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Panasonic ErgoFit RP-HJE120-D Review - Watch CNET's Video Review

Fantastic review/bio/compilation work here, with a playable mixtape of streaming tracks. Lots of goodies at this jazz portal ( www.kalamu.com )

Calculated Dissonance: Avant-Garde Jazz in the 1960s-1970s

In-depth reviews since 2002...

Reviews of the underground, eclectic dance music scene, with jazz, latin, electronics, funk, soul, and house mixed in...Eclectica!

Highway 61 Revisited: The Tangled Roots of American Jazz, Blues, Rock & Country Music

"Blog in D minor" is the weblog of a NYC-based Jewish musician. A venue for reviews, ruminations, rants, reminiscences and miscellaneous musings about Jewish music. "Hasidic Musician" is the Nom de Blog of the author.

Resourcers, references, reviews, recordings, teachers, communities, workshops, drum vendors, and much more.

A few fans may find Latin roots-pop pioneer Lila Downs' return to old-fashioned, romantic ranchera music to be a retrograde move, but her commanding presence and the astonishing skill and economy with which she embellishes these old-school Mexican ballads with modern rock, electronica and even a tasteful dash of hip-hop will blow your mind, if you give it a close listen. Similarly, she weaves in the rich rhythms of Cuban son and Central American cumbia, reconciling and uniting several strands of Latin American popular music. The repertoire blends striking originals with classics from Jose Alfredo Jimenez, while Downs' dark, husky vocals give more than a mild nod towards the great Mexican diva, Lola Beltran, while Tex-Mex accordionist Flaco Jimenez anchors the album in a solid border vibe. You have to be willing to get into the style (and not everyone is, including plenty of folks who listen to other kinds of Latin American music...) But if you give it a chance, this is a pretty cool album, particularly how it points the way to a canny revitalization and modernization of one of the hemisphere's liveliest and most musically conservative genres. Oh, and Downs' old fans will not be disappointed: she's as authoritative, innovative and charismatic here as on anything she's done.

Serbia's Boban Markovic, king of Roma brass and reigning trumpet royalty, shot thru w/jazz, Latin-Caribbean + other unmapped sound streams...

Latin American Music Review - University of Texas Press

Front page today: Eberhard Weber (Colours, ECM) w/ Charlie Mariano / Matthew Shipp (4D). Prior reviews of Jack DeJohnette, Ornette Coleman, Walter Beasley, Latin jazz bands, many resources; too TOO much to DO here!!