s Homenaje A Agapito Marazuela, the more… January 13, 2017