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Carlos Santana Pops the Question

By Verky Arcos | 07/15/2010 - 08:00 | 0 Comments

Congratulations to the super talented and legendary Carlos Santana for proposing to acclaimed drummer Cindy Blackman while performing on stage.  He popped the question four songs into the show, and after she accepted, they kissed and the audience broke out into cheers.  “Cindy and I are blessed to have found each other,” said...

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Cuban Rapper Yotuel Romero On the End of the Orishas: "We Had a Good Time"

By Grace Bastidas | 07/13/2010 - 10:00 | 1 Comment

The bad news: Cuban hip-hop group Orishas isn’t reuniting any time soon. The trio called it quits last year at the Juanes-organized Paz Sin Fronteras concert in Havana, where they sang their mega-hit “A lo Cubano” live for the very last time. The good news: The group’s vocalist, Yotuel Romero, has...

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Ivy Queen on Relationship Drama and Ruling Reggaeton

By Angie Romero | 07/13/2010 - 08:00 | 2 Comments

She’s got more aliases than we have room to write (La Caballota, La Diva, La Potra) but there’s really only one that matters: La Reina. Today, reggaeton’s Royal Highness unveils her highly anticipated new project, Drama Queen, under Machete Music, her first studio album in three years. Her current single, the powerful and pulsating break-up anthem...

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The Most Dangerous Job in the World: Grupero Singer

By Grace Bastidas | 07/10/2010 - 10:00 | 0 Comments

On June 26, Mexican crooner Sergio Vega, known as “El Shaka,” was gunned down in Sinaloa state, just hours before dismissing rumors that he had already been killed.

The 40-year-old is just one of at least seven musicians of the Grupero genre from south of the border who have been murdered in the past three years. They all sing...

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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...

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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...

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Kat DeLuna Tells What She Loves About Akon

By Grace Bastidas | 07/04/2010 - 09:00 | 1 Comment

Dominicana Kat DeLuna is gearing up for the release of her sophomore album Inside Out, slated for release this fall. The video for the first single, “Push Push,” features Akon and shows the 22-year-old...

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Pitbull on Why He Canceled His Shows in AZ: “It’s Bigger Than Music”

By Angie Romero | 07/02/2010 - 10:05 | 2 Comments

We reported that Miami rapper Pitbull canceled his Phoenix concert date in June during “Mr. Worldwide’s Carnaval,” his first-ever US tour, as a way to protest Arizona’s controversial immigration law SB 1070. We recently caught...

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