AltWeeklies Wire
The Reluctant Super Sonidonew
After amassing a huge collection of rare Latin music, Joe Franko rendered himself a de facto ambassador.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
07-06-2012 |
Music
Tags: Latin Music
Jazz Singer Claudia Acuna Opens a New Door in Her Charmed Careernew
With her debut for Marsalis Records, she's focused on a personal sound, singing primarily Latin American songs she's known from her youth, plus two originals. Because of its introspective quality, En Este Momento gives up the gifts of its fragrant sensuality only to attentive listening.
Weekly Alibi |
Mel Minter |
11-03-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Argentina's Los Fabulosos Cadillacs Release Their First Studio Album in 10 Yearsnew
In the modern history of Latin alternative music, no other band has been more successful and influential in mixing different rock streams with Afro-indigenous rhythms than the Argentine now-six-piece combo.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
04-01-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Brazilian Forro Star Chico Cesar Returnsnew
For a variety of reasons, Latin American proponents of music from the native lands often pretend that race and class aren't relevant when it comes to music. But listen to the rhythms and the lyrics and it's easy to see that race and class are right up there in the forefront.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Cunningham |
09-09-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Ramon Hernandez Squeezes a History of Latino Music into His Apartmentnew
In the early 1960s, he began collecting literature, periodicals, recordings, photographs, and other memorabilia on Latinos in the music industry, from the crooners of the '40s to the rock 'n' rollers of the '50s to anyone who has ever been associated with Tejano, conjunto, and musica ranchera.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
06-25-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Big, Brassy Sounds of Orquesta GarDelnew
Onstage, Orquesta GarDel makes salsa dura: a locomotive of energy on steel rails with endless momentum and irresistible motion.
INDY Week |
Sylvia Pfeiffenberger |
06-13-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
