2008-10-25 20:02
It's been a busy week with two long-awaited releases who turned out to be fabulous albums. Check out Aterciopelados' Rio and Calle 13's Los De Atras Vienen Conmigo below, and to immerse your… Read More
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Guide to the best of latin music, featuring mp3s of the latest salsa, merengue, cumbia, reggaeton, rock en espanol, and pop songs. We broaden your horizon with album reviews, track samples and music-related news.
2008-10-25 19:59
UPDATE: songs online.Let's set some things straight first. Calle 13 doesn't make hiphop. And certaily no reggaeton either. It's kick ass music, and that's all that matters. Also, Rene Perez… Read More
2008-10-25 19:59
It's been a long time since I was so pleasantly surprised by a band I didn't know. Acida was the musical partnership of two of Argentina's most talented latin pop artists, singer-songwriter… Read More
2008-10-13 18:06
The name Gustavo Santaolalla keeps popping up on this blog - if it's not as producer for Café Tacuba, Juanes or Calle 13 then it's for his ground-breaking and Oscar-winning soundtrack… Read More
2008-10-12 14:13
Special edition with mp3s! Just because I felt like it ;)Many were surprised by the nomination of Colombian singer-songwriter Monica Giraldo for Best Newcomer in the upcoming Latin Grammys… Read More
2008-10-12 14:12
Here are the winners for last week's contest:Danni from Boulder Creek, CAMiriam from Pacifica, CAJD from West Palm Beach, FLMaria from Corona, NYEvandrea from Croton-on-Hudson, NYLuke from H… Read More
2008-10-12 14:11
VotoLatino is a nationwide initiative to encourage latino youth to register for the 2008 presidential elections in the US. VotoLatino was launched by Rosario Dawson and Maria Teresa Petersen… Read More
2008-10-12 14:11
UPDATE: It seems I Like It Like That: Fania Remixed also comes as a double CD with the original (hard-to-find) classics, which makes it even more a must-have compilation!Ever since the legen… Read More
2008-10-12 14:11
Recovering from a well-filled festival weekend and a month of internet-free travels, here's a round-up of what other blogs wrote while we were gone.I think we can speak of a veritable nueva… Read More
2008-10-12 14:11
Saturday, August 9thClick above for more pictures. Some are courtesy of tropicalidad.be, you'll recognize them by their sharpness and beautiful composition ;). Dutch version of this article… Read More
2008-10-12 14:11
Friday, August 8thClick above for more pictures. Some pictures courtesy of tropicalidad.be (usually the sharp ones ;)). Dutch version here.A beautiful sunset over the Blue Forest in Hoogstra… Read More
2008-10-12 14:11
Important update below!We're mentally preparing ourselves for the Antilliaanse Feesten this weekend in Hoogstraten (on the border between Belgium and Holland). It's the biggest caribbean mus… Read More
2008-10-12 14:09
Long time readers of La Onda already know that Chapín and I are huge fans of Uruguayan cantautor Jorge Drexler (See this post for more Drexler). Everytime a Latin music festival in Be… Read More
2008-10-12 14:09
Here are two smokin' hot merengue tracks, to keep that summer spirit up!Amarfis and his Banda de Attake are always a guarantee for fast-paced hip-shaking merengue. Okay, maybe the lyrics are… Read More
2008-10-12 14:09
I guess I don't have to tell you about the heavily promoted MTV Unplugged album that Mexican poprock princess Julieta Venegas released this month. But I'd still like to share a track with yo… Read More
2008-10-07 18:45
(That's Spanish for 'Annoucements'. Or 'Commercials' :))Due to unforseen circumstances we won't be able to assist the Couleur Café festival in Brussels. We were dying to see Cuban sal… Read More
2008-10-07 18:45
Something's bubbling in the reggaeton scene. The big names like Don Omar and Daddy Yankee are preparing new CDs, supposedly taking latin urban music to a whole new level (yet again). But the… Read More
2008-10-07 18:45
Even after all those years of listening to, searching for and blogging about latin music, the genre still has many suprises for me. I was astounded to find out that Willy Chirino, author of… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
This blog is inactive and the server on which it is hosted is offline (hence the messy layout). You can still browse the archives (see bottom). All the best! Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Dec 2: The hosting problems are still unresolved, but the company guaranteed me everything will be okay again in 6 days. Let's hope so, I have a lot of posting to catch up with (but I'd rath… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
What do German techno pioneers Kraftwerk have to do with cumbia? Quite a lot, Se ñor Coconut proved us with his 2000 debut El Baile Aleman. His collection of Kraftwerk hits transposed… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The 9th Latin Grammys sucked. Bigtime. And for only one reason: Juanes sweeping all five categories he was nominated for - okay, La Vida Es Un Ratico is an okay album, but Album ánd S… Read More
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