LUX, album by Rosalía. A hugely ambitious and daring album blending grand orchestral and operatic elements with modern production and genre fluidity. Its complexity and emotional intensity might turn off casual listeners...
In the Golden Age of American Folk songs, frequently pegged at 1958-1965 (although some people extend it to 1975), women made up 10-15% of the Billboard top 100. Women did enter the...
I’m Coming Home, single by Nancy Sanchez. A very, very enjoyable change of pace for the La Chorizeras singer and bi-lingual mariachi/blues/rock singer. Gentle, empathetic, nostalgic, heart-warming. I could listen all day....
We are a little off the topic this week of talking about music that spans borders. But we are talking about the world music award that spans borders, the Grammys and a...
I guess the Grammy membership got the message: women buy more music than men. Women stream more music than men. And, if they missed that…well, there is Taylor Swift. The result is...
I like cover bands. Since I live in a town with a lot of retirees, I have seen that bands here can make a good living playing moldy oldies while they work...
I spent Sunday afternoon at a Tom Jones tribute concert at the lakeside Little Theatre in San Juan Tlayacapan, the village next to my village in Mexico. The Lakeside Little Theatre is...
It has been quite a couple of weeks musically. First, the musical “A Funny Thing Happened…” wrapped up with two Broadway performances by Laura Medina, singing “Think of Me” from The Phantom...
