Ex Cathedra and Jeffrey Skidmore unearth more fascinating treasures with this latest anthology of Latin American music from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The first volume—‘New World Symphonies’, released in 2003 on CDA67380—has been hugely popular, getting regular airplay on Classic FM.
The works on this disc were chosen from the vast amount of extraordinary repertoire Jeffrey Skidmore discovered on research visits to the USA, Mexico and Bolivia.

Estrella Morente (Estrella de la Aurora Morente Carbonell) was born on August 14, 1980 in Las Gabias, Granada. She is a Spanish flamenco singer and daughter of flamenco singer Enrique Morente and dancer Aurora Carbonell. She has been performing with her father since age 7 and recorded her first album in 2001, Mi Cante Y Un Poema (My Songs and A Poem). This was quickly followed by Calle del Aire in the same year, which was well received by critics and flamenco fans alike. On December 14, 2001 she married bullfighter Javier Conde in Nuestra Se¤ora de las Angustias basilica in Granada. She released her third album, Mujeres (Women) in 2006. Her father was the producer.

Influenciada por el flamenco tradicional de Pastora Pavón en los 40, Mi Cante y un Poema es el álbum debut de la vocalista española Estrella Morente. Producido por su padre, el legendario cantante Enrique Morente, el lanzamiento de 2001, parte del cual se grabó en una cueva en su oriunda Granada, incluye colaboraciones de los estimados músicos latinos Pepe Habichuela, Manolo Sanlúcar y Alfredo Lagos.

Influenciada por el flamenco tradicional de Pastora Pavón en los 40, Mi Cante y un Poema es el álbum debut de la vocalista española Estrella Morente. Producido por su padre, el legendario cantante Enrique Morente, el lanzamiento de 2001, parte del cual se grabó en una cueva en su oriunda Granada, incluye colaboraciones de los estimados músicos latinos Pepe Habichuela, Manolo Sanlúcar y Alfredo Lagos

Devotion is the 2011 CD by Canadian singist Mia Martina. This came out on the CP label.

Blasphemies In The Holy Land (Live In Israel) is a 2005 live album by Mexican group Hocico. This was released by the Out Of Line label.

This disc of Iberian and Latin American Renaissance music is a reissue cleverly disguised as a new release. It compiles music from several recordings by Catalonian visionary Jordi Savall, his luminous-voiced collaborator Montserrat Figueras, and his Hesperion XXI and Capella Reial de Catalunya ensembles, dressing them up with a new set of rather philosophical booklet notes on themes of change, of intercultural tolerance, and of the evolving nature of Christianity in the Iberian realm and in New Spain. Some might call this a cynical ploy, but actually Savall has always been moving in a circle, so to speak, spiraling inward toward a deeper musical understanding of the historical themes touched on here: the lingering effects of the legacy of medieval Iberia and its "mestissage" or mixture of cultures, the reign of Holy Roman Emperor Charles (Carlos) V (did you know that he was both the first monarch to be called "His Majesty" and the first to be honored with the claim that the "sun never set" on his empire?), and the relationships between cultivated and popular styles, both in Iberia and the New World.

Ekos integrates metal, electronic, hard rock, progrock, classical and whatever other influence that comes to inspire their music. Always faithful to write their lyrics in Spanish, which is their native language, they sing tales about inner fears and demons, time domination fantasies, invocation of spirits, bending reality, empowerment, fighting minds obsessions, etc. These ideas are illustrated with elaborated and colorful instrumental passages. Ekos’ music is free in spirit.

Este disco fue creado a partir de una presentación en vivo de la banda en el invierno austral del año 2018, en un local nocturno en pleno centro de Valdivia, Chile. Con un repertorio muy diverso en estilos, este cuarteto psicodélico logra en casi 50 minutos compartir su apasionante arte. Agradecemos a toda la gente que participó en este evento, a toda la gente que nos sigue a través de los años, que apoya y ama nuestro trabajo, para cada uno solo nos queda decir: ¡¡muchas gracias!!

The disc's subtitle is "13th-century Galician-Portuguese Songs & Dances of Love, Longing, & Devotion". My subtitle is, "this is one of the finest discs of its kind." It fully, often arrestingly captures the essential spirit of these lovely poetic texts and ancient melodies and virtually jumps and dances and vibrantly rings with the kind of life these songs' creators must have felt 800 years ago. If you're new to secular music of this period and place, you will be surprised at its incredible rhythmic energy, catchiness, and complexity. You'll also be captivated by the originality and variety of the melodies–sensuous, infectious, irresistible.

This live performance, combining the beauty of flamenco with qawwali, comes from the minds of Faiz Ali Faiz, Duquende, Miguel Poveda & Chicuelo. This was released in 2006 from a music festival in 2005.

Viva Santana: An Intimate Conversation with Carlos Santana is a video documentary originally released in 1988 to coincide with the 2CD compilation of the same name. It contains audio commentary spread throughout this 83 minute program, consisting of performances from television and film. It is an English documentary, with a few songs performed in Spanish. This is taken from the 2006 DVD released by Columbia Music Video.

Tempus Morti is the 2005 CD by Colombian black/death metal band Parabellum. This CD also features a live video for "Guerra, Monopolio, Sexo". This comes courtesy of the Blasfemia label.

The Spanish ‘Golden Age’ witnessed an astonishing musical flowering, worthy of Spain’s newfound preeminence on the world stage. Focusing on works for Christmas and Epiphany, Stile Antico explores this glittering musical treasury, drawing together an irresistible mix of sumptuous polyphony and infectiously joyful folk dances. The centrepiece of the disc is the superbly rich and luminous Missa Beata Dei genitrix Maria by Alonso Lobo. Interspersed between its movements are motets by Tomás Luis de Victoria, Francisco Guerrero and Cristóbal de Morales, an exuberant ‘ensalada’ by Mateo Flecha and classic villancicos - Spain’s answer to the traditional carol.

Pete Rodriguez was part of a wave of Nuyoricans who came of age in the early '60s twilight of the mambo era. The boogaloo sound was just starting to bubble up in El Barrio (East Harlem) amongst this generation of Nuyorican bandleaders, and Rodriguez's group was on the very front line, alongside the Joe Cuba Sextet and Ricardo 'Richie' Ray. Pete had one of the great boogaloo bands of all time; he truly generated high-calibre energy on the dance floor.