Articles by Patrick O'Heffernan, Music Sin Fronteras

About Patrick O'Heffernan, Music Sin Fronteras (514 Articles)

Patrick O’Heffernan, PhD., is a music journalist based in Mexico, with a global following. He focuses on music in English and Spanish that combines rock and rap, blues and jazz and pop with music from Latin America, especially Mexico like cumbia, banda, son jarocho, and mariachi. He is also edits a local news website and is a subeditor of a local Spanish language newspaper. Check out his weekly column Music Sin Frontera on Sunday nights.

HOT HALF DOZEN 6.7.22

June 7, 2022 // 0 Comments

183 musicians submitted music this week. Here are my picks for the 6 best [...]

Mexican party music. Two extremes in one weekend.

June 6, 2022 // 0 Comments

Two extremes of Mexican party music. 4 brothers from top bands like Mana at one end and a authentic, down home local party band. And both ots of fun [...]

Hot Half Dozen 5.31.22

May 31, 2022 // 0 Comments

We cut off submissions this weekends, so only 91 songs this week, but the ones we got were great. And we will have 200 more next week [...]

Eurovision’s staggering audience and Maggie Szabo. The rest is history

May 29, 2022 // 0 Comments

Last week I was conflicted. Both the local Joco Loco music fest and Eurovision2022 were happening and I wanted to write about both. I chose Joco Loco [...]

HOT HALF DOZEN 5.24.22

May 24, 2022 // 0 Comments

166 submissions this week, including some surprises [...]

Flamenco and jazz. A fun night with history

May 23, 2022 // 0 Comments

A magic night fusing flamenco, jazz and fun [...]

HOT HALF DOZEN 5.17.22

May 17, 2022 // 0 Comments

198 submissions this week.Some blow your mind songs and albums. Now albums from Florence and the Machine and Francisca Valenzuela [...]

Joco Loco – a very big house concert

May 16, 2022 // 0 Comments

A two-day long, 17-band house concert in Jocotepec Mexico. Great way to spend a weekend. [...]

HOT HALF DOZEN May 10, 2022

May 10, 2022 // 0 Comments

Best picks for this week plus a Special Announcement [...]

Just follow the music, the door crowd and the cloud of sweet-smelling smoke

May 8, 2022 // 0 Comments

Sometimes I just like to just go a bar or club blasting loud rock . It doesn’t matter who is playing, or what kind of music it is, it will always be fun. [...]

HOT HALF DOZEN 5.3.22

May 3, 2022 // 0 Comments

My top six from this weeks 125 submissions [...]

Cool jazz and hot Flamenco…such fun!

May 2, 2022 // 0 Comments

Who knew Flamenco and jazz could work so well together? Put a world-class jazz band together with a top Mexican Flamenco artists and you get a ight of fun. [...]

HOT HALF DOZEN 4.26/22

April 26, 2022 // 0 Comments

206 submissions this week. Picking the best six was not easy. hope you like them [...]

Mexico rocks Coachella with music sin fronteras

April 24, 2022 // 0 Comments

For the first regional Mexican bands played at Coachella - along with a lot of Latin bands. Golden Voce is follow ing the trend in American music---Latin [...]