by Joel Dwek | Feb 3, 2022 | Reviews
Returning to a genre he helped inspire, Henri Salvador serenades the listener with charming bossa nova-inspired chanson… If I were to ask you what is France’s longest land border, what would you answer? Germany, maybe? No, surely it’s Spain, with that long...
by Joel Dwek | Oct 12, 2020 | Reviews, Top Picks
The work of Sinn Sisamouth reveals a fascinating lost world of Cambodian music, and the tragic circumstances that surrounded its downfall… When Danny gave me Reatrei Nov Hong Kong, Vol. 58, he became the first of the two of us to intentionally break the first...
by Joel Dwek | Jul 21, 2020 | Reviews
Effortlessly cool and sharp, Getz/Gilberto provides an excellent foundation for the bossa nova genre… Sometimes, between ourselves, Danny and I talk about a syndrome that afflicts many an album. I am of course talking about ‘One Great Song Syndrome’....
