Music

Sound Check: Getting to Know Spain’s Amaral

By Grace Bastidas | 03/16/2010 - 20:00 | 5 Comments

Vocalist Eva Amaral teamed up with guitarist Juan Aguirre when they were students to form the pop-rock act Amaral in 1998. Since then, they’ve sold over two million records so perhaps it’s time we get to know the dynamic duo behind one of Spain’s hottest bands. I caught up with them a few days before their showcase at...

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Argentina's Breakthrough Artists

By Latina Author | 03/15/2010 - 14:07 | 4 Comments

In Argentina's male-dominated music scene, a strong, talented group of women are determined to do their own thing. Here, and in the April 2010 issue of Latina, these musical women are featured in their elements, doing what they love.

Click through the slideshow to see video of some of the artists...

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Sound Check: The Multi-Talented Debi Nova Goes Solo

By Grace Bastidas | 03/12/2010 - 15:00 | 9 Comments

Costa Rican artist Debi Nova is hot in more than just the looks department. She’s a vocalist, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist that has collaborated with everyone—and I do mean everyone—from Ricky Martin to the Black Eyed Peas. Now she’s getting ready to make her solo debut with the album Luna Nueva...

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Sound Check: Q&A with Banda de Turistas

By Grace Bastidas | 03/11/2010 - 17:00 | 21 Comments

Argentina’s Banda de Turistas is here to stay. The quintet made their U.S. debut in February with Magical Radiophonic Heart (Nacional Records), a compilation of their first two previous albums, and quickly won over critics with their 60’s-influenced cosmic pop. Next up, they’re headed to South by Southwest in Austin, Texas in a few...

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Sound Check: Jorge Drexler Stops and Smells the Roses

By Grace Bastidas | 03/09/2010 - 15:00 | 2 Comments

Uruguayan singer/songwriter Jorge Drexler lets destiny lead the way. The title of his latest album, Amar La Trama (out March 16; Warner Music), translates to “Love the Plot,” referring to the celestial plot that charts our course.

Recorded live in a television studio in front of an audience...

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Children’s Programming for Adults

By Grace Bastidas | 03/05/2010 - 10:21 | 3 Comments

Chile’s 31 Minutos is the kind of children’s television show I would’ve loved as a kid—and as an adult, too. Unlike Sesame Street, its content was built on double entendres and sarcastic humor. On TV from 2003 to 2008, it educated kids while addressing social problems.

It was such a phenomenon throughout Latin America, that some of...

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Common Scents: José José Launches Cologne

By Grace Bastidas | 03/04/2010 - 21:00 | 0 Comments

Celebrity fragrances are nothing new. In the last few weeks, Sarah Jessica Parker launched SJP NYC; Beyoncé debuted her first perfume Heat; and Kim Kardashian has been all over the place promoting her eponymous aroma. It’s usually the sweet smell of success that spurs stars to create their own scent for others to wear.
 
Hence I was surprised to hear...

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Sound Check: Irish Mariachi Rana Santacruz Strikes Again

By Grace Bastidas | 03/03/2010 - 17:00 | 31 Comments

Based in the New York borough of Brooklyn, Rana Santacruz has been the dubbed the “Irish Mariachi” for his style of music, a blend of Celtic folk and Mexican swing. His solo debut, Chicavasco (out March 9), is made up of tall tales set to a laundry list of instruments (accordion, violin, cello, sax, jaw harp, guitarrón, vihuela, trumpet, tuba) that...

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