A good festival balances high quality and interesting programming with location and atmosphere. And it’s certainly so often that the location of the festival is not in the usual city but in “borderlands” with an openness to different cultures coming [...]
“I like to do big things and make big statements,” US singer Kurt Elling told one interviewer. This new Guilty Pleasures EP builds on Elling’s rapport with Charlie Hunter, whose hybrid guitar allows him to play bass at the same [...]
Which is the image and which is the reflection? On this fine album, Brazilian-born, Grammy-winning pianist Eliane Elias duets with Cuban-born pianist Chucho Valdés and the late Chick Corea. It’s fascinating to hear how they bring out different aspects of [...]
