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

Posted on September 14, 2025September 14, 2025 by Rudy Carrera

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

Posted on August 28, 2025 by Rudy Carrera

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

Black Sabbath – Iron Man (1970)

Posted on July 23, 2025 by Rudy Carrera

John “Ozzy” Osbourne has passed away. This marks the end of an era for me, as well as for many friends and fans of his music. Metal music was at its finest when Black Sabbath was at its peak, and it will take someone truly exceptional to fill the void Continue Reading

凌然LingSun -《黑龙江》

Posted on July 5, 2025 by Rudy Carrera

Even though my main focus is to discover something new every day, I still find that luck is on my side. A couple of weeks ago, I was invited to a Spanish poetry reading at the Beijing Chapter of the Instituto Cervantes. After finishing my workday at the school, I Continue Reading

Lalo Schifrin – Danube Incident (RIP)

Posted on June 29, 2025 by Rudy Carrera

Lalo Schifrin passed away a few days ago at the age of 93. The mark he left in jazz, classical and soundtrack music is massive. Thanks to the good souls at the THE SAD OLD WORLD Facebook group for posting a gorgeous little ditty by Schifrin from 1969. Fans of Continue Reading

Chanzig – Twist of Freak

Posted on June 6, 2025June 5, 2025 by Rudy Carrera

All thanks go to Bill McClintock, who made the mother of all mashups (at least for 2025) by combining Chic’s disco classic Le Freak with Danzig’s metal tune Twist of Cain perfectly. I haven’t heard anything this glorious since the Nirvana/Destiny’s Child mashup Smells Like Teen Booty.

Angélica Vargas – El Pastor (Video Oficial)

Posted on April 11, 2025 by Rudy Carrera

I actually owe this video to my Mom who turned me on to the work of Angélica Vargas, a Mexican singer whose vocal range is astonishing, but whose control of her voice, especially in this song (a Mexican mariachi standard if there ever was one) is out of this world. Continue Reading