I have had my eye on the coming release of Jessie Reyez’ new album, A Little Vengeance, due June 11. Reyes has always intrigued me because she is a cross-border Spanish-English singer,...
Regional Mexican and Latin artists are being blocked from touring in the US as Trump’s immigration crackdowns, visa revocations and fan fears reshape the US live‑music map. Mexican and Latin bands are...
Una De Vaqueras, single by Leiden. This is an unusual song even for the cross-border world of Music Sin Fronteras. Leiden is a Cubano-Mexican indie singer-songwriter whose latest release is “Una De...
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...
Be Still, single by Dessy Di Lauro. Gut-grabbing mesmerizing, high-powered but inspiring, Di Lauro has hit a home run with her blend of low-fi Afrobeats and rising healing, lyrics. See my review...
I was reminded of a t-shirt I saw of a woman last week that read “The Future is Female”.
Consider: the Latin Grammys last weekend was a romp for women, coming on the...
While everyone was focused on the last-minute dropout of Kanye West and the quick substitution of The Weekend and Swedish House Mafia at Coachella, something was happening below the top lines of...
