Chicago mariachi and hope for music’s future.
A high school mariachi band based in the Chicago Public School system that has been nominated for a Latin Grammy? Who knew there was mariachi in Chicago, much less in the [...]
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The growth of Musician and Entertainment Influencers: Spreading the Vibe!
Op/Ed by Joseph Timmons: IndiePulse Music Magazine From its very humble beginnings, musicians have inspired their fans and followers’ lives, in fact, often [...]
“La Que Manda” by Gina Chavez: an EP and a singer whose time has come
Gina Chavez’s new EP La Que Manda is pure, shimmering power in all of its forms. Not a surprise for an album whose English title is The One Who Commands. Commanding is [...]
Nancy Sanchez’ “La Gran Civilización”: a musical tour de forcé unstoppable in any language.
Nancy Sanchez is imparable – unstoppable, because she nunca parable – never stops. This persistence, celebrated in “Imparable” on her latest album La Gran [...]
Syna Awel & Yoro Ndiaye Make International Music News
It was during his visit to Dakar 2019, that Syna Awel met the famous singer Yoro Ndiaye. The rising star of Senegalese music invites in its recording studios and it will be [...]
Robert Fripp’s Introduction To The Guitar Circle Four-Day-Long Event For Guitar Players and Music-Lovers
To Be Held in Saratoga Springs, NY - October 22nd - 26th, 2020 [...]
Dynamite cross-culture collaboration: Mestiza and Matt LeGrand in “I’ve Been Watching You”
I love cross-language/culture/border/genre collaborations – it is at the edge of genres that great creativity happens. A perfect example came across my desk this week [...]
A zombie invasion of Mexico.
The Day of the Dead – Dia de Los Muertos – is a huge 3-day holiday weekend in Mexico, as anyone who has seen the Disney film Coco knows. The weekend is marked [...]
Report on the Gong Show in Mexico.
A couple of weeks ago I wrote here that I had been tapped to judge the first, and apparently not the last, Karaoke Gong Show for Charity in Ajijic Mexico. The show went on [...]
Back to the future in Mexico as a post-rock concert evokes the Summer of Love
San Francisco 1969 landed in Mexico 2019 last week. The time travel was accomplished not by a whirling machine or a gull-winged DeLorean, but by the music of two experimental [...]
Angels in Guadalajara? Getting lost after the Dream Rock Festival
The C3 Rooftop is a small-to-medium sized venue on the roof of a huge -1100 capacity – venue called the C3. It’s located on one of Guadalajara’s busiest [...]
Independent Artist Sara Ontaneda Releases Hey Maria
Sara Ontaneda, award-winning singer-songwriter based in New York City has released new music. Her music is a colorful blend of Pop, R&B and Folk sounds with heart-felt [...]
Hiraya set to release new single ‘One More’
Following their debut single ‘Hurricane‘, the British-Filipino duo are set to release their second single, “One More‘ on August 27th. Both singles [...]
Dare Sweet releases brand new single ‘Body (On Fleek)’
OUT NOW LISTEN HERE | WATCH HERE Afro-pop artist Dare Sweet has just released his new track ‘Body (On Fleek)’. This is his first single of 2019, following on [...]
Blues From Berlin: An Indie Pulse Music Exclusive Interview with Guitarist, Will Jacobs
Take a Chicago born Blues Man and transplant them to Germany, things can get crazy in an exciting sort-of-way. Will Jacobs is that excitement, and plays like a Blues Man [...]
Serbian super star band, ITCH, releases new EP “Round 2”
ITCH, formed in 2010, in Belgrade, set themselves with a goal is to make music that is a blend of many different styles. Whereas the members of the group have different [...]
A one-handed trumpeter rocks a Mexican furniture factory on a stormy night.
It was a dark and stormy night – really! It was thundering and flashing lightning and raining buckets when I pulled up in front of the venue to unload my gear. The [...]
“Crazy for Jane” album by Locos Por Juana: Miami feel with global appeal
Patrick O’Heffernan (Ajijic MX) I just plain love Crazy for Jane, the 6th studio album of the Latin Grammy nominated band Locos Por Juana, released this week. I have been [...]
“Oidos” byNancy Sanchez and Madame Recamier: a heavenly match that propels your feet
“Oidos”, a collaboration between LA-based jazz singer and mariachi artist Nancy Sanchez and Mexico-based pop singer Madame Recamier is what I call a triple threat [...]
FIMPRO: Thursday, last Day for me
My last day of reporting at FIMPRO2019 was Thursday – I had to get back to the studio in LA on Friday so I missed the wrap party at the Herradura Tequila brewery. Maybe [...]