LargeHeartedBoy — Grupo Fantasma's American Music: Volume 7 and Laura Stevenson's The Big Freeze are the two albums I can wholeheartedly recommend this week. Other notable releases this week include Steve Earle's Guy Clark tribute GUY and Ty Segall's Deforming Lobes..... more info

Totally Fuzzy — The nine-piece Latin funk band's new album is a perfectly executed bi-cultural statement, made for the millions of people who love mariachi as much as James Brown.(Image credit: Sarah Bork Hamilton/Courtesy of the artist)from First Listen : NPR https... more info

Stereogum — City And Colour’s Dante Schwebel leads Spanish Gold, a new band that also features My Morning Jacket’s Patrick Hallahan and former Grupo Fantasma member Adrian Quesada. Last month, we debuted their “Out On The Street” video. And last night, t... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The hothouse flowers of Latin-alternative music are popping up everywhere these days, not only in Bogota, Lima and Mexico City, but in Brooklyn and Austin as well. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — GZA at MHoW, June 2012 (more by Ryan Barkan) GZA has always been one to think outside of the box. From his pairing with Grupo Fantasma to his on-stage collaborations with Black Lips and on and on, dude is not... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Debo Band - Asha Gedawo (MP3) Boston's self-described "Ethiopian Groove Collective," Debo Band, are readying their new self-titled debut LP for release via Next Ambiance/Sub Pop on July 10th. Grab the first track to emerge off the album, "A... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — GZA at MHOW earlier this month (more by Erik Erikson) As mentioned, GZA who just played MHOW with Bad Brains, will return to the Brooklyn venue on June 14 to play Liquid Swords in full, backed by Grupo Fantasma. That... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — GZA at Rock the Bells 2011 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) GZA, who is about to play two shows with Bad Brains next week, including one in Brooklyn at MHOW on 4/18 (sold out), has announced that he'll be performing... more info

Impose Magazine — Later this week GZA is set to perform with Latin super band Grupo Fantasma at a headlining Babygrande Records SxSW showcase this Saturday March 17 at the Haven Club. GZA's new album Dark Matter is set to drop later this year on Babygrande Record... more info

Guardian Music — Event founded by Peter Gabriel to see other performances by Raghu Dixit and the Buena Vista Social ClubRobert Plant and his new band the Sensational Space Shifters will make their live debut as headliners of this year's Womad, as the festival celebra... more info