Susana Baca’s Afrodiaspora
(This post is also available in Spanish.) Afro-Peruvian music experienced a second revival around the time when David Byrne and Yale Evelev of Luaka Bop released the compilation album The Soul of Black...
View ArticleAn Interview with Deolinda and Nelson Carvalho
(This post is also available in Spanish.) Andy VanDette (pictured with the band in the photo to the right) has been mastering music from Portugal and Brazil for years. One of his clients is the quartet...
View ArticleA Conversation about Preservation
Click here to view the Spanish version. I talked to audio engineer and preservation specialist Marcos Sueiro Bal the other day, and he mentioned that he recently completed a translation of the “bible...
View ArticleLAMC 2012 Shows
Nacional Records’ 13th annual Latin Alternative Music Conference is happening again July 11-14 at the New Yorker Hotel and all over NYC. You can register online until July 1, but you don’t have to be...
View ArticleKoolarrow Records Masters La Plebe’s New Album with Matt Agoglia
La Plebe is one of the pillars of the bilingual community in the Bay Area. Their most recent album, “Brazo en Brazo” (“Arm in Arm”) was released on Koolarrow Records in 2010 on CD and vinyl, and...
View ArticleLAMC: A Saintly Performance from La Santa Cecilia
The 13th annual Latin Alternative Music Conference (LAMC) in NYC started off with spunk and spirit at the Mercury Lounge Showcase where artists sang to a mostly packed and enthusiastic audience. The...
View ArticleLAMC: Music Industry Tip #1, Story Is Everything
The Latin Alternative Music Conference hosted five panels last week to inform and inspire visiting and local attendees alike. I donned my artist hat, took the wheel and sat down for a spin.The room...
View ArticleLAMC: Music Industry Tips #2
Tip #2: Exposure is the name of the game. The conversation at LAMC panels moved into licensing. If you are interested in licensing your music, it will help to have a more complete picture about how...
View ArticleLAMC: Music Industry Tips #3
Tip #3: The best idea is going to come from a 15-year old. Toy Hernandez, producer for the latest hit machine out of Monterrey, Mexico 3BallMTY (Tribal Monterrey), and Sebastian Krys, producer for La...
View ArticleDaniel Freedman: Percussionist, Composer & World Traveler
Percussionist, drummer and composer Daniel Freedman’s latest album, Bamako by Bus, on Anzik Records, was recently mastered at Masterdisk. I wanted to find out Daniel’s tricks of the trade, but it turns...
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