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Music Review: Jordi Savall & Various Artists – Hispania & Japan: Dialogues
Beautiful music offering a timely reminder that differences are something to be celebrated.
Read More »Running of the Bulls in Pamplona – A Tradition That Keeps on Goring
What would make perfectly healthy and sane people stand in the way of a two thousand pound bull?
Read More »Book Review: A Shortcut to Paradise by Teresa Solana
Barcelona twins turn detectives when murder strikes at a literary award ceremony.
Read More »Book Review: Pirates of the Levant by Arturo Perez-Reverte
Alatriste — the anti-hero of the swashbuckling world.
Read More »A Musical Ode To Spain, The World Cup, Mel Gibson, and Lindsay Lohan
Turning Twitter trending topics into a musical...
Read More »World Cup 2010: Rooting For An All-South American Final
Come July 11, expect to see Argentina take the field against Brazil in the final for the World Cup.
Read More »Music Review: Tomoko Sugawara – Along The Silk Road
Far more vital and alive than any harp recording I've heard in years.
Read More »Music Review: Indie Round-Up – Malcolm Holcombe, Jeff Norwood, Putumayo’s España
In a minor key, Malcolm Holcombe's grey, gravelly voice can sound like an extended death rattle.
Read More »Music Review: Trio Ifiqiya – Petite Planete
A perfect example of how looking to the past is sometimes the best way to find something new.
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