Hot half dozen
Hot Half Dozen 6.9.26
New releases of Mexican jazz this week in honor of the “El Lago Suena” International Jazz Series this weekend in Ajijic, Mexico
Share this:
June 9, 2026
No Comments
New releases of Mexican jazz this week in honor of the “El Lago Suena” International Jazz Series this weekend in Ajijic, Mexico
Jesse Reyes. A different map, a deferent kind of cross-border music,
Some bilingual, sme Spanish, and Willie Nelson. It sall crosses borders
Huasteca is the sneaky secret ingredient hiding in your playlists. Its’s come a long way to get there.
Music for Memorial Day, bilingual music for today, and some Irish blues rock
A cumbia party at a local hotel reminded me of the amazing trip cumbia took from coastal villages in Colombia to a global dance sound.
Latin jazz, romantic pop ballads, a nod to dope-smoking, and a bunch of bilingual hits.
Check out the lineups for the three World Cup openings. And the halftime show in New Jersey
Billie Eilish and Rosalia, Selena Gomez Benny Blanco and the Marias, Arthur Hanlon, Carlos Vives & Goyo…and more for you this week. Bi-iingual music (mostly)
New release by Mariachi Divas de Cindy, “Risk It All” Shea is a change of pace and perfect for a romantic night.
Today let’s look at artists who mix languages, often in the same track or even the same verse and move easily across borders.
Mariachi punk? Yes, and it is damn good. Mariachi El Bronx (from LA, not NYC) pulls it off very well. Lots of fun and laughs
American bands that are popular in Mexico. Often in Spanish, but not always. Plus Latin American bands that sing in English
You don’t know Wavemakers? If you are a musician, a woman, or neither of the above or just a music fan of any age, you should.
100ngreat songs and albums this wee. It was hard to chose. But The Texas Tornados to the top, along with some cross borde rcorridos and Latin pop.
Mexican live music is being blocked from the USA by the government in an attempt to “cleanse” American music of Latin influence. Who loses? You do, and the bands and promoters and festivals.
Lots of cross-border Tejano and cumbia this week, led by Karol G. headlining Coachella – a first.
AI is is crossing a border that it shouldn’t – learning from artists and then competing with them
Looking at cross border music today, starting with Tejano, which was born as cross-border musi. Plus pop-balada, dance pop, dance/electro‑pop, and love songs
Mexican contemporary music is undergoing a seismic change and Mariangela is pushing hard
