The best castanets may vary from person to person, depending on each individual’s needs, but it’s not hard to miss a nice pair of castanets when you see them. While most castanets have a few things in ...

Listen up! or stream it below. If you cannot see the music player below, download the free Flash Player. Sole constant Castanet Ray Raposa sports one helluva biography: After testing out of high ...

Canadian trio Absolutely Free offer up their self-titled debut (well, technically there is a period in the album name). It’s often tough to make a modern record with extensive electronic elements ...

Is this Americana from outer space or extraterrestrial music from Earth? You know, either/or. Cathedral is a new entry in the burgeoning genre known as freakfolk, which is united less by the ...

Raymond Raposa—the singer-songwriter who recorded under the name Castanets—has died at the age of 41. Raposa’s longtime label Asthmatic Kitty confirmed the news earlier today (July 30) via a post on ...

The Castanets is Ray Raposa, a San Diego native whose album City of Refuge is an exercise in solitude. Raposa recorded the album in Overton, Nevada, a two-bar town ...