Music

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Grammy winners La Santa Cecilia just published a music video for the band’s remake of “Strawberry Fields Forever.” The clip needs no explanation. According to a report earlier this year, the band’s remake is “a psychedelic cumbia rendition of the Beatles’ iconic ’67 single.” The group “dedicated ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ to migrant agricultural workers. The […]

We love Las Cafeteras. And now we love them more. Watch their remake of the “This Land is Your Land,” the Woodie Guthrie classic. This Land is your Land (Reimagined and performed by Las Cafeteras in collaboration with The California Endowment) This Land is your Land This Land is my Land From California to the […]

Leave it to the Internet. Just hours after Mexican goalkeeper Guillermo “Memo” Ochoa thrilled the world with a legendary performance in a 0-0 draw against Brazil, there was already a corrido about him. (Oh yeah, besides the obligatory Memo memes.) Give it up to Los Tres Tristes Tigres and their latest viral video. For those […]

This month Rebel Diaz released another video off its Radical Dilemma album. Directed by Sense Hernandez, “La Patrulla” features King Capo. This bilingual collaboration “speaks to the issue of police violence, hyper vigilance, and mass incarceration in our communities.” You can access “La Patrulla” here. And while you’re at it, give @rebeldiaz, @kingcapo718 and @sensehernandez […]

NUEVA YORK, NY – The Memorial Day weekend will be transformed into an art and culture celebration in Manhattan’s Lower East, where the Loisaida Festival will bring together theater companies, poets and musicians, in a celebration of the performance fusions that evolved at iconic venues such as the New Rican Village, in the 1970s and […]

On April 29, the legendary Pepe Aguilar performed with the USC Marching Band during the school’s Latino Alumni Event. As you can imagine, the performance was all over YouTube. Here is just five videos from that night.

What’s playing in our office today? This new video by Cineplexx, a London-based group founded by Argentina’s Sebastian Litmanovich. Here is “Te quiero.” For more about Cineplexx and its “tropical cosmic disco” sound, check them out on Facebook. The band’s new album, Florianopolis, is also available at Nueva Hola Records.

Our favorite Panamanians in the Bay Area, Los Rakas are at it again. Today, May Day, we honor workers who risk it all to achieve the “American Dream” and we also must ask, what exactly is that dream? Raka Dun & Raka Rich’s Sueño Americano is a song and video that could change the world. […]

This. There is just something about it. Maybe it’s the end that gets to us. If this song intrigues you as much as it intrigued us, go to @LuckyMengMusic or go to Facebook.

Our friends at NPR’s AltLatino tweeted to us this morning: We’re premiering the new Calle 13 album today. Streaming it for a week http://t.co/p690g6uNk0 @latinorebels @ThisIsFusion @Latina — NPR Alt.Latino (@AltLatino) February 27, 2014 New Calle 13. First listen. Listen to it here by individual tracks or here by full album.

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 […]

You can catch Chapter 1 here, Chapter 2 here and Chapter 3 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 identity is transformed by […]

Last night, LA’s La Santa Cecilia (Marisol Hernandez, Miguel Ramirez, Jose “Pepe” Carlos,  Alex Bendaña) won a Grammy for Best Latin Rock, Urban Or Alternative Album. That album is called “Treinta Días” and if you don’t have it, get it. Like today. Ever since the band produced Ice El Hielo last spring, we have always loved them. […]

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We saw this via the Prison Culture blog, and even though at first we balked at the pop-like feel of the song, we listed and then we read some more. Yes, a catchy (maybe sappy) music video about private prisons that in the end is actually a bit tender and moving. As the artist Lara […]

Finally, a band that sounds like 2014 New York City. Forty years after the emergence of Fania Records in the same city, a future-looking Latin sound breaking barriers is connecting the roots, rhythms & future possibilities of tropical music. Meet La Mecánica Popular. On the heels of a steady rising breakout year which has seen […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: So we asked our friends at Latino Resiste if we could republish their latest piece, which contains free downloads of musical compilations honoring the Zapatista movement as it celebrates its 20th anniversary. They said yes, and we are honored to share the post here. For many of you, the Zapatista is just a […]

What are we listening to this weekend? This. You can download SubVerso’s song here. (H/T @latinoticias) For more about SubVerso, go here.

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 […]