Orquesta Aragon - Bailar la Guajira de SalonThe legendary Orquesta Aragon is one of Cuba's longest running charanga orchestras, started in 1939 by Orestes Aragon Cantero in Cienfuegos, Cuba and still performing today. When flautist and gifted composer Richard Egues joined the band in 1954, Aragon's cha cha sound went international and the band toured the United States and South America. This rare, late 1960's recording features the band at the height of it's powers and stands as a classic

Other standout tracks include a banjo duet with Steve Martin on the old-time standard 'Cluck Old Hen' and a mind boggling

Think of it as not just the follow-up to 2021's Waste

I could never have imagined the kind of surprising

the traditional music of her homeland

so it's apt that this homecoming takes place on Blue Note

The endless studio hours spent have resulted in a unique yet very commercial sound that crosses into multiple formats

In his teenage years

Audiences and the press alike admire her charming moderation and thematically-conceived programs

both as solid music and as light

demonstrates the essentials of Aikido

Jay Leonhart-bass

Jon Langford's Hillbilly Lovechild (featuring Steve Albini)