In case you missed it, here are some highlights from this week in Latin music — now with a Spotify playlist!
Anuel AA Racks Up Awards at the 2019 Latin AMAs; Daddy Yankee Debuts New Single
Telemundo aired its 5th annual Latin American Music Awards on Thursday, and Caribbean artists indisputably ruled the night. Although he didn’t take home a single award, Daddy Yankee made the most memorable presence at Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre: sporting a fire engine red boiler suit, he premiered his sweltering dancehall-laden single, “Qué Tire Pa’lante,...
Anuel AA Racks Up Awards at the 2019 Latin AMAs; Daddy Yankee Debuts New Single
Telemundo aired its 5th annual Latin American Music Awards on Thursday, and Caribbean artists indisputably ruled the night. Although he didn’t take home a single award, Daddy Yankee made the most memorable presence at Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre: sporting a fire engine red boiler suit, he premiered his sweltering dancehall-laden single, “Qué Tire Pa’lante,...
- 10/20/2019
- by Suzy Exposito
- Rollingstone.com
In his 1980 country rock song, “El Noa Noa,” Mexican balladeer Juan Gabriel sang of the magical dancehall he once frequented in Ciudad Juarez: a place where everything and everyone was different, and where you could dance happily through the night.
Over the years, the song became embraced by the Latinx Lgbtq community as an ode to spaces where love could overcome prejudice. It was finally in 2019 — three years since the legendary singer-songwriter’s death — that Georgel and Esteman, two gay Latino artists, evolved the classic from its laid-back, Eagles-esque stride,...
Over the years, the song became embraced by the Latinx Lgbtq community as an ode to spaces where love could overcome prejudice. It was finally in 2019 — three years since the legendary singer-songwriter’s death — that Georgel and Esteman, two gay Latino artists, evolved the classic from its laid-back, Eagles-esque stride,...
- 10/14/2019
- by Suzy Exposito
- Rollingstone.com
Twenty years from now, releases by Tainy, J Balvin and Bad Bunny will be the most exemplary of 2019; but our rock en español playlist will have you raging like it’s 1999. In case you missed it, here are Rolling Stone‘s biggest highlights from the week in Latin music.
La Era Rockera: 10 Essential Rock en Español Albums From 1999
With urbano music dominating the pop charts today, it may seem like Latin pop has fully crossed over in the United States. Though we’d be remiss to forget the genre’s...
La Era Rockera: 10 Essential Rock en Español Albums From 1999
With urbano music dominating the pop charts today, it may seem like Latin pop has fully crossed over in the United States. Though we’d be remiss to forget the genre’s...
- 8/25/2019
- by Suzy Exposito
- Rollingstone.com
Celso Piña, one of Latin America’s most beloved accordion players and singer-songwriters, died of a heart attack in his hometown of Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. His record label, La Tuna Group, confirmed Piña’s death on Wednesday. He was 66.
For over 30 years, Piña, known by the nickname “El Rebelde de Acordéon” (the Accordion Rebel), was a trailblazer in the cumbia genre, and in Latin music at large. His most popular songs, like “Rinconcito Azul,” “La Reina de Cumbias,” and “Cumbia Sobre el Río” garnered him fans across both North...
For over 30 years, Piña, known by the nickname “El Rebelde de Acordéon” (the Accordion Rebel), was a trailblazer in the cumbia genre, and in Latin music at large. His most popular songs, like “Rinconcito Azul,” “La Reina de Cumbias,” and “Cumbia Sobre el Río” garnered him fans across both North...
- 8/23/2019
- by Andrew Casillas
- Rollingstone.com
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