Above is my daughter, Emily, performing yesterday. The guitarist is Basilio Georges, who Directs Flamenco Latino. They — and many other talented...
Category - Latin
HT: EAW At its core, Cuban music relies on “calidos.” That, according to Insight Cuba, refers to “a type of social unification” that...
The Texas Tornados are one of the most important bands in the history of Tex-Mex (aka Tejano or conjunto) music. The band consisted of Freddy Fender...
Angelina Alexon was born in Greece, but clearly has a Latin heart. Here is how her bio starts: Angelina Alexon is a fresh new singer that is exploding on to...
The Cuban musician, who Wikipedia refers to as a “rumba quinto master,” would have turned 95 years old today. Here is more about Santamaria, who...
HT: Emily W. Sílvia Pérez Cruz is a Spanish singer who my daughter likes very much. Indeed, the photo for this post (which is somewhere on the home page) is...
The Jack Grace Band — which bills itself as playing “experimental country art rock” — is a lot of fun. I heard “It Was a Really...
Editor’s note: Are you a solo performer or in a band? Friends of a band? Do you manage a music act? If so, contact carl@dailymusicbreak.com to discuss...
Raúl Alberto Antonio (Leon) Gieco, who was born in 1951, is known as the “Argentine Bob Dylan.” His first hit was “En el Pais de la Libertad (“In the...
Here is the start of a bio of Tito Puente that no longer seems to be onlin: Tito Puente is internationally recognized for his seminal contributions to Latin...