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In 2016, Nicaraguan singer-songwriter Moisés Gadea collaborated with Mister Meli on this extraordinary video/audio mashup of “Guerra solo Muertos” with “Te Quiero Tanto.” Enjoy. Then,…
Athens, Georgia–based singer/songwriter Adam Klein’s fifth album, “Sky Blue DeVille” (released on Klein’s independent Cowboy Angel Music label on April 16, 2013) explores travel-related…
BOULDER, COLORADO – Boulderites will be able to spend “A Night in Nicaragua,†this Saturday, September 8, 2012, at the Nomad Theater in north…
I am a complete sucker for pretty much everything produced by Putumayo Kids, the children’s and educational division of the renowned music label Putumayo…
I first met Moises Gadea in 1998, at an open-air nightclub in Managua, near La UCA (University of Central America) campus. His band, Ixmaná,…
[The following article appears in the Fall 2010 print issue of Worldview, the magazine of the National Peace Corps Association (I love getting to…
Banjo virtuoso Bela Fleck brings his instrument back to its native Africa in Throw Down Your Heart, a phenomenal documentary film which came out…
Putumayo Records’ newest release, Jazz Around the World, was much smoother and more soft-spoken then I expected it would be; more exotic, quiet lounge…
It’s hard to keep track of Putumayo World Music’s frequent releases of incredible collections, but I found España entirely worthy of my attention. The…