Joco Loco – a very big house concert
A two-day long, 17-band house concert in Jocotepec Mexico. Great way to spend a weekend. [...]
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Cool jazz and hot Flamenco…such fun!
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. [...]
Enjoying bluegrass mariachi, with octopus tacos
MRA blows out the Baja Norte with every kind of mariachi you can imagine. great fun
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Mexican rock and roll. Does your abuela have a poodle skirt?
Mexico embraced rock and roll in 1956 and hasn't stopped since. [...]
Opera, Broadway, electro-pop and goats
Two singing stars meet over goats in Mexico [...]
Music Sin Fronteras
Keeping a 1000-year old legend allive with audio files, experimental film, and music [...]
Goodbye LA LA Land. Welcome Music Sin Fronteras. It’s still all music
Today is name change day. And day change day. I have been writing this column on Friday nights for 5 years under the title of LA LA Land, because I [...]
A classic music holiday concert: not a bad way to spend an afternoon (margarita included)
I went to a classical concert last night. I learned a lot, but you still can't dance to it. [...]
HOT HALF DOZEN 12.6.21
My top picks from 106 songs submitted this week [...]
A musical diamond in Guadalajara’s rough: a private concert with Jaramar Soto.
A private concert with one of Mexico's finest singers, in the heart of Guadalajara's entertainment district [...]
Halloween and Dia de Muertos: costumes, music, and dead people
Halloween and Dia de Muertos- totally unrelated but both have costumes, music and dead people. [...]
“D/zazter Trio “ album by D/zazter Trio – a thrill ride with the wind at your back.
The trio with Juan Casteñon, Itzam Cano, and Gabriel Lauber, makes the music melding disparate parts into a sometimes smooth, sometimes jagged whole. [...]
LA LA Land South of the Border: cervesa, tequila and music at FIMPRO in Guadalajara.
FIMPRO is making Guadalajara the music capital of Mexico. It rocked! [...]
FIMPRO ends with a bang
The FIMPRO music conference closes with a bang, and keeps on going. [...]
Day 2 at FIMPRO
Day 2 was the packed day at FIMPRO so far this year, with virtual meetings, multiple live presentations, two music showcases and a schedule that ran a little late. [...]
FIMPRO is coming next week. Music, tequila, speed dating. Oh my!
The most important conference in Latin music is next week and I will be there for you. [...]
HOT HALF DOZEN 8.31.21
Back from vacation with 237 submissions La Tierra by Flor de Toloache. The Grammy winning indie mariachi group covers a 1997 patriotic classic by the legendary [...]
Yanin Saavedra: change and music (or is it the other way around?)
Yanin Saav goodbye concert in Mexcio. Bittersweet [...]
Number 9, Alfonsina, and a musical afternoon delight
This emerging band with no recordings or streams b leww me away. They provide a genre and song for every taste. And they had a washboard!! [...]
Big space, big band, big fun…live music and dancing!
A great way to spend Wednesday afrernoon [...]