Anger. In the 1950’s the Ecuadorian painter Oswaldo Guayasamín began La Edad de la Ira, a series of paintings that lasted more than 20 years portraying man’s cruelty towards man. Yo Hombre del Mundo (Migrant) composed by our bassist Roberto Bucci, is inspired by and dedicated to all migrants, their willpower and their faith in […]
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The right to be rescued…
…and the right to dream of a better life. We all agree that all of us human beings have the right to choose a better life. We have the innate ability to dream, to aspire to and envision a better future, for ourselves and for our children and dearest ones. And it is because we […]
Yudhishthira’s Song
Yudhishthira is one of the main characters of the Indian epic Mahabharata. At a certain moment of the story he finds his brothers dead, they attempted to drink water from a lake without answering a Crane that advised them. The Crane asks Yudhishthira philosophical questions and after giving all the correct answers his brothers return […]
Cycles and Rhymes: the new quartet album
Cycles and rhymes, haikus, cicadas and graveyards, comets and seasons. We are all the same, or at least we are all alike. Not identical but like rhymes, each one of us recalls another one. Also animals and plants, and stones and stars resemble us, or we resemble them, in these many cycles of days and […]
I, the wind, come and go as I choose… and none can stop me
“…the music of the sun and the stars, the music of yourself, vibrating. Yes, you are the music too…everyone is supposed to be playing their part in this vast Arkestra of the cosmos”. This is Sun Ra, pianist, composer and poet, in the 1972 film Space is the Place. Space is the Place is a […]
Invisible People
Making poetry out of being invisible. “I am an invisible man. No, I am not a spook like those who haunted Edgar Allan Poe; nor am I one of your Hollywood-movie ectoplasms. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids — and I might even be said to possess a […]
Our New CD “La Noche Arrolladora” Is Here!
“La Noche Arrolladora“, the new album of the Antonio Flinta Quartet: “The songs of the album are loaded with incredible mood changes, innovative grooves, and rhythms, as well as powerful arrangements that feel ever-evolving and kaleidoscopic. In addition to that, the production of this release is tasteful and understated, highlightning the natural chemistry between these […]
The Perception of What’s Coming
(this image is part of the Art Is AnInsurgent Poem cover) “24 preludes for a fugue” is a beautiful documentary about Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. When he explains something about his music or music in general, it seems to hear the universe talking. “The Perception of What’s Coming” is a song inspired by the magic […]