Recently, my daughter and I got into a conversation online about the singers Freya Dakkar and Odin. Both sing Viking/Nordic war songs about strong women; both are accompanied by gorgeous, realistic videos. ...
My newspaper is teaming up with a Guadalajara radio station to produce a jazz festival in one of Mexico’s 177 “Magic Villages,” Ajijic. The town has already hosted two jazz fests this...
Justified, single by Danna. Although she is popular on both sides of the border, this is not one of her more popular songs (under 8 million streams, small for her), but I...
For those people who haven't heard of you before, could you tell us a bit about yourself?
Hi, I’m SAANVI. I’m an independent artist and songwriter. I’m always creating and always learning.
Who inspired...
I have known of and followed Texas-based bilingual singer-songwriter Gina Chavez for over a decade, since we met at a performance at a San Francisco restaurant and the release of her 2014...
Two new songs by Olivia Rodrigo landed in my mailbox this week. That reminded me that she has a huge following in Mexico. (She was born in California). Her first headline date...
Freddy Trujillo’s fifth solo album, Ave. Trujillo - about birds, or so it seems - is, I think, his most imaginative and certainly most ambitious work to date. He takes birds and...
Revolta, single by Natalia Pery. Perry is emerging into her career, but has put out a killer song with influences from música caipira to samba, with the same passion as her earlier...
