By Jeanine Valente The Austin, Texas latin funk band has had a lot to celebrate. First, their new single “Solo Un Sueño” was just released from their upcoming fifth studio album Problemas. The single was premiered on The Wall Street Journal and contains their trademark Afro-Latin dance feel, but also tells a familiar story to […]
By: Colin Rinehart Watch here! Gina Chavez added another formidable accomplishment to her resume yesterday via her Tiny Desk concert with NPR which aired here: http://n.pr/1PpcFor. She performed three songs off of her sophomore album Up.Rooted: “Fire Water,” “Miles de Millas,” and “Siete-D.” Chavez considers the Tiny Desk concert to be among her top three experiences since the release […]
Banda de los Muertos locked into a boisterous churn almost from the start of its show on Friday night at Pioneer Works in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Playing “El Sinaloense,” a Mexican brass band standard, the group sputtered and blared, rolling hard with tumbling polyrhythm, filling the room with sound. As if on cue, dancing broke […]