Music

A review of one of the breakthrough albums of the year, Lance Canales & the Flood’s ‘The Blessing & the Curse,’ available today

A beautiful Michael Jackson cover and the struggles to preserve indigenous cultures

The bluesy-rock frontman talks about music, immigration and more ahead of this Friday’s exclusive premiere

El 4 de febrero de 2014, una serie de protestas comenzaron en Venezuela contra el gobierno presidido por Nicolás Maduro, dejando un saldo de 42 fallecidos, más de 486 heridos y 1854 detenidos, entre ellos, Leopoldo López. En momentos como éste, son los estudiantes, los activistas, los mártires, y por supuesto, los artistas, que sacan la cara […]

The word chicano has existed in the English lexicon since 1911. During the ’60s and ’70s, that term became a symbol of pride for the Mexican Americans who were confronting the struggles of prejudice and self-identification, an answer to the always confounding question: “Who am I?” In the decades that have passed, chicanismo has been used […]

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 […]

So earlier today we told you about the fantastic music show produced by NPR’s Latino USA. Here’s another segment from the show that we are listening to: eight glorious minutes with Los Crudos. Los Crudos, for those who have no idea, were a hardcore band out of Chicago during the 1990s.

Our friends at NPR’s Latino USA just dropped another podcast. It is called “Off Beat,” a show about “music that goes against the grain.” One of the show’s segments, “Hardpop: Dancing Through the Drug War,” introduces us to Hardpop, a legendary electronic music dance club located in the heart of Ciudad Juárez. Featured Photo of Dj T […]

I know. I heard. We all remember what we were doing, at the exact moment we heard the disturbing rumor—that Calle 13 would be no más. I personally was attempting to cook arroz con habichuelas when my comadre called. I blacked out. I don’t remember a thing except the smell of beans burning. Breath easily—it’s […]

El Mismo, sí, ese mismo. Ese ejecutor de poder dictatorial disfrazado de agente del orden que nos detuvo porque supuestamente nos comimos la luz del semáforo, pero en realidad lo hizo por racista, a ese mismo echémosle la culpa. Échale la culpa al mismo. Si se le quema el cucayo biambe, Échale la culpa al […]

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  

After producing one very successful Part I, our friends at NPR’s Latino USA just came out with “A Latino History of Hip-Hop, Part II.” Give it a listen.

Big props to Loisaida Inc. and its steering of the legendary Loisaida Festival, which kicks off this Sunday on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Continuing its commitment to showcase the Lower East Side’s independent and diverse spirit, Loisaida Inc. announced its lineup for the 2015 Loisaida Festival, which will include Chicano Batman, Calma Carmona,Herencia de Plena, and Papote Jimenez y […]

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?

We are living historic moments of oppression, to which the people have the right to respond with historic moments of resistance. The “Which Side Are You On REMIX” came out on our Radical Dilemma album, but the time is NOW for the song and the message it represents. It was an honor to link with […]

This month at Intelatin, I was invited to watch Can’t Stand Losing You: Surviving the Police by Andy Summers and directed Andrew Grieve, Manos Sucias by Josef Kubota Wladyka and Matria by Fernando Llanos. Music for the podcast is performed by Chancha vía Circuito, The Police, Sting, Frikstailers, Calma Carmona, Cocotaxi, Harry Belafonte, Lenny Kravitz, Murs and Sonia la Unica. Our feature […]

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, […]

Give it up for The Warning, three sisters from Monterrey, Mexico, who are rocking it in the following video. While you’re at it, help Daniela, Paulina and Alejandra get to Boston’s Berklee School of Music. They have a GoFundMe page. (H/T Boston Magazine)

So we read this story from our dear friends at Remezcla, who had linked to the following official announcement from the Facebook fan page of Selena Quintanilla-Pérez: #HappyTuesday Selena fans! SURPRISE!! Acrovirt, LLC announces the launch of Selena The One, the development of a… Posted by Selena on Tuesday, April 7, 2015 That Facebook post […]