HOT HALF DOZEN  10.19.21

207 submissions this week. Here are my top 6.

207 submissions this week

D/zazter Trio, album by D/zazter Trio. Experimental jazz that ranges from a runaway subway train ride to soft and soothing.  These people are brilliant. Even if you have not yet discovered experimental jazz, give it a listen.  Available on Bandcamp

Una Rosa, álbum  by Xenia Rubinos.  Fourteen songs that range from soft and seductive to aggressive rap and pop, Xenia has produced a bilingual album on the heels of her popular Black Terry Cat, she both embodies and transcends her jazz background.  Wow!. Streaming on all major platforms.

How Are You EP by Jessica. Six songs that each stand alone and together keep you moving and thinking with hard core pop, soft pop, highly produced story- telling  and just plain fun.  Available on all major platforms.

La Tierra, single by Flor de la Toloache. No one does it like FDLT- the Latin Grammy-winning Alt. mariachi, pop, rock, group – you name it and this song has it.  You will never want to stop listening.  Available on all major platforms.

Every Migrant Is My Fellow , album by Noctambule. Another melodic guitar, mandolin and vocal adventure by the unique duo of Bruce Victor and Marla Fibush. Eleven  songs with an Irish flair, calm, soothing, hypnotic.  Stream on Spotify. Buy at www.noctambulemusic.com/store

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Orofonía del Sentimiento”  , EP by Wohl.    These guys combine post rock, shoegaze, math rock  and  classical music. Into  an instrumental passage of sensations that invites you to explore the within. I have seen them live and love them.  The new album captures what I think is the bleeding edge of new rock.  Stream on Spotify.

BONUS. For California blues fans, the New Blues Festival VIII is back.  Tito Jackson, Laurie Morvan, Sugar Ray Rayford.  Shoreline Aquatic Park, Long Beach, Nov. 13 9 am  – . 707-57-blues

Patrick O’Heffernan