
HOT HALF DOZEN 7.29.25
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.

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.

Infinity Song isn’t just another band with pretty harmonies and clever hooks. They’re a mission, a message, a movement wrapped

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

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

Rock, blues, ballads, bun…especially fun with Blue-eyed Man by Las Chorizeras and Ja Mandei Flores by Ruido Rosa. Plus Lana de lRey’s latest

Iluka is riding a wave (or cantering horse) with her vocal power, her cowgirl/witch persona, and her legions of fans, now numbering just under 300,000 on Spotify. Check her out. I think she is going places , fast, at a full gallop.

Elston Torres’ new song “Vive” will simply make you you happy. What do you expect from a artists woth 6 top 10 Billboard hits?

Check out the video of Estevie – beautiful, talented, hot! Followed by a new song from the popster Binx that is nostalgic and sweet, plus a big new album from the boys of Bandolos Chinos. Lots of fun.

Check out the short film on todays HHD – it will blow you away. Grammy-nomed singer Gaby Moreno visits her childhood home, which is rapidly being destroyed by sea level rise. Haunting images, haunting music.

Got some blues this week, Carolynn Wonderland and Ollee Owens. Plus Ariana Grade’s new album and the very fun and playful Cuarteto De Nos.

I missed the concert, but I still have the new song. Los Anos hits home musically and lyrically for La Santa Cecelia

From blues to blues to corrido to alt country to…. A good week with Samantha Fish, La Santa Cecilia, Japanese Breakfast, and more

Olivia Millin is back and ready to take the J-Pop world by storm with her electrifying new single, “TTYL.” Released

6 songs from Mexico, the US. Spain that range from dream pop to straight pop to just dreamy

Slow week- only 75 submissions (next week I will swamped) but some really good ones. Patricia Vonne, Delilah, Tommy Castro…all fun

After going through over 300 songs and albums and videos I recommended in 2024, chose the top 6 – but it wasn’t enough. Too many great songs left behind. The Hot Half Dozen is given you its top 10 for 2024

My top ten artists from the 5000 songs and albums and videos I received in 2024

We from Budapest to Las Vegas to Spain with Hungarian-American Zora to Colbian and Mexican Kali Uchis & Peso Pluma. and Antonio Rey flamenco.

Jeff Christie, the man behind the global hit “Yellow River,” returns to the spotlight with his 2024 album Here &