What could be more sin fronteras than music streaming platforms and their payment methods? The opaque ways in which artists get paid for streams do not stop at national borders (though it...
Only Love Can Break Your Heart, single by Amanda Abizaid. Abizaid takes the Neil Young song and gives it a moving but lyrical twist that envelopes you and carries you along. You...
I failed the challenge. Five times.
Of course, I am talking about the Whitney Houston Drumbeat Challenge, a viral challenge in which you try to perfectly hit the iconic downbeat that comes just before the final chorus in Whitney...
I was in Mexico City last weekend on a tour of the city’s murals, of which there are many. I like murals because, like rap and country music, they tell stories of...
The 2026 Grammy Best New Artist nominations can be a better insight into trends in the music industry and in the Academy than the other category nominations. By looking at who was nominated...
I just streamed Elston Torres’ new bilingual album Vice Versa and I LOVE IT. It is so happy!
I have often referred to the Cuban-born, Miami-based Torres as the “King of Love Songs”...
Meklit Hadero, known simply as Meklit, is the perfect example of Music Sin Fronteras. Born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, her family became refugees, and she moved to the United States as a...
In the Golden Age of American Folk songs, frequently pegged at 1958-1965 (although some people extend it to 1975), women made up 10-15% of the Billboard top 100. Women did enter the...
