Brazilian composer Hermeto Pascoal, known as ‘The Sorcerer’, dies aged 89

In what has turned out to be a difficult week, we have received the news that we have lost another legend. Hermeto Pascoal, who collaborated with many of the greatest Brazilian musicians and even had a stint with Miles Davis’ bands, has passed away at the age of 89, according Continue Reading

Checkpoint Staalplaat: Revisiting Radical Sound, with Geert-jan Hobijn

What a pleasant surprise this turned out to be!  Staalplaat Records was the label my friends and I would swear by on every release they put out when we were teenagers, and the quality never left them.  From the Youtube channel (sorry, my Chinese friends, but this will be remedied Continue Reading