The Sound of Looking Back John Finbury’s music often moves forward — blending jazz, Brazilian rhythms, and chamber arrangements. But some of his most resonant songs linger in the past. Two recent collaborations, “That Was Then” and “Boulevard,” explore themes of...
Emilio D. Miler: A Creative Partner Every composer who records regularly depends on collaborators who help bring the music fully to life in the studio. For me, that collaborator has been Emilio D. Miler. Emilio is a multi Grammy–winning producer whose musical...
Music That Travels From the early Brazilian ballads of Imaginário to the French-accented flair of “Boulevard,” John Finbury’s catalog lives in more than one language. His songs have been performed in Portuguese, English, Spanish, and French — not as translations, but...
Music Across Distance When the world closed its doors in 2020, musicians kept recording — just not in the same rooms. For composer John Finbury, the pandemic years became a time not of pause, but of remote collaboration. Working with artists across the U.S., Brazil,...
Camille Bertault is a rare kind of artist, a virtuoso with a sense of mischief. She can set lyrics to a John Coltrane solo and deliver them with precision, yet never without a wink. Her collaboration with John Finbury began during the pandemic, with two transatlantic...
