48 Roses, single by Mariachi el Bronx. It’s mariachi, it’s pop, it’s punk, it’s funny, and it’s an earworm. After a 10-year hiatus, the LA mariachi trailblazers released a new album,...
I am sitting at my table listening to easter church bells from the iglesia parroquial in the village and “Nepantla” from Las Cafeteras’ new album A Night in Nepantla - the “space...
Pupilas, single by Twangero with Alih Jey. The peripatetic Spaniard Twangero is a master guitarist, a unique singer, and a man with a musical sense of humor. In this song he has...
I spent Sunday afternoon and evening watching the Grammys. I know, I know, I should have been down in Christina Park listing to the music of local Mexican bands, but hey -...
I have been listening to Alih Jeys’s newest single Bruja (Witch) all week. It is not only an earworm that makes your day move along happily with a kind of deep-in-your-blood energy,...
Bruja, single by Alih Jey. Hot, sexy, and mysterious like the witch it is named for, and as only Alih Jey can do it. Makes you dance, excites your body and pierces...
Stupid Happy single by Chiara Young. A sophisticated pop banger that, if you listen carefully, skewers stereotypes. But most of all it is just plain fun – just what you expect from...
Usually, I don’t write about myself in LA LA Land, but this week I will make an exception because of the event and the location. But I will keep it short. The...
