FIMPRO ends with a bang
The FIMPRO music conference closes with a bang, and keeps on going. [...]
Latin Music
“Patria y Vida”: the reggaeton revolution in Cuba? We shall see.
The Reggaetonr ap "Patria y Vida" kicks off a movement to change the Cuban government [...]
Chasing the wild Mexican song and not keeping up.
My fast education in Mexican regional music and where it is going in the USA [...]
Covers, music parties, and Kim Kuzma’s Canadian -Mexican connection.
Mexico loves American rock, but they add a habanero twist, just like Kim Kuzman did in this concert [...]
Hope for live music in 2021 and Natalie Gelman waves goodbye to 2020
2021. hope and two grat music videos [...]
Review: “The Cuban”: a film driven by music and how it affects brains and lives.
JUST ANNOUNCED: streaming site for viewing – https://thecubanmovie.com/showtimes In 2006 McGill University neuroscientist/musician/producer Daniel J. Levitin published [...]
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 [...]
Loon Announces Debut Album “Elevation”
The ambient music project shows a remarkable gift for stunning soundscapes. The brainchild of Venezuelan born Luis Novo, LOON’s ambient compositions are [...]
“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. [...]
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 [...]
Dedicated fans fill Hollywood’s Roxy Club for Caloncho
The Roxy is one of Hollywood’s top hotspot clubs and one of my favorite Hollywood Boulevard venues. The club’s semi-circular stage is large, but not too high — [...]
A Mexican house concert: a stunning new artist, great experimental jazz, and no rain.
I love house concerts. But two weeks ago I had to leave a house concert in Ajijic during a tropical rainstorm with no umbrella, so my enthusiasm was…dampened. After [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
“Búsqueda” by Yanin Saavedra: a stunning debut album that shimmers with promise.
Yanin Saavedras' much anticipated album is out and it is stunning. [...]
A rollicking party on a quiet street for Yanin Saavedra’s debut album “Busqueda”
Calle Poniente is what I would normally call a frontage road – a small road that runs alongside a highway. It is a leafy cobblestone street lined with high walls [...]
With “De Ayer Para Siempre” Mariachi Los Camperos continues the heartbeat of Mexico.
In their decades-long history of producing some of the best mariachi music in the world, Mariachi Los Camperos has outdone themselves with the new album, De Ayer Para Siempre [...]
Yanin Saavedra happily intoxicates us at La Mezcaleria
I never found out if La Mezcaleria bar served what its name implies. It is a music venue in Ajijic at near the end of Moralos street near the shore [...]
Where the music starts in Mexico.
I went to three gigs this week in Ajijic, Mexico: a rock band at El Barco, a jazz combo at Casa Domenech, and the street at night. I saw where [...]