...is Las Rosas No Hablan, a Spanish-language version of As Rosas Não Falam by Cartola, performed by the Melissa Aldana Quartet featuring Cécile McLorin Salvant. This ballad appears on the Chilean saxophonist's 2026 album Filin.
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Melissa Aldana: tenor saxophone Gonzalo Rubalcaba: piano Peter Washington: double bass Kush Abadey: drums Cécile McLorin Salvant: vocals |
...is Moreno (Brasil) by Sílvia Pérez Cruz.
Studio:
Carlos Montfort: violin Marta Roma: cello Bori Albero: double bass
Hamilton de Holanda: mandolin, backing vocals Jota.pê: palmas, backing vocals Marta Roma: cello, backing vocals Renata Neves: violin, backing vocals Pedro Moraes, Alberto Pérez: double bass Lorenzo Gasconcelos: tambor Paula Raya, Paloma Ronai, Camila Costa: backing vocals Iara Cassano, Jefferson Bilisco: dancers Suelinda Corsino, Lola Cruz: actresses |
...is La nuit by Namina & The Barbarians. This is the title track of the Barcelona-based band's brand new album.
Namina: vocals |
...is Tierra y Fuego by Barbara Calypso, a Brazilian-Italian artist and singer-songwriter based in Tenerife.
... is Mamita performed by AYOM.
Formed in Barcelona in 2018, AYOM is made up of 6 members from Angola, Brazil, Greece and Italy with Brazilian singer and percussionist Jabu Morales centre stage.
Mamita te llamé y mucho te añoré y me dormí llorando |
Alberto Becucci: accordeon Timoteo Grignani: percussion Walter Martins: percussion Jabu Morales: voice, percussion Ricardo Quinteria: bass |
...is Porro Maracatu by LADAMA, another collective I learned about thanks to their brand new Tiny Desk Concert. This song appears on the band's eponymous debut album, and in their TEDx performance, LADAMA teach the audience these two rhythms.
...is Antônio Carlos Jobim's classic Corcovado performed by Andrea Motis & Joan Chamorro Quintet featuring Scott Hamilton. This songs appears on the band's 2013 album Live at Jamboree, Barcelona.
...is Familia Grande by Bologna-based fusionistas MaMaAFR!KA and Rumba de Bodas.
...is Lágrimas Mexicanas, from the new album by Vinicius Cantuária and Bill Frisell.
