Marlena Fitzpatrick

With music and lyrics by Jaime Lozano, lyrics by Florencia Cuenca, and book by Georgina Escobar, ‘Desaparecidas’ celebrates the individual lives of women in Mexico, highlighting the challenge of embracing customs while fighting for autonomy in a dangerous world of machismo.

When Puerto Rico’s beloved songbird Ileana Cabra Joglar, better known as “iLe,” was in lockdown during the pandemic, she did what she does best: she made music. In those tense times, she managed to compose a new solo album, ‘Nacarile,’ released on Friday, October 21.

Such an ignorant mentality has now led to a deadly epidemic on the island.

New York’s Puerto Rican diaspora showed solidarity with the massive Wednesday protest occurring in San Juan.

Puerto Rican artists and scholars Dr. Frances Negrón-Muntaner and Sarabel Santos Negrón launched the project in early February to research what Puerto Ricans value the most and how the economy can respond to their needs of people on the island.

Meet the four scholarship recipients who had the opportunity to go to Las Vegas and attend the Latin Grammys.

“We see that Hurricane America is really the disaster that hit Puerto Rico.”

I need not to ask permission to anyone outside our board to produce our events.

A combination that worked.

“Your words, and your actions, matter.”

Jazz es música de protesta justo por su propia naturaleza.

“Sexual harassment, assault, and exploitation are issues that are bigger than any one person or any one industry.”

“La política cruda, tal como la conocemos, es un paradigma que está en plena curva de extinción”.

Contemporary music has often boxed women —particularly Latinas— in the “saleable themes” structure: sex, beauty, love, parties and branded entertainment.

“I want to tell you that the best for you as talent and us as a corporation is to VOTE NO against your being represented by SAG-AFTRA.”

El video nos regresa a la pregunta sobre el origen de la humanidad: Si vino primero el huevo que la gallina.

The inspiring love song is a heartfelt duet with Grammy-winning singer/producer Tommy Torres.

With a combative tone and influences from Latin American folk to experimental electronica, Quique Rangel and Rubén Albarrán share lead vocals on “Futuro.”

“Rican Beach is a fictional place, but it was written with my ancestors in mind.”

The track draws from rhythms and incantations of sacred Yoruba praise songs, calling out to those who would hear us in our time of need.

“Yo convierto el odio en amor y voy a seguir mirando pa’lante a pesar de que traten de romper mi espíritu.”