Enrique Bunbury: Road To The Latin Grammys

The 13th Latin Grammys Awards will take place on November 15th (see our Alternative/Indie/Pop and Tropical/Urban posts for specifics), and this means we have a few artists and bands to scope out in preparation. If you want to be a Latin music junkie, you need to know your artists. So today I bring you Los Claxons, who are nominated in the category of Best Rock/Pop Album for the album Camino A Encontrarte. Formed in Monterrey, Mexico, Los Claxons currently consists of Sanchez … [Read more...]

Rene Lopez – Fa La La De Fa La

Rene Lopez is one of my favorite Nuyorican musicians and today I bring you the song "Fa La La De Fa La," which comes off his 2011 album E.L.S. ("Electric Latin Soul"). The album title certainly fits the song well, as the instrumentation is a fusion of Latin and perhaps reggae, while his vocals contain elements of soul and funk. Some experimental electronic tones enter the track shortly after the three-minute mark, energizing the final minute with an electro-percussive crescendo of … [Read more...]

Patafunk – Relax

You know that summer has come to an end when the morning traffic drive is accompanied by those lumbering yellow beasts known as school buses, steadily employed in the catch-and-release of dreary-eyed youths. No matter which vehicle window you groggily sit behind, one of the best concepts of summer that hopefully everybody was able to enjoy at some point is that of RELAXATION. Venezuela's Patafunk has captured this concept in their newest video "Relax," which is off the 2011 album … [Read more...]

Leslie Grace – Will U Still Love Me Tomorrow & Day One (Acoustic)

Leslie Grace is a budding Latina artist from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, who was originally born to Dominican parents in New York. She began her musical career performing for her local church group, where she exercised her singing talent in both English and Spanish. While Leslie Grace has now begun to move out of Gospel in favor of the musical genres of Latin and R&B, her strong soulful voice continues to be present. The hit single "Will U Still Love Me Tomorrow" fuses Leslie's … [Read more...]

Beatriz Luengo Ft. Shaggy & Toy Selectah – Lengua

Sassy and seductive, Beatriz Luengo is a free-spirited Madrileña singer who has been pursuing her career in the United States since 2010, accompanied by the producer Yotuel Romero of the Latin Grammy-winning group Orishas. The experience of spending a few childhood years with a circus has left this artist with a playful nature and love for entertainment, music, dance, and perhaps most important of all - the spotlight. Her U.S. efforts were rewarded in September of 2011 with the release of … [Read more...]

Natti Natasha Ft. Don Omar – Dutty Love

Natti Natasha, born Natalia Alexandra Gutierrez Batista, is a 25 year old artista from the Dominican Republic. She was recently announced as Don Omar’s "new artist” under his independent music label, Orfanato Music Group. Together they have made various duos that have an air of Spanish pop while maintaining mid-tempo reggaeton undertones. Dutty Love, with its Tropical- Caribbean melody, showcases Natti Natasha’s strong, yet sensual, voice. This song is a top feature on the … [Read more...]