Justified, single by Danna. Although she is popular on both sides of the border, this is not one of her more popular songs (under 8 million streams, small for her), but I...
I have known of and followed Texas-based bilingual singer-songwriter Gina Chavez for over a decade, since we met at a performance at a San Francisco restaurant and the release of her 2014...
Freddy Trujillo’s fifth solo album, Ave. Trujillo - about birds, or so it seems - is, I think, his most imaginative and certainly most ambitious work to date. He takes birds and...
One of the things I do in this column is introduce you to rising talent on both sides of the border. I receive about 100 emails every week from agents, PR firms,...
Mexican independence songs for the World Cup
Last week, I looked at songs popular for the 4th of July. This week, I want to list the most popular songs for Mexican Independence. While...
265 songs, albums, videos submitted this week, but I decided to review World Cup Songs since I
am writing this while watching Mexico win 2-0 over Ecuador
These 6 World Cup songs are all...
Caminando, single by Anthony Almonte with Stevie Van Zandt. A high-profile collab, the gentle Latin jazz piece blends traditional salsa with pop and rock and melodic writing. Almonte’s vocals make it very...
Where is My Husband! single by Raye. A very up-tempo song that fuses several strands of Raye’s style into a brassy, almost show-tune-meets-R&B production, meets rapid rap. The song is about a...