Phoenix

The latest Rhythm Planet playlist, featuring Tom Schnabel's picks for the best new releases in jazz and world music.

Helado Negro’s excellent album This Is How You Smile  seamlessly mixes psych-pop and Latin folk, bouncing between English and Spanish.

After a long and arduous tour, LA based singer/songwriter Patrick Park returned home and began to write songs that represent "the need to chase things in life that only bring the most…

The Silver Lake Chorus celebrates their LA roots by partnering with Van Dyke Parks (known for co-writing the album   Smile  with Beach Boy Brian Wilson).

Jose Galvan offers up a new smooth track from Rhye, mellow funk by Tanika Charles, and Meiko's playful pop.

Inglewood's Inner Wave have been bopping along the Latin-alternative local scene for a little while, racking up plays and attracting a larger audience.

A first generation Mexican-American, Omar Apollo is part of a Chicano-soul wave emerging from disparate cities across the U.S. He’s an artist on the rise, and we are digging "Ashamed."

"The album I’m thinking of didn’t save my life, but it saved me from being a close-minded a**hole – or at least I hope it did." - Rob Rosenthal

The lo-fi, delicate harmonies featured in "Qué Pasa?,"  compliment  the beach goth sound of   lifelong friends Daniel Álvarez de Toledo & Jordan Dunn-Pilz.