If your playlists lean even slightly Latin these days – as most do in the US - you’re probably already hearing Huasteca music – you just don’t know it. Those high, quivering...
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...
Antes de Ti, video/single by Silvana Estrada & pablopablo. I really love this song. It is a spare, stripped-down bolero that just focuses on the voices. What I really love is the...
Baila, single by Los Horóscopos de Durango. The band’s singers, Vicky and Marisol Terrazas, daughters of the band’s founder, Armando Terrazas, were born in Chicago, but they strongly identify with their family’s...
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...
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...
Canción sin miedo single by Vivir Quintana and Mon Laferte. A regional Mexican feminist anthem about gender‑based violence, widely recognized as Quintana’s landmark track and the core to her live identity. She...
Agua y Sol, single by Laura Dryer. Happy, melodic flute-led jazz with a Brazilian feel from this New York-based saxophonist, flutist, and composer whose original music fuses lyrical jazz with Brazilian rhythms...
