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Six out of over 130 songs and albums submitted this week. My picks range from Mexican rock and roll (in English) to a newly discovered Peggy Lee song, to Puerto Rican rap, to,..well, much more.

Six out of over 130 songs and albums submitted this week. My picks range from Mexican rock and roll (in English) to a newly discovered Peggy Lee song, to Puerto Rican rap, to,..well, much more.

Initiative Supports Harmony & Healing, a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Bringing Live Music to Hospice, Hospital, Rehab, and Memory Care Patients Looking for

From punk/rock/jazz to EDM, trip-hop, and Andean roots music, dembow, and trap t plain ol’ happy dance, we bring you six songs you will love

Six artist, some so new they are just barely platformed, some around long enough to have multiple albums. All Spanish this week as I am drawing half f the songs from the FIMPRO music convention coming up next month, and rest from songs I received las week.

Single and Video Arrive Friday, January 16, 2026 | New Album Due March 20, 2026 From the outer edges of

New songs for 2026: 170 songs and albums submitted A search in Spotify turns up 369 new songs uploaded in

My Hot Half Dozen for 2025. Rock to reggae to castanets

Wish You Were Here 50″ 50th collection of Pink Floyd from the tour came out this week. I think I was at the concert, but..well, things are a bit acid-hazy.

Nacho Cano of the band Mecano brings us a Hollywood/Las Vegas style musical about the most controversy woman in Mexican history…and fantastic music.

Songs for the season: Halloween and Day of the Dead from the US. Canada, and Mexico

With a Latin Grammy nomination and two Grammy noms, two BMI songwriting awards, and six Billboard Top Ten songs you would expect Elsten Torres’ new album, Vice Versa, to be a blockbuster — and it is. Seven songs that make you Happy!

I am a little hazy about when I first encountered Alice Bag.. But I have followed her through the 2000’s and love the new album with Kid Congo Powers, Jungle Cruise

From Brooklyn to Buckingham/Nicks, a great lineup this week

How did women go from 10% of the Billboard 100 in the 60’s to 1/3 of the chart and the top-grossing acts world wide this year? Talent, Persistence, and Cajones – which brings us to Militia Vox

Americana, devastating pop, ranchera (yes – ranchera), blues and cumbia. We move around a lot on this week’s music recommendations.

A proper introduction to Gaby Moreno,, woman too talented to stay in one genre, Grammy, Latin Grammy winner, blues, rock, folk, Americana, Latin. And a stunning video of her childhood home washed away by global warming’s rising seas..

Hard rock heavyweights KILLCODE have unleashed the official video for “One Trick Pony,” a fierce new anthem for anyone who’s ever been

New songs and old talent this week. Robert Plant has a new album out as does Natalia Lafourcade and Margo Price

Lindsay Manfredi, bassist for the rock band Cold and author of the empowering book, Unfuckwithable: A Guide to Inspired Badassery, is

Becky G & Delilah, The Warning, Eljuri and more, with songs ranging from hard rock to conjunto.