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The Uruguyan musical collective, curated by Juan Campodónico known as CAMPO is set to perform their latest album Tambor del Cosmos (2017) in Mexico this month. Celebrating the success of their album, which garnered the group nominations at the...
Latino superstar, and all-around Latino-America's sweetheart Ricky Martin ended the first run of his Las Vegas residency at the Park Theatre at Monte Carlo on April 15, and the affair was not disappointing, to say the least. Ricky Martin first...
When a collaboration between Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee isn't enough, add Justin Bieber to the mix and one of this year's biggest hits gets even hotter. The official remix to Fonsi's "Despacito" features a Spanish-singing Bieber, and just...
Lust Era sound like a modern-day Joy Division, if only it were for occasional similarities. But categorizing their sound, and music, is not something they care about. Before grouping Lust Era into a genre, and writing them off with...
"I like to sing about shit I don't like to talk about." That's what Jessie Reyez tells her Twitter followers. She may not like to talk about it, but the Colombia-descended songstress from Toronto makes our breakups seem like...
Summer is around the corner and that means hundreds of concerts, shows, and impromptu jam sessions are upon us. LA residents, Latinos, and music-philes rejoice for some upcoming Latin shows merely prepping us for the sounds of 2017. We rounded...
Self-described as "psychedelic cumbia punk," the union of these polar genres is actually the ingenious baby of the Pacheco brothers (Daniel and René) from East Los Angeles who make up half of Thee Commons. Formed in 2012, Thee Commons...
We can thank the rave culture of the late 80's and 90's for electronic dance music, or EDM, for those in the know. EDM has its roots in the European club scene, where DJ's began producing mixes by seamlessly...
Back in the day, Juan Pablo Casillas and Matt Rey grew up in Aurora, Colorado, occasionally running into each other here and there. A few years later, the two, by chance reunite in the streets of Hollywood, California and...
The excitement over Latino-directed films dominating the Academy Awards in recent years has died. Alejandro G. Iñárritu's Birdman took home the statue for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay at the 2015 awards and his masterpiece The...