Check out this photo gallery from Panamérika of Chicano Batman live in Brooklyn this past weekend. Big love to Uriel and the very talented photographer Rodrigo Jardón. Enjoy this live clip of the songs La Tigresa y Para Agradecer, which is off their latest album, Cycles of Existential Rhyme. Rocking:
Knowledge is power. Especially in the Digital Age. We have the tools now to build in the face of straight-up media fascism. I know that sounds strong, but while on family vacation I started watching CNN tonight and couldn’t believe what I was seeing – and I’m one who hardly watches TV. Like my favorite … Read More
I love getting emails from journalists about the things they are excited about covering, especially in the oh-so-murky space that is covering Latinos in the US and the highly coveted Latino Millennial. How can we have a healthy perspective of these merging voices without purpose-filled narrators with vision, right? In this case, a note from … Read More
Super proud of both these acts! Plus, it’s great to see Nortec Collective (who I worked with during my time at Nacional Records) rep for Tijuana at the mega music festival. From Remezcla: “The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival just released their lineup for two weekends, April 10-12 and April 17-19 in Indio, California. … Read More
In lieu of a “Best of 2014” music list, I’m sharing instead what I listened to the last day of the year, reflecting on some of my favorite songs carrying me into the new year! EDIT: Also sharing the archive from when I went on Radio Valencia the day after Christmas and had an impromptu … Read More
Image by Nina Parks of Invisible Hands. Taken in Mendocino County, California. Time is rolling on whether we like it or not. For many of us, the seeming chaos – I say seeming because I wonder if it’s always been this chaotic and only seems more so because we have the Internet now – is … Read More
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http://www.wonderingsound.com/feature/latin-roundtable-2014/ Yes! The world is starved for smart conversation about the range of expressions coming out of Latin America, US Latinos and those the culture touches (eh hem, EVERYONE!) in the Digital Age. There’s a lot of confu$ion around “Latin Music” as brands hunger to target “Latino Millennials” like we saw in 2014 and undoubtedly … Read More
Call me radical I’ll straddle ya they strangle us want you saddled in to Cut the tongue out ya dome and Dress up the thoughts so you can shake what ya mama gave ya// Shake what ya mama gave ya! Shake what ya mama gave ya?
Even long after we left the house she insisted on putting one up, all the little ornaments, tambien. This display irked me as I got older. She had a Christmas tree until she was 9 and in New York City; and not again until she was a young lady, as my Abuelo brought the entire … Read More
3BallMTY & Los Rakas LIVE IN LOS ANGELES @ The Regent in DTLA THIS Friday Night! Doors 8PM | Los Rakas 9:30PM TICKETS HERE “Doing whatever feels right in the moment is often easier said than done. Oakland’s Los Rakas has been doing just that, turning heads with its unique mélange – hip-hop, plena, soul, … Read More