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Q&A: Mexican Band Pistolera Makes Music for Kids of All Ages

By Grace Bastidas | 01/06/2010 - 12:58 | 0 Comments

Brooklyn–based quartet Pistolera blends indie pop and ranchera to create socially conscious songs that deal with life outside of Mexico. Singer and guitarist Sandra Lilia Velasquez tackles immigrant rights, racism, feminism and other pressing issues with equal fervor. And now, as a new...

Start the Year Off Right with these Festivals

By Grace Bastidas | 01/05/2010 - 11:50 | 1 Comment

Happy New Year! It already seems like 2010 is all about bridging cultures through music. If you’re in the Big Apple this week, you can attend three festivals that aim to make the world just a little bit smaller by gathering acts from around the globe in our own backyard. I’ll have interviews for you later in the week so in the mean time, mark your calendars:

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While Julieta Venegas Readies New CD, She Gifts Us Her Top 20 Albums

By Grace Bastidas | 12/29/2009 - 14:30 | 10 Comments

Mexican chanteuse Julieta Venegas is getting a head start on 2010. She’s been busy putting the finishing touches on her upcoming album JV10, set for release in March. So far we know she enlisted Grammy-winner Cachorro López as producer (he also worked on her 2006 disc Limón Y Sal) and collaborated with Alejandro...

Best Music Videos of 2009

By Grace Bastidas | 12/28/2009 - 12:23 | 0 Comments

Here are the videos I couldn’t stop watching this year—in no particular order. Not only are they all entertaining, but they’re also what make these songs really sing.

Artist: Bomba Estero

Country: Colombia

Song: “Fuego”

Album: Blow Up

Dirctor: Alejandro Buchheim

Filmed in Barranquilla,...