Argentine artist La Yegros is releasing her second album Magnetismo on March 11th, her debut on Soundway Records. Listen to her funky upbeat take on cumbia here
In the latest episode/podcast of alt.latino, from NPR Music, Anastasia Tsioulcas, one of NPR’s music reporters introduces you to music of all types from Cuba. Listen to songs from Daymé Arocena, Ensemble Romeu, Interactivo, and more.
Spanish musician El Guincho is the recording name of producer Pablo Diaz-Reixa, a genre bending musician whose last album, the critically acclaimed Pop Negro, was released in 2010. Blending hip-hop, Tropicalia, and rock with the use of sampling, Reixa is releasing his new album, Hyperasia on February 12th on Nacional Records.
Billy Gibbons has been known for years as the larger-than-life, guitar-playing leader of ZZ Top, whose innovative showmanship and big licks have brought an equally oversized audience to rockin’ blues. In today’sLatin Roots segment, Gibbons and his band, The BFGs, put a Cubano twist on the blues.