LGBTQ+ artists have been contributing to our musical history since Tchaikovsky. Pride Month 2025 hs brought out playlists and performers on both sides if the Mexican-American border who celebrate gay pride and their own role in it. Hewre are some
Part of my mission at Music Sin Fronteras is to tell my readers things they may not know. I don’t mean facts and figures or even new singers and music, although I do that. But the “soul” of different kinds of music from different peoples and places. Los Cenzontles
Two debuts, Las Chorizeras, and Ignite me, single by Terra Renae. Plus New Jersey blues by Billy Walton and a Girl Ultra team up with Chromeo and Express of.
Eurovision is an internationally televised music competition organized by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) in which each participating country selects a song and artist-either through national competitions or internal selection-to represent them on stage. And it is WILD! Take a look at Finland’s entry. “I’m Coming” on a rocket propelled microphone
Rock, blues, ballads, bun…especially fun with Blue-eyed Man by Las Chorizeras and Ja Mandei Flores by Ruido Rosa. Plus Lana de lRey’s latest
15,000 years of guitar history and here we with Samantha Fish, Villarreal Vélez and Kurt Rosenwinkel . How did that happen?
Wide ranging this week from Foreigner (in Spanish) to Guitarricadelafuente in English and Spanish, to Iluka and Maggie Szabo in English. Great rock and romance.
Iluka is riding a wave (or cantering horse) with her vocal power, her cowgirl/witch persona, and her legions of fans, now numbering just under 300,000 on Spotify. Check her out. I think she is going places , fast, at a full gallop.
Elston Torres’ new song “Vive” will simply make you you happy. What do you expect from a artists woth 6 top 10 Billboard hits?
A lot of rock and alt rock this week And a Andy Bell colab with Debbie Harry A new, powerhouse of a song from Mon Laferte, a beauty of rock and alt from upcoming star Zoelle, and little punk from Jessy Bulbo. Plus an audience surprise from Vivir Quintana
Nepantla. is the space between two worls, the world of Mexican traditions and the USA “Night in Nepantla” is Lasn Cafeteras’ new album that chronicles the joy, the sadness, the confusion, the determination to exist well in the state of Nepantla.
Two great cumbia bands, both inspired by magic mushrooms and both free in the Ajijic Plaza. I love Mexico’s support for music
Check out the video of Estevie – beautiful, talented, hot! Followed by a new song from the popster Binx that is nostalgic and sweet, plus a big new album from the boys of Bandolos Chinos. Lots of fun.
A night of Mexican music: Americana, latin jazz, and flamenco
Check out the short film on todays HHD – it will blow you away. Grammy-nomed singer Gaby Moreno visits her childhood home, which is rapidly being destroyed by sea level rise. Haunting images, haunting music.
A concert of indigenous, Mexican, andAmerican standards with a unusual band and a slightly mysterious singer – who is angel
With Company Man, Fredson shifts gears sonically, embracing a more polished and layered sound than ever before. Though the album retains
I spent some time listening carefully to the 100+ songs this week and found the most beguiling was the renowned Lupita Infanate’s new release “Seguimos O No?” Followed by The Cocktail Slippers, Rhinnnon Rodriguez, Esteman & Daniela Spalla and a few others. Am eclectic mix this week.
A women who is blowing away the rock world is 22-year old Paulina Villarreal Vélez, the multi-instrumentalist drummer for the red hot Mexican rock band The Warning, made up of Villareal and her two equally talented sisters.
Got some blues this week, Carolynn Wonderland and Ollee Owens. Plus Ariana Grade’s new album and the very fun and playful Cuarteto De Nos.
