Music

Ileana “iLe” Cabra has just premiered the music video for “Te Quiero con Bugalú.”

It comes out June 3, but you can hear it on NPR.

“El disco está inspirado en mis observaciones del país después del colapso económico del 2008.”

The veteran music producer talks about being a Boricua in Orlando, his musical journey and his latest EP, ‘I Am Latin Soul.’

The young actress is an international ambassador.

I am the oldest daughter of Colombian immigrants. I was born and raised in Jackson Heights, Queens. Seven years ago, after graduating from John Jay College of Criminal Justice, I made a decision to follow my dreams of being a producer. I had a great professor in my elective media class at John Jay, and […]

Unless you were literally living under a glacier in Antarctica while being raised by penguins for the last 20 years, you must’ve heard of (according to Argentinean band “Los Cafres”) the best Spanish reggae band out there: Cultura Profética. These rebels with many causes combine complex melodic harmonies and hypnotic syncopated beats with an I’m-out-of-fucks-to-give […]

Portraits of revolutionaries hang in our homes. Biographies of their lives fill our bookcases. Their public displays of courage against the injustices of the day inspire us to be eternally vigilant. But all too often our role models, especially of men for men, are largely divorced from family life in the popular imagination. Think about […]

Alondra Santos on America’s Got Talent. That’s what we’re talking about. Hit it. Feel the orgullo.   Let Alondra Santos lift you up. #AGT Posted by America's Got Talent on Tuesday, June 9, 2015  

Ok, enough with all the #CincoDeFallo snark. Today is May 6 and we are starting the day with this amazing video from the VuelaAlto virtual choir: Are you smiling yet?

Last week, after we shared the news that a new hologram Selena Quintanilla-Pérez is a project many in our social media community thought was just “creepy,” we wrote to the company entrusted to bring back the spirit of the legendary late singer to the stage. This is the email discussion we had with Abelardo Rodríguez, […]

The shooting death of Antonio Zambrano-Montes in Pasco, Washington, last month has led another family to share troubling details about the death of Brad Jensen, which happened last year in Pasco. Here is the report from local media. NBC Right Now/KNDO/KNDU Tri-Cities, Yakima, WA | For more, read here.

It’s hard to follow in the awesomeness that is Adrian Carrasquillo’s magnum opus today: The Fight For Pitbull’s Political Soul. Rife with spot-on quotes, Carrasquillo gives a seemingly vapid subject the political scrutiny it deserves, as well as perhaps one of the greatest statements ever from Mr. 305 himself: I’m not here to be part of […]

This video from YaMeCansé dropped yesterday. (h/t @Revolución3_0)

This doesn’t need much explanation. Just sit back and smile. Post by 94.1 FM Dallas.

You can catch Chapter 1 here, Chapter 2 here, Chapter 3 here and Chapter 4 here. Indie-inspired, Latin-hearted group Del Exilio brings you new music videos from their new album PANAMERICANO, blending telenovela episodes with traditional music videos.  Check out this web video series that captures the story of how an immigration reform revolution is sparked, and how a young man’s […]

What do independence and music have in common? Independence is defined as freedom from outside control or support, and for a group of 15 bands that make up the music label, Laptra, there is no music without independence. Laptra began in 2000 with bands from Buenos Aires Capital, Buenos Aires Province, Mexico and Uruguay. The […]

Last night a fan sent us a link about DMK, a very cool and different cover band from Bogotá, Colombia. The group has been around a while, and a few of their videos have gone viral, so when it came to learning more about them, we didn’t have to do much. And now we love […]

This. Is. Awesome. Meet DMK, a Depeche Mode cover band from Bogotá, Colombia. And this. Just give their page a like right now.

This Cinco de Mayo a bilingual rock band from Kansas City will celebrate a milestone of their own—and it involves a band of original Chicano “Rebeldes.” Making Movies, an AfroLatino-influenced indie rock band currently on a regional tour that has taken them through Puerto Rico, Panama, the Midwest, Southwest and now California, will open for […]

In the midst of a national tour (dates here) with internationally known reggae group SOJA, the Panamanian-born, Oakland-bred duo Los Rakas found time for a special May Day release called “Mi País.” The song is off their upcoming album, the double-disc “El Negrito Dun Dun & Ricardo” which will see release on their label, Soy […]