8/9/2011
Cuban music experienced an unprecedented renaissance during the '90s, thanks to the Buena Vista Social Club and its achingly beautiful anthem - the Ry Cooder-produced "Chan Chan." The "Macarena" was th …
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8/9/2011
Entre los pilares del tejano se encuentra el acordeonista Flaco JimTnez, asf como dos miembros de su familia: su padre, Don Santiago JimTnez, y su hermano Santiago JimTnez Jr. Pese a ser "una banda del …
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8/9/2011
"Abre los Ojos," plead polished alt-rockers Zurdok, but we say "open your ears" to our set of Rock Mexicano Deep Cuts, a coast-to-coast cache of cuts that cover the bases from pop-rock smoothies (Jumbo …
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8/9/2011
En el universo del rock latino, los logros de m·sicos argentinos se han destacado siempre. Pese a las dictaduras y la monta±a rusa de la economfa, aquf estßn todos los hTroes y sus cuatro dTcadas de hu …
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8/9/2011
Desde el indispensable "El Rey" hasta el himno cumplea±ero por excelencia de "Las Ma±anitas" (interpretado por nada mßs y nada menos que el Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlßn) esta secci=n incluye algunas d …
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8/2/2011
Leaving behind her years as a conflicted alterna-chick in favor of sunny hooks and sweet balladry, Julieta Venegas is one of the most promising voices in contemporary Mexican pop. The Mexican Institute …
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7/26/2011
In the '70s, the closest most people got to Christian pop was the acoustic guitar-strumming balladeers at homespun folk masses, or the occasional Jesus mention in a secular song like "Fire and Rain." T …
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7/26/2011
Don't think for a minute that Christian artists missed out on any of the rock action going down in the '80s. The Altar Boys soaked up the SoCal punk sounds of the era and mixed them with a poppy knack …
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7/26/2011
If, like everyone says, French is the language of love, today's French pop has so many ways to say, "Je t'aime" you'll need to hire a translator d'amour. From the free-flowing rhyme revol …
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