Living here is often challenging. Try to find decent violin strings that aren’t already rusted. Locate a drum head that hasn’t been on a shelf for 4 years soaking up the abundant moisture in the air. Figure out how to find the music for a Bach piece without a credit
Read MoreBienvenidos/Welcome to our beautiful Paradise we are a glad you have come for a visit ….congratulations to all the graduates, newlyweds and those of you that picked Costa Rica for a perfect vacation…we doubt you will be disappointed……..we have it all……from the best tours to the best restaurants and you
Read MoreBy Jim Parisi A few years ago, Putumayo started a vein of Latin music albums that presented a compilation of Hispanic musicians playing modern, “chill” music. The first was titled “Latin Groove”, the second “Latin Lounge”. They were very listenable and great exposure for a bevy of new artists. Putumayo
Read MoreBy Nancy Buchan While happily slopping through the ankle deep mud at the Envision Festival I started talking with a young woman about why she was there. It was clear early in our conversation that she was smart and politically active about all kinds of things back in her home
Read MoreDear Friends & Neighbors, It’s time to make your voice heard in the community by voting for your local favorites. The results will be published as an eBook and a print book titled, “The Best of Manuel Antonio & Quepos, 2013.” This community project will culminate in a local event
Read MoreBy Nancy Buchan Music has been described as the ‘soundtrack of our lives’, and for most of us living today, that’s pretty accurate. We’ve always had access to music –not just music being performed live, but music re-produced through vinyl recordings or cassette tapes or 8-tracks or iPods or computers
Read MoreBy Jim Parisi I’m listening to “Un Vaso de Vino”, the new self-produced album by local musician Charly Lopez and I realize that he has really been around. You can hear it in his musical influences. Born in Montevideo,Uruguay, Charly played in five different bands there during a twelve year
Read MoreBy Jim Parisi A little more than a year after the sudden passing of Fidel Gamboa, I thought it might be time to look back on the impact of the band Malpais and the void created by Fidel’s tragic, early death, creating an end to this very popular musical group.
Read MoreBy Jim Parisi Max Goldemberg and Odilon Juarez were born into musical Guanacastecan families. They have played music together for most of their lives. For the sake of preserving some of the musical legacy of the area, they recorded a live set of their music and really didn’t think any
Read MoreBy Jim Parisi Papaya Music of Costa Rica is offering a soundtrack for that distinct space of time that is framed by a Guanacste sunset. The CD, titled Guanacaste al Atardecer, is a mix of musicians of different styles. Nicaragua is included in the CD as a part of the
Read MoreBy Jim Parisi Terry McLaughlin is a cat of many lives. He is an educated, interesting conversationalist and he loves to blow harp to some low-down, dirty blues. Terry was born in Letcher County, Kentucky’s poorest and has a sharp sense of humor that is somehow unable to hide his
Read MoreBy Jim Parisi Largely overlooked by the global music scene, Central America is diverse and rich in its musical genres. Luckily for the music listener, there are people dedicated to exposing this treasure trove. Central American Music Box 2 is the second release contributed by Moka Discos inNicaragua, Stonetree Records
Read MoreBy Jim Parisi The first time I listened to “Musica Profana”, the new CD by Rialengo, I found myself being impressed time and again by the vocal and instrumental harmonies and the seamless, gentle flow of the melodies. The music is a mesh of Cumbia, from Colombia, and Swing Criolla,
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