From the vicious to the sublime. Madison Cunningham kills you softly, The Zac Schulze Gang grabs your throat with fast-paced rock, and Monsieur Periné makes you smile and dance.
Black Keys, he Third Mind,, Chika Di, JNoa and more. This week we do rap/hip hop/ regional Mexican, alt pop and electronica/dream pop. Some new, some you know well.
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.
It begins, as so many stories do, with sunlight. A slow stretch, a sip of coffee, the hush of a
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.
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
