At this year’s Grammys, legendary Cuban singer Celia Cruz is set to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award, and for good reason. Many of you might remember Celia being sampled in Wyclef Jean‘s “Guantanamera,” but to the Latin audience, …
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Like today’s premiere, we take a firm stance against mediocrity in music. A talented producer, songwriter and performer, Mars Today steps from the background to offer this soulful effort called “So Far Away,” featuring the magical songwriting talents of BigBrooklynRed…
It’s understandable why New Kingston’s Tahir, Courtney Jr., and Stephen scored a No. 1 reggae album with their latest set, Kingston City, on Easy Star Records. The Jamaican-American brothers may have grown up in Brooklyn, but their father …
Banda de los Muertos locked into a boisterous churn almost from the start of its show on Friday night at Pioneer Works in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Playing “El Sinaloense,” a Mexican brass band standard, the group sputtered and blared, rolling …
On February 16, Enchufada will release We Call It Zouk Bass Volume II, the second volume (duh) of the label’s compilation series surveying the slowed-down, throbbing sounds of the emergent genre. Portugal’s dance fiends Buraka Som Sistema have been …
Noisey premieres a new track from Malian griot legend – Kassé Mady Diabaté…