HOT HALF DOZEN 12.20.22
Big week- over 300 submissions. Here are my top six favorites in English and Spanish [...]
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HOT HALF DOZEN 12.13.22
The stunning photo of Francisca Valenzuela in the Movistar Area in Santiago tells it all. Latin music - and Latinas - had a great year. Read about some of them here. [...]
Hot Half Dozen 12.6.22
230 submissions this week and some really good music. [...]
Hot Half Dozen 11/29/22
Light week, only 160 submissions, but some real gems, including the 95-year old Latin Grammy Award for Best New Artist. [...]
HOT HALF DOZEN 11.22.22
Happy National Music Day. Here are my picks for the week. [...]
Calaverandia: Coco meets Disneyland
Calaverndau. Music in a graveyard, altar and lake of illusions on a giant scae [...]
Trialogo previews its new album at a concert with the Chocolate Smoke Gang
A magic night with two great bands under the lush mountains and twinkling lights [...]
“Free Time” by Whitney Tai and Harry Vato: a musical E-ticket ride from Tomorrowland.
Whitney Tai's new song "Free Time" is another innovation in pop music. You will always hit repeat . [...]
HOT HALF DOZEN 10.18.22
150 submissions this week one of which is up for a Grammy nom ( Free Time by Whiney Tai-voting Saturday - fingers crossed. Check out my top six [...]
“Fantasies” by Alaina Castillo is very, very real
The Houston-born/LA-based Latina Alaina Castillo has a knack for combining R&B, pop, and mystery, and her new EP, Fantasies is another step in her [...]
HOT HALF DOZEN 10.11.22
137 submissions this week Entre Tumbas y Flores, álbum by Kristina Trejo. Put your earphones on and sit back and listen to the stunning piano from “Entre [...]
Brickwall Jackson Seem to be “Stickin’ To It” When it Comes to their Americana Sound
There are not a lot of bands that come out of Richmond, Virginia but one does seem to take the lead in what Americana music sounds like. Brickwall Jackson is [...]
Hot Half Dozen 9.27.22
184 submissions this week. Here are my op 6, plus a Halloweenbonus [...]
HOT HALF DOZEN 9.20.22
Led by a 22-song collection of Mexican lullabies, this week's collection ranges from the Mexican phenom Kenia OS to Happie's angelic love songs, with a bite [...]
Hot Half Dozen 9.13.22
Light Week - only 93 submissions, but there good ones. Here are my picks. [...]
“Where the Light Gets In” by Kristy Chmura: indescribably, intensely beautiful
One of the most beautiful, hypnotic albums I have heard all year. [...]
HOT HALF DOZEN 9.5.22
Big week. 32 submissions! Here arre my top six in English and Spanish [...]
HOT HALF DOZEN 8.29.22
almost 200 submissions this week. Here ae my top 6, starting off with tghe Queen of Dark Metal an the metal go Rob Halford [...]
HOT HALF DOZEN 8.16.22
210 submissions this week in English and Spanish. Here are my eclectic 6 piks [...]
Pamela Hopkins Returns With Another Hit “Straight Shooter”
Riding high off the successful release of her song “One Too Many”, Pamela Hopkins is back at it again with a new release titled “Straight Shooter”. Now, we already [...]