Posts Tagged ‘Music’
R.I.P. RBD, and Thanks for Retiring
4:37 pm By Maegan La Mala · Celebrities|Entertainment|Music · Comments Off
15 Aug 2008This just in: Perez Hilton has let me on to what might be the best news I’ve heard all week. It seems that RBD, a.k.a. a good way to make Jen randomly lash out in rage at innocent bystanders, is retiring. From their official statement:
A todos nuestros fans y medios de comunicación en el mundo:Hemos realizado juntos un sueño que jamás imaginamos podríamos lograr, cantamos, lloramos y reímos con nuestras canciones a lo largo del mundo y ante millones de personas.
Hemos dejado una huella imborrable en las vidas de millones de personas… ¡Nuestros queridos fans!
Ustedes han marcado nuestra vida de una manera inigualable; los llevaremos en nuestro corazón por siempre.
Todo gran proyecto necesita transformarse para trascender y hoy nosotros estamos iniciando ese proceso.
R.I.P., RBD. You were excellent fodder for some of the most widely read posts on VL. Thanks to you, we’ve received countless pieces of hate mail over the past 3 years from your adoring (albeit deranged and somewhat illiterate) fans.
I can’t wait to see what each of the band members has in store for us with their solo careers!
Via / Perez Hilton
The Macarena is 15
6:10 pm By Maegan La Mala · dance|Entertainment|Music · Comments Off
7 Aug 2008“Dale a tu cuerpo alegría Macarena…” Remember those profound lyrics? I hate to make you feel old, but that little ditty just turned 15 and the middle aged Spaniards behind it are trying to relaunch their career…in the United States. Apparently they think that they can capitalize off the popularity of quinceañera parties stateside.
The remix of the song is titled “Fiesta Quinceañera Macarena”, alluding to its 15th birthday and a party that is celebrated each year by thousands of Latino teens in the United States.
The return of the Macarena was recorded entirely in the U.S., between New York, Miami and Los Angeles, and will be presented there through two events in Disney theme parks on both coasts.
I was never a fan of the Macarena and even less now, so I can’t understand why this might have a shot at a comeback. But then again, there are people who still dance the Achy Breaky Heart.
Via / 20 Minutos
Merry Christmas, Ye Children of the 80s
24 Dec 2007Not very “Latino” per se (though Steve Perry’s haircut is still seen a lot in Mexico City) but very funny.
Happy Holidays!
Via / GuiriGeek
Soda Stereo to reunite for tour
6:04 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Argentina|Latin America|Music · 1 Comment
6 Jun 2007
Last month Maegan told us about rumors that legendary Argentine rock band Soda Stereo might be reuniting, to commemorate the ten years that have passed since they split. Well, it looks like the rumor is confirmed. Venezuela’s El Universal reports that Argentine news agency Telam says that sources close to the group say they’ll be making an official announcement any day now.
…the famous trio is already rehearsing and the announcement of their return will be made at a press conference in Buenos Aires “between the 10th and the 15th of this month.”The emblematic band, popular from the mid 80s until their breakup in 1997, “already has 12 concerts booked in Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Chile, Perú, Ecuador and Argentina, where they will play at the stadium of the soccer team, River Plate, and “perhaps in another city in the interior” of the country.
Los Cocorocos
22 Nov 2006“Los Cocorocos” is the first release to be launched by indie CMG (Coalition Music Group) distributed by Universal/MOTOWN. CMG will launch new projects that will grab the atention of music-lovers hungry for new options.
“Los Cocorocos” is a concept that was born to relive the famed 70′s clubs that thrived nightly throughout the Caribbean, specifically in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is just the right CD for the true salsa fan, but also weaves newer breeds of sound like urban reggaeton.
The debut single is “Los Hombres tienen la culpa” by Gilberto Santa Rosa y Don Omar and can listen to it, here (Real Media)
But that’s not all, folks… Vivirlatino has 5 CDs to give to our readers. If you are among the first 5 readers who can tell us another three latin artists that participate in “Los Cocorocos” you’ll get the CD rdelivered to your door.
Hurry up and send us your answer via the VL contact form.Good luck!
We will post the names of the winners next weekend.
This is just one of the many contests and other surprises that VL is preparing for you, so stay tuned.
Raíces: Yma Sumac
5:50 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Features|Music|Peru|Raices · Comments Off
12 May 2006
Raíces is a VL Friday feature saluting Latino music icons of days gone by.
Normally the musical icons we write about on Raices have passed on, so I was happy (yet surprised) to find that a favorite of mine who I thought had left this world is in fact still with us. Yma Sumac, a Peruvian singer with one of the world’s most striking voices has been, in recent years (much like Bossa Nova artists) relegated to providing background noise to trendy martini bars and bachelor pads.
It’s not uncommon to walk into a tiki-themed bar in San Francisco or New York and hear one of her recordings. But this type of “exotification” was actually the biggest selling point for her throughout her career. Billed as the “Inca Princess”, she was Hollywood’s (and men’s) ideal of what an Incan woman should be. Unfortunately this has made many view her as more of a cult icon than the amazing (4-5 octave range) singer that she is. Some highlights from Yma’s Wikipedia entry:
Yma Sumac (born in Ichocán, Cajamarca, Perú September 10, 1922), also earlier spelled Ymma Sumak (quechua translation of “pretty flower”) or Imma Sumack is a noted vocalist of Peruvian origin. In the 1950s she was one of the most famous proponents of exotica music. She is remembered chiefly for her amazing voice, which at the time, covered a range of four octaves. She is (with some controversy) credited with singing the highest note recorded by the female voice (surpassing Erna Sack) in the track “Chuncho” in one of her LPs (Inca Taqui 1953).Yma Sumac may have been born on September 10, 1922 in Ichocán, Cajamarca, Peru as Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chavarri del Castillo. Other dates mentioned in her various biographies range from 1921 to 1929. Some sources [1] claim that she was not born in Ichocá, but in a nearby village or possibly in Lima, and that her family owned a ranch in Ichocá where she spent most of her early life. It is also claimed that she is an Incan princess directly descended from Atahualpa. The story that she was actually born as Amy Camus (which is Yma Sumac read backwards) in Brooklyn or Canada seems to be a hoax.
A farewell to Rocío in Mexico
4:26 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities|mexico · 1 Comment
3 May 2006
Considered by many as one of Mexico’s most sacred places, la Basílica de Guadalupe — the spot where legend says the Juan Diego first encountered la virgen de Guadalupe, Mexico’s patron — was the site of a farewell to Spanish music icon Rocío Dúrcal.
From El Universal:
Among cheers, ovations and nostalgic mariachi music, the urn containing part of the ashes of singer Rocío Dúrcal arrived at the Basílica de Guadalupe, her final resting place and where homage was paid to her this afternoon in the atrium.
Her husband, Junior and her daughter Carmen placed the urn with the Spanish singers ashes in the atrium of the basilica so that close to 1000 fans could pay their last respects, an homage that was truly moving for the family.
MTV goes Spanglish
10:51 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Bilingualism|TV · 4 Comments
4 Apr 2006
Just when you thought the world had enough MTV channels — with what seems like millions in Latin America, Asia and Europe — MTV has announced its new venture, MTV Tr3s.
Tr3s is a new channel catering to the much underserved US Latino market, aged 18-34, an untapped demographic which advertisers have been waiting to target, but up until this point haven’t been able to do en masse because of the lack of content available to support them.
The channel is said to have a “Spanglish” format, which put in the hands of MTV makes me a bit wary, as I commented on another blog today. I am cautiously optimistic, however.
What would be really interesting to see would be Tr3s with content similar to that of MTV, which goes beyond videos to offer reality shows, gossip, celebs, etc. Not because I am particularly inclined towards that kind of programming, but because I think viewers will be. A TV version of VivirLatino might be a good idea, no, MTV? Gimme a call.
Via / Reuters
Raíces: Elis Regina
2:45 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Brazil|Celebrities|Features|history|Music|Raices · 1 Comment
31 Mar 2006
Raíces is a VL Friday feature saluting Latino music icons of days gone by.
I am not a musician, but as a different kind of artist, music is very important to me. The idea for Raíces comes from that; and the fact that I found that many of the Latino musicians that have most impacted my life are largely unknown by the US Latino population.
One of my most cherished artists is the late Elis Regina. An icon in Brazil, she is mostly known here in the United States because of her bossa nova recordings and collaborations with Antonio Carlos Jobim. This is unfortunate, because her range went way beyond bossa nova; indeed, some of her more inspiring music is much darker, with her voice giving life to the work of some of Brazil’s most talented poets, dealing with the topics of social complacency, politics, hopelessness and of course, love.
Lupillo to Host Billboard Latin Awards
5:28 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities|Media|Music|Women · Comments Off
15 Mar 2006
The hosts for the 2006 Latin Billboard Latin Awards have been revealed. Lupillo Rivera, a huge force in that mix of genres that gringos like to call “Regional Mexican” and TV personality Candela Ferro will be doing the honors:
Rivera is a finalist this year for regional Mexican album of the year, male solo artist for “El Rey de las Cantinas” (Univision/UG) and regional Mexican airplay song of the year, male solo artist for “Ya Me Habian Dicho.”The 2006 Billboard Latin Music Awards will mark the fourth time that Ferro has co-hosted the show. Candela currently presents the top-rated Telemundo primetime program “Decisiones.”
As previously reported, reggaeton star Daddy Yankee and Mexican pop phenomenon RBD — both part of the youth movement that dominated Billboard’s Latin charts last year — are the leading finalists for the 2006 awards. Daddy Yankee is a finalist in 10 categories. RBD, which burst into mainstream consciousness last year with “Rebelde,” is a contender in nine categories, including top Latin albums artist.
More RBD and more Daddy Yankee. Can we get some diversity up in here please?
Via / Billboard.com
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