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The Best of the 2011 Latin Alternative Music Conference

By Smriti Mundhra | 07/14/2011 - 13:00 | 8 Comments

Last week, New York’s hippest venues were taken over by music lovers and music industry insiders for the annual Latin Alternative Music Conference, a gathering of the very best up-and-coming artists from Latin America. In it’s 12th year, the LAMC has grown from fringe festival to a see-and-be-seen event for anyone who wants to be on the cutting edge of...

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Cuban Rapper Yotuel Romero's New Punk Sound

By Grace Bastidas | 07/16/2010 - 08:00 | 0 Comments

The Orishas may be no more, but Cuban rapper Yotuel Romero is now performing with a new band and a new sound called Afro Cuban Punk. Here, he tells us all about it:

How would you describe Afro Cuban Punk?
Afro Cuban Punk is a mix of Afro Cuban music—guaguancó, rumba—mixed with rock and roll that...

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La Bien Querida Makes Her U.S. Debut

By Grace Bastidas | 07/08/2010 - 20:00 | 0 Comments

Fresh off a tour with Julieta Venegas, Spanish singer Ana Fernandez Villarde, aka La Bien Querida, is ready to make her New York (and U.S.) debut tonight at the Latin Alternative Music Conference. Her first album, Romancero (Nacional Records), is a...

Q&A: The Pinker Tones Head to Latin Alternative Music Conference with a New Album

By Grace Bastidas | 07/07/2010 - 20:00 | 0 Comments

Next year, it’ll be a decade since Barcelona DJ duo the Pinker Tones first introduced us to their danceable electronica beats. In preparation for this anniversary, Professor Manso and Mister Furia, as the pair is individually known, have challenged themselves with Modular (Nacional Records). We spoke to Mister Furia as he packed...