Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Café Tacvba to Headline RUIDOFEST
An updated lineup for the 6th annual RUIDOFEST has just been released, and we can’t wait!
Azúcar Negra
Some thoughts on Spanish music, Spanish names, and Latino discrimination against Afro-Latinos
Episode 25 – Get Plugged in
Hector chats with Sandra Treviño, a music journalist, DJ, and radio host in Chicago.
Filastine & Nova Release ‘Los Chatarreros,’ a Ballet of Scrap Metal Scavengers
Each evening hundreds of chatarreros (scrap collectors) comb the streets of Barcelona for metals. Their only tools are supermarket shopping carts, which are filled with discarded appliances and other sharp debris until resembling apocalyptic rolling sculptures. This work is done almost exclusively by migrants, mostly Africans without papers. Ubiquitous but invisible, their presence is so…
New York Singer Eli Jas Looks to Redefine Artistry
“You don’t have to mold yourself into something that you’re not. You don’t have to conform yourself.”
MUSIC VIDEO: “Futuro” by Café Tacvba
The world renowned band from Mexico City has released a new song, “Futuro,” to kick off 2017.
Let’s Do This With Music: New Beginnings Playlist
“Yo no creo en fronteras, yo cruzaré, yo cruzaré, yo cruzaré…” – Las Cafeteras