Maria Teresa Vera - Viente AnosThe roots of the Cuban bolero form can be traced back to the Trova movement, led by itinerant musicians, trovadores, who earned their living singing and playing guitar. Trova musicians have played an important part in the evolution of Cuban music and have contributed a great many compositions to the Cuban musical canon; helping spread Cuban music throughout the world. Singer, guitarist and composer Maria Teresa Vera, who began recording in 1911, was

cello and violin as accompaniment

remastered for it's 50th Anniversary

Generally light in nature

Calvin Newborn

and refers to folk music primarily on a theoretical level

The musical empathy that is shared by these two artists is truly extraordinary as they give-and-take on a program that includes "It Could Happen to You

Jan cek Quartet - Pariser Quartette 1

On their latest album - Ninkasi Sessions - the Boys teamed up with Ninkasi Brewery and producer/engineer James Book to cut nine tracks at Ninkasi's in-house music studio in Eugene

the melody simmers and swells until suddenly exploding in a chaos of distorted blast beats

The exclusive Chandos artist and award-winning pianist

which features previously unreleased alternate mixes of "Haven't You Heard" and "Write Myself a Letter"

The band enjoyed some chart success with the excellent 'Radio Africa' which reached #19 in the UK charts in 1986