Noe Socha - View from Inside - SoHot Music
Blind from just after birth, Noé Socha (no-way sew-hah) gravitated to music at an early age starting with clarinet, piano, cello and classical guitar, but in 5th grade he was introduced to Bob Dylan by a teacher which led to a deep passion for folk music. Then, Noé found the Blues and Jazz – and the guitarists who defined these musical styles for him: Lightnin’ Hopkins, Wes Montgomery and Django Reinhardt. New York City-based, Noé performs frequently at famed blues and jazz spots including Arthur’s Tavern, Terra Blues, and LunÁtico with his own group, the Junior Mack Band, and the Gremmies. Now, with View from Inside, Noé provides us with a genre-defying album that introduces us to new music stripped down to mostly acoustic guitar and harmonica. Each track offers us a view inside the imaginative mind of Noé in his first solo effort.
The Mambo Legends Orchestra - No Hay Que Hablar (There Is No Need To Speak) 'Nuff Said! – TRR
This is the Mambo Legends Orchestra. This is salsa— the culmination of Afro-Cuban music, mambo, and Latin jazz, born in New York and raised by those of us who have spent our lives playing it. These are raised by those of us who have spent our lives playing it. These are the sounds that traveled the world – on ships from the islands to the cities, carried by those who came before us, and passed from one generation to the next in their rhythms and melodies. This music has been part of our lives for as long as we can remember, and now, we’re playing it for you. This album brings together some of the world’s foremost maestros of this music. — Jose Madera (Full personnel list included on Press Release in Dropbox)
Aymée Nuviola ft. Kemuel Roig - Live at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club - WE&M LLC
Grammy® winner and multiple Latin Grammy® winner Aymée Nuviola writes a new chapter in Cuban music history with the release of Aymée Nuviola ft. Kemuel Roig Live at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, a project whose significance extends beyond that of a live album to become an event of a particular historical importance. Recorded during performances by Aymée Nuviola and her band on July 4 and 5, 2025, at London’s legendary Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, the album documents Aymée leading her own band, with virtuoso Cuban pianist Kemuel Roig appearing as a special guest artist. The release formally places Nuviola within the remarkable recording tradition associated with Ronnie Scott’s, a stage where some of jazz’s most important voices left historic documents, including Ella Fitzgerald, Carmen McRae, Sarah Vaughan and Nina Simone.
Somi - What Does It Take To Bloom - Salon Africano
GRAMMY-nominated singer/songwriter Somi releases her new album What Does It Take to Bloom? on August 7 via Salon Africana. A two-time NAACP Image Award winner and Doris Duke Artist Award recipient, her first collection of original songs in six years is an exploration into the ongoing process of staying faithful to oneself amid life’s dissonance. Written and recorded between Dakar, Lagos, Paris and New York City, the album weaves global sensibilities into an intimate meditation on uncertainty and change — asking whether growth is something we recognize as it’s happening, or once we’ve already been transformed. Having spent years navigating the global jazz scene while also feeling adjacent to it, Somi defies categorization — embracing a hybrid of jazz, soul, highlife, spoken word, and her African heritage. What Does It Take to Bloom? marks an evolution of Somi’s sound and finds her taking greater vocal risks while trusting her instincts more deeply. Abandoning the need to fit inside any artistic box, that refusal in itself is a form of blooming.