Wish You Were Here 50″ 50th collection of Pink Floyd from the tour came out this week. I think I was at the concert, but..well, things are a bit acid-hazy.
Which plaztform is better for artists, for listeners? Spotify’s latest report and Bandcamp’s announcement sharpen the differences
The Whitney Houston Drumbeat Challenge around the world. How did you do?
Nacho Cano of the band Mecano brings us a Hollywood/Las Vegas style musical about the most controversy woman in Mexican history…and fantastic music.
Why is the Monster Mash as immortal as a vampire? Gaze into y crystal ball.
With a Latin Grammy nomination and two Grammy noms, two BMI songwriting awards, and six Billboard Top Ten songs you would expect Elsten Torres’ new album, Vice Versa, to be a blockbuster — and it is. Seven songs that make you Happy!
Why is Bad Bunny going to the Super Bowl? Look at he numbers. He makes people much mas felice all over the world- and the audience for American football is bigger in Latin America than it is in the USA
I am a little hazy about when I first encountered Alice Bag.. But I have followed her through the 2000’s and love the new album with Kid Congo Powers, Jungle Cruise
My long-time friend Irene Diaz is now under consideration for Grammy! As as I can tell she will be the first East LA Chicana to be dominated for a solo performance if the Academy voters move her up to full nomination
Meklit is the perfect example of Music Sin Fronteras. Born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, her family became refugees, and she moved to the United States as a young child. After a degree from Yale, she found her artistic home in San Francisco, California. Her music is a rich tapestry that draws together influences from jazz, soul, folk, and the varied traditions of East Africa.
How did women go from 10% of the Billboard 100 in the 60’s to 1/3 of the chart and the top-grossing acts world wide this year? Talent, Persistence, and Cajones – which brings us to Militia Vox
Wavemakers- foundered by rock/pop/blues singer Lurleen Ladd , making music careers for women over 40
A proper introduction to Gaby Moreno,, woman too talented to stay in one genre, Grammy, Latin Grammy winner, blues, rock, folk, Americana, Latin. And a stunning video of her childhood home washed away by global warming’s rising seas..
Estani’s latest album is a vibrant collaboration with the Grammy-winning legends Los Texmaniacs, infusing classic Conjunto sounds with her signature modern twist. “Mi Suerte Ha Cambiado” won Best Latin Traditional at the 2025 Hollywood Independent Music Awards: a stunning recognition for a song that reimagines a 50-year-old family heirloom into something timeless and magnetic.
Bass-led bands, and the Gil Rios Quintet – bass-led experimental jazz by a master
Vivir Quintana is one of the female voices moving into Mexico’s traditionally male regional music scene—norteña, corridos, and banda. But she is more than that. She blends these regional folk traditions with poignant social commentary—a kind of regional Mexican rap in its lyrical thrust.
I recently discovered ZORA on Spotify and decided to look deeper. What I found inspired this week’s Music Sin Fronteras. She is very music sin fronteras, although not my usual Latin/US/Canadian. Her sin fronteras is Hungary.
Three weks in Spain seeing flamenco, jazz and even kora!
Nacho Cano has put together a show that is so good, so big, and so inspirational that if you don’t see it in Mexico City, I suspect you will see it in Las Vegas. The show is the rock musical Malinche.
BALTHVS calls itself a Colombian psychedelic funk trio, but I think they are much larger than that. Whatever they call themselves, they are damn good. They are dreamy at times, at other times they are head-banging guitar riff masters and mistresses. When you listen to them, you keep saying, “How do they do that?”
