La Banda Chuska are re-imagining the vintage sounds of Peru through the lens of their New York home, via diverse backgrounds, taking inspiration from the twangy surf music of 1960s Peru (Los Belkings, Los Siderals) as well as... Read Article
Without Prescription (Receta no incluida) is the latest film from Puerto Rican director Juliana Maité. It is a frank and honest story about mental health. The film was screened at the SXSW film festival in March 2022, a... Read Article
“Que Bonita Bandera” is the Puerto Rican anthem heard all over New York City throughout June—the month which has seen the National Puerto Rican Day Parade in the Big Apple since 1958. Obviously, COVID-19 interrupted the tradition in... Read Article
It’s beginning to look a lot like SUMMER in New York City. The music festivals that bring us emerging and established Latin music acts (AfroLatinoFestNYC, Latin Alternative Music Conference, Central Park Summerstage, and BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!) have announced... Read Article
Coming off of Coachella that saw Latinos grab major headlines, and a Billboard Latin Music Week filled with reggaeton and Latin trap stars, there’s no sign that the urbano craze is letting up. In this edition of “On... Read Article
There’s a new kid in in the Big Apple, getting people up and dancing and shaking their booties to global music. But you won’t find it in Manhattan or Brooklyn. It’s in the borough with the most languages... Read Article
Los Bronson are an instrumental group based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Using surf rock as their base, the band merges classic sounds from the genre with others such as funk, jazz and punk. In 2015 they released... Read Article
With the release of his newest single, “Palos”, New York-based DJ and producer Héctor Merejo, otherwise known as GRLFRNDWRKS (pronounced Girlfriend Works), continues to explore his heritage through the traditional sounds of Dominican palo music—a sonic experiment that... Read Article
On our radar this week is meaningful music from a Puerto Rican artist affected by Hurricane Maria, a forward-thinking rapper from Cuba who is paying respect to the shared history of jazz, funk, blues and reggae, and lots... Read Article
While we share tons of news about upcoming or past concerts on these digital pages, rarely do we get into the issue of access for all. Often, musical performances in the “alt-Latin” world come with a cover charge.... Read Article
There’s no shortage of new music coming out of the Caribbean. Artists routinely dominating the charts in the widely encompassing urbano genre hail from the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, and hip-hop and jazz artists from Cuba have... Read Article
Andrea Melina Cruz Tirado is a singer-songwriter from Puerto Rico. In recent years she has expressed her day-to day life and musical experiences through deep nostalgic vocal melodies and soothing guitars. She has a clearly developed musical style... Read Article
