In East Africa there is an undisputed king of pop: Diamond Platnumz. Every month, it seems, he is putting out yet another hit full of plaintive lyrics and undeniable beats.
The Latin Grammy-nominated band offers deep meditations on Mexican culture and history through novel interpretations of cumbia, bolero and straight-up rock.
Coltrane played his last engagements as a sideman with Davis in the spring of 1960. Recordings from those European shows have been bootlegged for years; now a few are collected in a new anthology.