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...
I went to a birthday party for a train station on Friday night. Well, it used to be a train station; now it is the Gonzalez Gallo Cultural Center in Chapala, Mexico....
I am not going to write about the Grammys this week – that will be for next week after I see the winners. This week, it is about classical music.
What? Â Classical...
I am back from the holidays, which were spent, among other things, listening to new music, which is starting to emerge for the new year. In my earphones were songs like SLOW ...
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,...
Mismo Amor single by Julieta Venegas. Fast-paced, sophisticated arrangement, this moves with clap beats and animated touches, making it an earworm in itself.  Venegas’ voice is a thing alive, a ringmistress pulling your...
Todo, single by Becky G & Delilah. Sweet, melodic, romantic; beautiful voices backed by a gentle guitar until the music rises with violins, pulling your heart so you feel every word. Spanish. ...
This past weekend, the oldest and largest English-speaking theater in Mexico, the Lakeside Little Theatre, about an hour outside of Guadalajara, hosted a weekend mariachi extravaganza with the award-winning Mariachi Real Axixic,...
