Archive for the ‘Latino’ Category
The suave Larry Hernandez comes to us with a new album 16 Narco Corridos which offers up some of the most heartfelt corridos in recent memeory. Hernandez has a friendly, easy-going voice which suits hist warm style behind the microphone. Laughing it up, making asides and then launching into some eye-watering bits of poetry – Hernandez and his horn-driving band sound just perfect on “El Querendon y Cajetoso.”
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Pedro Cruz Montesino and Chris Hierro make up the duo known as Taxi, Amarillo, named for the ubiquitous vehicles that travel throughout their home city of New York. Montesino spent years recording Cruzmonty, while Hierro has been tightening his skills as a writer and producer for just as long. Together they’ve crafted an emotional, rock-driven record tinted by elements of dance-pop and R&B. “Si, Te Amo” is the big weeping ballad that closes the album.
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El Hijo de la Cumbia is the name taken by Emiliano Gómez – the DJ and producer who hails from th Buenos Aires suburb of San Martín. Most of you know cumbia as the traditional sounds that come booming out of the speakers at holiday parties. Gómez turns it up a notch, stripping the sound down to it’s barest, rollicking rhythm and adding an array of dubbed-out effects, turntable tricks, and otherworldly sounds.
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Before launching into her solo career, Cucu Diamantes was a part of the New York-based Afro-Latin fusion group, Yerba Buena. Now the Cuban vocalist and composer has a chance to shine on her new solo debut Cuculand. A mixture of funk, sizzling boogaloo, and a distinct late night cabaret atmosphere – the album is a stunner, as evidenced by this woozy gem, “Mas Fuerte.” If you like the track, check out the album.
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In the four years since her debut A Mi Manera, Colombia’s Inés Gaviria has become one of the new, vital exponents of pop music; winning hearts and minds with her brassy, catchy, jangling pop music. There’s something refreshing about this new track “Como Tú”, with it’s stripped-down production, and soulful horn section – we hope you enjoy it. If you like the track, check out the album.
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Famed pianist Arthur Hanlon has spent a sizable portion of his career devoted to the arrangement and composition of traditional Latin music on piano. Along the way, he’s brought some great vocal talent, including Tito Nieves, Arturo Sandoval, and Ana Bárbara. His newest outing is a spirited pop outing with help from the passionate, romantic Luis Fonsi. If you like the track, check out the album.
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The Panamanian reggaetón prodigy behind “Te Amo” brings us another track from the album of the same name. Like his fellow countryman Flex, Makano finds a little romance underneath the echoing blasts of synths and rumbling beats. If you like the track, check out the album.
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This cut from Yomo’s studio debut, My Destiny, is a blistering bit of electro-reggaetón funk. It’s booming with laser-sharp synths, massive bass kicks, and the occasional vocoder dropped in so you can get your robot on. This tune basically guarantees an all-out assault on the dance floor. Let’s welcome the new face of reggaetón. If you like the track, check out the album.
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Puerto Rico’s Melina León brings a powerful, sultry vocal performance to this track from her new album. The tune is a mix of stylish pop and the rhythms established by countless conjuntos típicos before her. If you like your merengues big and brassy, León delivers. If you like the track, check out the album.
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Peruvian singer/songwriter Gian Marco shows off his balladeer style on this song from his latest, Desde Adentro. Abetted by a folk acoustic guitar that occasionally veers into flamenco-style flourishes, Gian Marco cries and croons in his sweet, romantic style. This one’s for the lovers. If you like the track, check out the album.
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