Since I am attending The "El Lago Suena" International Jazz Series this weekend, produced by the renowned saxophonist Eleazar “Chuco” Soto, I thought I would take a look at recent Mexican...
Antes de Ti, video/single by Silvana Estrada & pablopablo. I really love this song. It is a spare, stripped-down bolero that just focuses on the voices. What I really love is the...
Baila, single by Los Horóscopos de Durango. The band’s singers, Vicky and Marisol Terrazas, daughters of the band’s founder, Armando Terrazas, were born in Chicago, but they strongly identify with their family’s...
Agua y Sol, single by Laura Dryer. Happy, melodic flute-led jazz with a Brazilian feel from this New York-based saxophonist, flutist, and composer whose original music fuses lyrical jazz with Brazilian rhythms...
Eleazar “Chuco” Soto is an experimental jazz saxophonist, composer, producer, and empresario based in the Lake Chapala area of Mexico, near Guadalajara. For as long as I have known him, he and...
Bob Weir passed away on January 10th, 2026, at the age of 78, succumbing to underlying lung issues after having previously been treated for cancer, according to his family. In some ways,...
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,...
