Latin Music

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What's Wrong With Los Angeles' Latin Music Scene?

Los Angeles is known worldwide as a creative hub, and it has one of the biggest Latino populations anywhere. But on the eve of three of the Western hemisphere's biggest and most important music festivals -- South By Southwest, Vive Latino, and Coachella -- one has to wonder: Where is the L.A. Latino ... More >>

Texas Dude Moves To Argentina and Launches a Latin Alternative Revolution

Texas native Grant Dull is not the guy one would expect to see at the forefront of a revolution in Latin American music. A former resident of San Antonio with no connection to Latin America (other than his hometown's proximity to the Mexican border), he is one of the co-founders of Buenos Aires, Arg ... More >>

The Five Best Concerts in L.A. This Weekend

Saturday, July 28 Dirty Projectors, Wye Oak WILTERN What few critics there were of Dirty Projectors' 2009 magnum opus, Bitte Orca, took issue with the LP's idiosyncrasies. As thrilling as those songs were, they clearly weren't written for anyone other than main brain David Longstreth. But on new al ... More >>

Buyepongo Bring the Motherfucking Ruckus

South Central band Buyepongo is known for digging deep into the neighborhood's Latin roots and serving up a new formula for grinding on the dance floor. They're inspired by Wu-Tang Clan and manage to live up to their name, which means, literally, "to cause a ruckus." Originally formed in 2005, they ... More >>

Subsuelo: Boyle Heights' most eclectic neighborhood dance party.

It's a Wednesday night and Eastside Luv Wine Bar is starting to sizzle. Flamenco dancer La Tigresa, wearing jeans, climbs up on the wide wooden bar and stomps dramatically, then cracks a subversive smile. It's not your typical flamenco set. The rest of the bar ― part hip-hop scene, part cumbia clu ... More >>

Moby, Milagres, Mariachi El Bronx - KCRW Masquerade Ball - The Legendary Park Plaza - 10-29-11

Molly BergenMariachi El Bronx hanging out backstage.​Moby, Milagres, Mariachi El Bronx KCRW Masquerade Ball The Legendary Park Plaza October 29, 2011 Better than...NPR member drives Hordes of revelers streamed into the Legendary Park Plaza Hotel last night for KCRW's annual masquerade ball. ... More >>

A Better Life: The Music and The Message

4th of July AmericaFest

Top 5 Things to do for Cinco de Mayo in L.A.

​Is it already time to celebrate the anniversary of the Battle of Puebla, where Mexican forces soundly defeated the French under the direction of General Zaragoza? It certainly is (tomorrow)! What follows is a list of the best street parties, musical events, and other such activities in and ar ... More >>

Music to Pick Up/Download

Top 10 Unmissable Bands Inexplicably Hidden on the Coachella 2011 Poster

Top 10 Unmissable "Small Type" Acts of Coachella 2011

Barack Obama Rally At USC Runs Long

Ozomatli: Is this who we came to see?​More than an hour into today's presidential rally at USC, actor Jamie Foxx led the crowd chant of "We're not exhausted."It's not much of a rallying cry. But for much of the crowd of 37,500, it wasn't even true. Attendees were made to stand in line for hours be ... More >>

First Listen: 'Roots of Chicha 2' Samples the Best of Psychedelic Peruvian Surf Cumbia

First Listen: 'Roots of Chicha 2' Samples the Best of Psychedelic Peruvian Surf Cumbia

Music Picks: Grizzly Bear, Muse, Dark Dark Dark, the Charlatans UK

Also, Tonya Watts, Modeselektor, Heart and others

Awful or Awesome? Heavy Metal Cumbia Mashups

Awful or Awesome? Heavy Metal Cumbia Mashups

Peruvian Surf Rock's Greatest Hits by Maestro Jose L. Carballo and Brooklyn's Chicha Libre (En Español!)

Peruvian Surf Rock's Greatest Hits by Maestro Jose L. Carballo and Brooklyn's Chicha Libre (En Español!)

The Beat: Bossa Novissima

Caetano Veloso's tropical distortions

SXSW Highlight Reel: Matthew McConaughey is a Dick

View more photos in the "Mariachi El Bronx, Dillinger Escape Plan, She Wants Revenge, Warpaint" slideshow. Erin BroadleyTropic Thunder screenshot at Red 7: the closest we got to taking a photo with Matthew​Matthew McConaughey may not be the first person you think of when it comes to SXSW. How ... More >>

Nacional Records on Fire: The Ten Best Spanish-Language/Latin Albums 2009

By Christopher Lopez It's been a year of surprises in "Latin music," (whatever that catch-all genre term for Spanish-language music means in 2009). Reggaetón continues fading, albeit slowly, and the industry's mainstays aren't garnering the attention they used to. Case in point: Don Omar's summer ... More >>

Skirball's Fiesta Hanukkah

Venezuelan Youth Orchestra Doc Screens Tonight at MOLAA

For those curious about the Venezuelan Youth Orchestra that has produced the likes of Gustavo Dudamel, Alberto Arvelo's documentary Tocar y Luchar screens tonight at Long Beach's Museum of Latin American Art. Venezuelan Youth Orchestra "Mambo"

Finish School — and Shut Up During the Mariachi

Os Hermeticos: Triorganico

Three Angelenos make a modern-day bossa nova classic (just don’t call it that)

Ozomatli to Perform for Barack and Michelle Obama at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Awards

LA band Ozomatli have stood on a lot of stages in their fourteen year career. They've faced 10,000 in Kathmandu, have been shuttled into a Palestinian refugee camp in Jordan to perform, have gigged music schools in Burma, have done the Today Show. Next Wednesday, however, they'll play to what is the ... More >>

Tequila Tasting

East of the 5: Spreading the Eastside Luv in Boyle Heights

Eastside Luv flaunts local musicians and old school spirit of Boyle Heights.

Getty Outdoor Performance Series

More Ozo, Pink Slips and Villaraigosa Misgivings

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Top 10 Latin Music Albums of 2008

By Julienne Gage Americans who still think of Latin music as mariachi bands and gyrating Ricky Martins and Shakiras might want to lend a closer ear to the genre. This country's Hispanic population isn't just growing, it's growing more diverse. More and more unique musical styles are being gobbled ... More >>

L.A. Weekly's Top Ten Dance Collections of 2008, Both Mixed and Unmixed

Any knucklehead with DSL and a laptop can now make an electronic track. With a half hour of clicking and fiddling, you can sample enough cheesy beats and mashups to clog arteries from here to Berlin. Simple dropdown mouse maneuvers can transform electro tracks into progressive house tracks (from dry ... More >>

Dancing Waters

Samba Summer

¡Ask a Mexican! the Golden Screen

Why do we always think Mexican men drink tequila and sing mariachi tunes, while the women are pretty señoritas?

¡Ask a Mexican! Pounding Eardrums

Dear Mexican: Just needed to know the reasoning behind the BLARING MARIACHI MUSIC AT 7 A.M. ON A SATURDAY MORNING.

Ask Mr. Gold

That Burning Man Feeling, Chitty Chitty, Mariachis and Tut’s Guts

The Light Fantastic

Mad Hot Ballroom steps up

Summer Songs

Music for changing seasons and future days

California Dreaming

Ozomatli and a gathering of West Coast underground hip-hop luminaries fight the power

An Anthem Reclaimed

Gracias a la Vida

Five Places To Eat Shrimp and Drink Heavily on a Sunday Afternoon

Sunny Days, Sultry Nights

Highlighting the events of the season

Mining Silver

Baile Otra Vez

The life and laughs of Lalo Guerrero

Hot Dates

A guide to summer fetes and flights of fancy

Let's Get Dead

Music for the modern zombie

Hole