Jazz Vocalist Luciana Souza Beguiles on ‘Storytellers’
In arranger Vince Mendoza and the WDR Big Band, singer Luciana Souza has partners who understand that it's important she beguile rather than batter.
In arranger Vince Mendoza and the WDR Big Band, singer Luciana Souza has partners who understand that it's important she beguile rather than batter.
Poignant motifs travel through Marcelo D'Salete's graphic novel of Brazil's Angola Janga, a kingdom of runaway slaves.
Multi-instrumentalist/producer Kassin's latest album is a missive from a place of post-divorce reflection.
Brazilian miniseries Filhos do Carnaval (Sons of Carnaval) deserves more attention for its portrayal of the bitterness that marks the country's race relations and the beauty that exists alongside it.
On the group's grittiest album to date, Da Cruz fights local and global injustice with drums that never quit.