Out now on Craft Recordings is Celia Cruz and Johnny Pacheco’s album Tremendo Caché, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, having been released in 1975. The premium 180-gram vinyl edition celebrated the classic collaboration between the Queen of Salsa and the co-founder of Fania Records and remains a landmark in Afro-Caribbean music. It blends […]
Jazz guitar hero Bobby Broom continues to march forward while also looking back. His ten-song collaboration with the famed Chicago Jazz Orchestra, led by Artistic Director Jeff Lindberg, allows this renowned jazz orchestra to spread its wings while celebrating the great Wes Montgomery. Broom is a perfect choice as a guitar collaborator. Well known for […]
The last genuinely new Toto album was released on March 20th, 2015. I’ll admit it left me a little underwhelmed upon its initial release. Upon a recent relisten, that opinion hasn’t changed too much. I received an email from a reader of my book, “ Toto: The Band, Not The Dog,” stating that I was […]
Preston : How did the band start? Tom Welch:The band as I guess many have as a project at the start of lockdown during Covid. Billy and I had been in bands together for years playing more Rocky stuff but always had a love for the more 60/70s sounding melodic stuff, of course being big […]
I’m doing great. Thank you so much for all that you do, not just for having this chat with me but for all the independent artists that you feature. It’s appreciated to have somebody who takes the time to listen Thoughtfully and ask questions and discuss, and it’s really building the community, and we it’s really
Appreciate it.
In 1998, Dennis was preparing for a tour of the Midwest—I believe it was your first tour with your group. The piano player you had lined up pulled out at the last minute, so you needed a new one.
Bassist Shem von Schroeck had already had an impressive career with gigs with with Kenny Loggins, Don Felder, Steve Perry, Gary Wright and Ambrosia, among many others.
‘I Made It This Far’ is available now as a download and CD. It’s quite a journey. Thank you for your time.
‘My Magical Wonderland’ is this creation of a selection of songs that I wrote, very personal experiences, and it’s my solo album; it came out in 2021, and now it’s coming out again but in a new way in 2025.
‘Reissued on heavy, high-quality vinyl in honor of Craft Latino’s celebration of Celia Cruz’s centennial, ‘Son con Guaguancó’ is a vibrant and rhythmically rich album that showcases Cruz’s incredible vocal power and mastery of Afro-Cuban music. Originally released during her time with La Sonora Matancera, this song blends son cubano with guaguancó, a subgenre of […]
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