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HOT HALF DOZEN 8.5.25
Powerful music this week by Mexican, DR, and American bands, Iron and Wine, Virir Quintana, Leton Pe.
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August 6, 2025
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Powerful music this week by Mexican, DR, and American bands, Iron and Wine, Virir Quintana, Leton Pe.
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.
Mark “MK” McLaughlin is not your typical singer — he’s this whirlwind of energy out of Riverhead, Long Island, who sings,
What happens when decades of rock radio stories collide with ancient Tarot wisdom? You get Rock ‘N Soul Tarot, the groundbreaking
What started with an offhand comment over leftover stuffing and Action Bronson impersonations during a Friendsgiving Feast in 2023, has evolved
First column back from Spain. TRhe ne musician feature here is not flamenco, but an African Kora player. Plus traditional Mexican, hot blues rock, and Chilean and Columbian love songs.
Three weks in Spain seeing flamenco, jazz and even kora!
Rocky Kramer will be hosting “Legs” on this week’s episode of Rocky Kramer’s Rock & Roll Tuesdays on Twitch. Tune
It’s the song that just won’t quit—and 2025 has proven it. From viral TikToks to moody HBO karaoke scenes, “Bette
Beloved genre-bending jazz ensemble Squirrel Nut Zippers have announced that they are bringing their legendary Christmas Caravan Tour back for the 2025 holiday season! With
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.
14-Track Album Blends Afrobeat, Dance, and Soul for a Global Sound Experience New York, NY — Music industry legend and
Singer-songwriter, actress, and beauty & lifestyle entrepreneur Irene Michaels has received two major nominations at the upcoming 11th Annual Josie Music Awards, taking place on Sunday,
Quite a range this week. Mexican and Puerto Rican pop and love songs, indie rock, atmospheric heartbreak, and just plain fun. Kirby, Whitney Tai, Sara Angel, Jodeline, Buscabella
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?”
RIP to Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys and Sly Stone, who both died recently at the age of 82.. We feature songs by Wilson, Eljuri, Francisca Valenzuela ,Dámaris Bojor and more.
A solo blues album from Gina Coleman. A winner combining authentic down and dirty blues and modern touches
Today I am going to do something a little different. I am recommending music that is off the beaten path, experimental, a little – or a lot – away from the mainstream. Some of it may be an acquired taste, others will resonate quickly. You decide.
Pioneering gypsy jazz ensemble Squirrel Nut Zippers (SNZ) have announced their upcoming tour “Jazz from the Back O’ Town” —a spellbinding tribute to the
LGBTQ+ artists have been contributing to our musical history since Tchaikovsky. Pride Month 2025 hs brought out playlists and performers on both sides if the Mexican-American border who celebrate gay pride and their own role in it. Hewre are some
