Hot Half Dozen: The Softies, Alejandra Guzmán, Helen Ochoa, Nancy Sanchez, Janeth Valenzuela, Elsten Torres

The Bed I Made. album by The Softies. Light,  melodic fun, as always. Music that just makes you feel better, sometimes despite the lyrics. Stream on Spotify and major platforms

Reynisima, single by Alejandra Guzmán. Wow. This girl can rock, seduce, and scare you…all in one song. She is the best.  Her deep voice gives a spooky quality to a gut-grabbing alt-rock song. Stream on major platforms. Spanish.

Mentiroso, single by Helen Ochoa. Bounce and dance with Ochoa while you luxuriate in her vocals. This song is urgent, angry, hooky, and so repeatable.   Regional Mexican music never sounded so good. Stream on Spotify and other platforms. Spanish.

Mexian-American Novio, a single by Nancy Sanchez. An update of her 2017 song with close to the same music, but lyrics that reflect the growth of the Mexican American community in LA and the rest of the nation. Stream of Spotify and major platforms. Spanish, English

Blank Spaces (Hoja in Blanco), single by Janeth Valenzuela. Valenzuela brings her red-hot accordion and regional feel to this pop song. Dance to it or just bop along to this great of example of modern Mexican regional music. Stream on major platforms. Spanish

Hope You’re Alright In Spite of the World, single by Elsten Torres. The  Cubano King of Love songs wishes you a great day, and he does it with human, fun, and a song that you will want to put on repeat.  Stream on major platforms.

 

Patrick O Heffernan
Patrick O Heffernan
Patrick O’Heffernan, PhD. Is a radio host and music critic based in Mexico where he covers music in the US, UK, Latin America and Canada. He hosts the weekly radio program Music Sin Fronteras and publishes review articles on numerous sites including his weekly Hot Half Dozen reviews of the best songs and albums released each week.

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