Okan is a Canadian Afro-Cuban jazz group, whose core members are Cuban-born musicians Elizabeth Rodriguez and Magdelys Savigne. Their 2020 album Espiral won the 2021 Juno Award for World Music Album of the Year. CBC Music (4 November 2020) writes, “The word ‘okan’ means ‘heart’ in the Afro–Cuban religion of Santería. It's also a fitting name for the…
Multi-Grammy nominated vocal artist Nnenna Freelon is back, delivering her eleventh album after a decade-long hiatus from the studio. With “Time Traveler,” she offers a celebration of love and a prayer of hope for those living with loss. The sessions for the disc stretched over two years, from 2018-2020, coinciding with the loss … Continue reading