Ivan Fernandez

Canyon Cody, vice president of A&R at Fania Records, sits behind his desk flanked by a wall of vinyl records of legendary Fania artists such as Willie Colon, Hector Lavoe, Celia Cruz and others. The enormous Cheshire Cat-like grin on his face is a tipoff that he’s about to reveal......

There once was a running joke among folks in L.A.’s Latino music scene that went something like this: “Wherever you are, Buyepongo’s there, too, jamming out.” For years, the group performed anywhere and everywhere it could at any and all hours of the day. You could find them playing Mariachi......

Rene Contreras is no stranger to adversity. For the fourth year in a row, the short, skinny, curly-haired Chicano from Pomona will present the Viva! Pomona festival this summer. The two-day festival will bring nearly 50 artists to the Glass House, a lighthouse for the area's music scene, for an......

The Carnaval De Barranquilla in Colombia is one of the largest carnival events of its kind, second only to regional neighbor Brazil's, and an important, world-renowned celebration of the diverse indigenous, African and European cultures found across Colombia's Caribbean coastline. The annual four-day festival also serves as a period of......

Teresa Suarez sits at a table inside the Brite Spot. In some ways, she hasn't changed since her then-Guadalajara-based group Le Butcherettes came to fame in 2011 with their album Sin Sin Sin. The act performed in aprons drenched in fake blood, with severed hog heads and chunks of meat on display, all incredibly direct......

Mexican Dubwiser (with live band) Viper Room 05-10-2013 Better Than...his DJ sets Mexican Dubwiser, the stage name of producer Marcelo Tijerina, celebrated the release of his debut album Revolution Radio in the U.S. with a live set at the Viper Room Friday. Tijerina, who's lived in L.A. since 2000, takes......

Red Bull Music Academy & Panamérika present Escenario Bomba Estéreo, Astro, La Santa Cecilia, Que Bajo?!, Carla Morrison Fonda Theatre 3/7/2013 See also: "Escenario" featuring Bomba Estéreo & More Slideshow A crowd of hip, multi-lingual latinos (plus a few stray non-latin types) filled the Fonda Theatre last night for an......

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......