228 songs, albums, videos submitted this week for review
When You Were Asleep (vol 1), single by Mirando del Sol.. Brooklyn-based Cuban-Argentinian singer, songwriter, and producer Miranda del Sol’s debut EP When You Were Asleep (vol. i) is a complex, emotional work of art. Four songs, each with its own sweet personality, deeply feminine, caressing your ears and filling your heart. Del Sol knows exactly how to sing to you/ Stream on Spotify and major platforms.
Buckingham Nicks, album by Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. A little rough around the edges, and very nostalgic for fans of a certain age, the sweetness and raw (unpolished) talent of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks not only make this hugely entertaining listening, but nicely previews what was to come later, the final evolution of Fleetwood Mac with Buckingham and Nicks. Stream everywhere.
La Tirana, single by MON LAFERTE with NATHY PELUSO. What a power pair!. They will move you and sway you and make you think you are in the Copacabana or even a lush club in Havana in the 1930s and 1940s. Soaring voices, bongos, horns, violins – they are all there in a trip through lux music. Stream everywhere. Spanish.
Lies I Can’t Deny, single by Rhiannon Rodriguez. Something very different. Creative storytelling encased in its own music world. A brilliant, but addictive arrangement surrounding her very feminine but at times scary voice. Possibly an acquired taste, but so well worth it. Stream on major platforms.
Ginslinger, single by Natalie Bergman. Vintage 70s and 80s, but modern as today. Steady beat backing the harmonizing voices and kinda’ spooky guitar riffs between the verses. Altogether an earworm and a very well put together piece of music, although it may be an acquired taste. Stream on Spotify and all major platforms.
Sangre de Gorilla by Michelle Bi. A corrido, but a special one. Corridos are an emotional, narrative ballad that were used to tell the story of the oppressed during the Mexican Revolution. In Bi’s hands, it is the voice of the marginalized ,the forgotten. She delivers it in the flat, nasal corrido style, but with verve in the music. Fascinating. Spanish. Stream on Spotify and major platforms.
Patrick O’Heffernan
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