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,...
I recently ran across a YouTube video of Meghan Trainor’s 2014 release of “All About That Bass”, which was not about bass music, but about body positivity and full-figured women. But it...
Since I am in Mexico, I am introduced to singers and bands that have little, if any, recognition North Of the Border. The fact that they sing mostly in Spanish also makes...
Era El o Era Yo, single by Vivir Quintana. "Era El o Era Yo" narrates the real-life ordeal of Roxana Ruiz, a woman sentenced to prison after killing her attacker in self-defense....
The Man, single by Kirby. A cross between blues and gospel, this song gets to you in your gut. You listen to the beat and snap your fingers, and feel the emotion...
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...
We had a great weekend for music. Three nights in a row at three different venues and three different types of music. We started off at our favorite Italian restaurant run by...
Friday nights at the Centro Cultural Gonzales Gallo in Chapala are becoming a go-to jewel of music and culture. I have attend some of the Sunday morning events, but very few because...
