Posts Tagged ‘latin music’
Miercoles Musica : Johnny Pacheco, El Maestro
9:00 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Events|Music|New York City · Comments Off
11 Nov 2009Artists like Ismael Miranda, Cheo Feliciano, Domingo Quiñones, Adalberto Santiago, Johnny Ventura, Roberto Roena, Papo Lucca, Bobby Valentin, Isidro Infante, Yomo Toro, Ray Viera, Jorge Maldonado, Michel, and Nicky
Marrero gather this Saturday in NYC’s United Palace Theater to pay tribute to Johnny Pacheco
and his musical legacy spanning decades. For tickets and more info visit here.
Summer Musica Tours Begin : Pistolera
1:51 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Cities|Music · Comments Off
28 May 2008I don’t know about you, but with the weather finally getting warm and info coming out about summer concerts, I’m all excited and marking up my calendar. One not to miss is Pistolera, the self proclaimed Latin alt-folklorico musicians have launched their summer tour. One of the stops is Summerstage, one of my favorite summertime concert venues, where you can find me and my kids. Check out when Pistolera will be near you:
May 29 8:00P House of Blues (w/ Maneja Beto), Dallas, Texas
May 30 8:00P Sam’s Burger Joint, San Antonio, Texas
May 31 1:00P Waterloo Park, Austin, Texas
May 31 8:00P Talento Bilingue de Houston, Houston, Texas
Jun 6 7:00P Detroit Festival of the Arts, Detroit, Michigan
Jun 7 8:00P Green Dolphin Street, Chicago, Illinois
Jun 8 2:00P Marquette Waterfront Festival, Madison, Wisconsin
Jun 21 8:00P Clearwater Festival, Poughkeepsie, New York
Jun 22 8:00P Clearwater Festival, Poughkeepsie, New York
Jun 22 8:00P Festival of Arts and New Ideas, New Haven, Connecticut
Jun 28 8:00P Montreal Jazz Feztival, Montreal, Quebec
Jul 10 8:00P The Jewish Museum, New York, New York
Jul 17 8:00P The Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jul 19 7:00P Kingsboroguh College – Accordion Festival, Brooklyn, New York
Jul 27 5:00P Sfinks Festival, Boechout, Belgium
Aug 9 4:00P Central Park SummerStage (with Kinky and Alejandro Escovedo), New York, New York
Aug 13 7:00P MacArthur Park, Los Angeles, California
Aug 16 8:00P Roots and Blues Festival, Kelowna, British Columbia
Aug 17 8:00P Roots and Blues Festival, Kelowna, British Columbia
Oct 17 8:00P Leaf Festival, Black Mountain, North Carolina
Check after the jump for a preview of what Pistolera will bring you (hint: I think a mujer with a guitar in her hands is sexy).
After an insane day dealing with the NYC transit system (seriously people , three inches of rain shuts the whole thing down and 24 hours later in my ‘hood of Queens , the subways still aren’t up 100%)a little music is in order to put it all in perspective. Manu Chao is coming out with a new album in less than a month (September 4th).
Atercipelados say Oye!
10:01 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Colombia|Music · 1 Comment
14 Sep 2006
They haven’t had a studio album as a band in 5 years. Is anyone else as excited as I am about the Aterciopelados‘ upcoming album Oye!? The album is scheduled to be released on October 24th. That’s also when the band is set to begin a tour in Spain. You can get a sneak preview of the album, specifically the single Complemento on the band’s MySpace page.
Via / Aterciopelados
Reggaeton may be all the rage but VL recognizes that as Latin music develops and new genres unfold, there are undeniable roots to Latin music that need to be respected and revisted. With that in mind, VL presents Raices, a look at classic artistas of la musica Latina.
With recent word that her husband, Don Pedro Knight, is in grave health, today we look at la reina de la salsa, Celia Cruz.
Celia was born Ursula Hilaria Celia Caridad Cruz Alfonso on October 21, 1925 in the Santo Suarez barrio of Havana, Cuba to parents Catalina Alfonso and Simon Cruz.
Latino techno? You’re kidding!
1:32 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Media|Music|Newspapers · 4 Comments
28 Feb 2006
As evidence of the fact that mainstream media continues to see Latinos as retrograde, this snippet from a very “surprised” article about the Latino techno movement:
Electronic and Latin music would seem to reside at polar ends of the music spectrum. One is precise, the other passionate. One is the brutalist Bauhaus beats of Kraftwerk, the other is the languid romanticism of the Buena Vista Social Club.
Why Buena Vista Social Club? Why is that the quintessential “Latin music”?
Sure She’s Not In It for the Money
10:54 am By Maegan La Mala · Bilingualism|Celebrities|Chismes|Music · 3 Comments
3 Feb 2006
Colombiana Shakira has been defending her right, to sing in English. She’s been striking back against those that criticize her decision to crossover and sing in English. Shaki says que:
…ella canta en inglés porque se trata de estar abierta a otras culturas y de construir puentes.
I’m sure the money doesn’t hurt either and bueno why should it? As much as artists want to defend their artistic integrity, they are also doing a job and doing a job means getting paid. For Latino stars getting paid more means playing to English speaking consumers. I mean if she really wants to build bridges and be open to other cultures, when is her Chinese album coming out? Do your thing mujer, just make sure you don’t alienate those who supported you when you were running around with los pies descalzos.
Via / la Segunda
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