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.
14 songs that move across gritty Chicago blues, foot-stomping Delta blues, garage rock, and vintage soul, both in original material and reimagined blues classics . Her ability to bring the classic past into the rootsy rock present while anathemizing what it means to be a woman and a mother is truly remarkable
Lots of variety this week. New Zealand country, dreamy pop, blues, Rockalypso
I missed the concert, but I still have the new song. Los Anos hits home musically and lyrically for La Santa Cecelia
From blues to blues to corrido to alt country to…. A good week with Samantha Fish, La Santa Cecilia, Japanese Breakfast, and more
Its carnival time and the bull rings and auditorios and full of music – all male. Here are women who could fill the bill
6 songs from Mexico, the US. Spain that range from dream pop to straight pop to just dreamy
