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<title>Santana</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:54 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Carlos Santana has been mixing blues, Afro-Cuban jazz, rock, fusion, and psychedelic guitar elements into his brand of Latin rock since the 1960s. Many of today's musicians hold Santana responsible for picking up where Ritchie Valens left off, bringing Latin sounds to the forefront of popular music. Shortly after Santana's start playing music halls of San Francisco in the liquid light-show heyday (mid-'60s), his eclectic band found itself at the first Woodstock festival, playing one of its most memorable performances. The band has undergone many lineup changes since, but Carlos Santana continues to radiate global soul, playing new material as well as the hits that brought him acclaim back in the day of the longhairs.
- Eric Shea]]></description>
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<title>Mana</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:39:25 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Touring with Santana in support of <i>Supernatural</i>, this Mexican rock band has arrived at the pinnacle of Latin Rock stardom. They've marched forward since the early '90s with a blend of pop hooks and hard riffs, shocking conservative Latinos while developing a dedicated following. Their song "Se Me Olvido Otra Vez" won a Latin Grammy in 2000 for Best Pop Performance.
- Robert Leaver]]></description>
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<title>War</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:12:39 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Recruited by Eric Burdon, War first hit the charts with "Spill the Wine," an instantly recognizable soul/rock hit that opened the door for what was coming. After one record, Burdon left to focus on his personal fade from public view. This freed up War for more success with their hybrid of soul, rock, jazz and Latin rhythms. Distinctly Southern California, their multi-ethnic lineup served as a cross section of the Los Angeles area that they represented. The horn-spiked Chicano anthems "Low-Rider" and "The Cisco Kid" spoke to an audience poorly represented in popular music. Laced with a certain street logic, War predated Rodney King with their feelgood hit "Why Can't We Be Friends?" The barrier-breaking continued until the late 1970s, when they began taking themselves too seriously. Their loose grooves had the hip-hop community paying attention, which spurred a reunion in the mid-1990s.
- Jon Pruett]]></description>
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<title>Los Lonely Boys</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:12:35 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Based in Texas, this brother act garnered a strong regional following thanks in part to constant touring but mostly because of their excellent synthesis of roots music. Born into a musical family, the three Garza brothers picked up instruments around the time they learned to walk. As teenagers they often supported their father on live dates, and after a less-than-successful turn in Nashville, the group decided to proceed as a trio. The evolved sound caught the ear of Willie Nelson, who invited the band to record their first album at his studio. With strong brother harmonies and a panoply of influences that includes Tex-Mex and R&B, the band's self-titled 2004 debut was a warm, extremely comfortable affair that boasts a few outstanding tracks.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Los Lobos</title>
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<category>Latin Rock</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:12:34 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The pride of East L.A., Los Lobos have been tipping their hats to their ethnic musical tradition while exploring new sonic terrain for over twenty years. They started out as a Tejano and Mexican folk outfit, but quickly implemented Roots Rock and rhythm and blues into their sound. Their breakout 1984 album, <I>How Will the Wolf Survive?</I> was big with both the Roots-Punk crowd and general rock audiences. Three years later, their soundtrack to <I>La Bamba</I> gave them multiplatinum record sales and mass exposure for the first time in their career. Since 1988, they have changed their musical direction, stepping off into less popular, but increasingly interesting and rewarding avenues. An album of classic Mexican folk songs has given way to adventurous forays that combine roots music, impressionist landscapes, and Avant-Garde production techniques. Their exceptional songwriting skills keep them grounded and instantly identifiable as one of America's most important bands.]]></description>
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<title>Ricardo Arjona</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:13:22 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[An anomaly in the world of Latin Pop, Arjona is known as protest singer associated with student culture. Born in Guatemala, he was raised in Antigua and later lived in Mexico City before relocating to Buenos Aires, where his controversial themes were more accepted.
- Robert Leaver]]></description>
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<title>Manu Chao</title>
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<category>World Pop</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 16:49:20 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Former leader of the French Punk-Pop band Mano Negra, Manu Chao explores a wider range of musical terrain as a solo artist. Singing in Spanish, French, and English, Chao adopts the voice of the disenfranchised in his work. He's equally comfortable lamenting the "desaparecidos" (disappeared) in Spanish, confessing existential angst in French, or boasting he's the " king of bongo" in English. His main rhythmic template is reggae, and instrumentation is sparse -- guitars, bass, and keyboards with a touch of brass. Many tunes include sound montage: European news broadcasts about the Zapatistas and television and radio white noise phase in and out of the songs. Chao's home-produced work has an air of sincerity rare in the world of pop music, and his rough-hewn vocals display raw talent while he plays his guitar with a deceptive simplicity belying his talent as a songwriter. Well known and loved in Europe, Chao seems poised to conquer the Americas.
- Robert Leaver]]></description>
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<title>Federico Aubele</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:05:24 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[In the wake of the Gotan Project's global success in 2003, fusing tango with electronica became, to put it mildly, fashionable. But Argentina's Federico Aubele came by his tang-tronica credentials honestly; the guitarist and producer is a native of Buenos Aires, and he fell in love with Astor Piazzolla's innovative tango early on. (Aubele calls Piazzolla the quintessential Buenos Aires musician, as tightly bound to the city as Frank Sinatra is to New York.) When he tried his hand at sampling and mixing, the stars aligned: He sent a few demos to Eighteenth Street Lounge Music and immediately impressed them. His debut <I>Gran Hotel Buenos Aires</I> dropped to critical acclaim in 2004, and the single "Postales" became an underground favorite; hipsters around the world chilled out to his aural postcard from the land of gauchos and <I>tangueros</I>. Despite his electronica flirtation, Aubele's never abandoned his acoustic roots. He doesn't use MIDI technology and plays guitar and other live instruments on almost every track he produces. In 2007 he released the eagerly awaited follow-up, <I>Panamericana</I>, which saw him working with singer Natalia Clavier.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Rodrigo Y Gabriela</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:50:58 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Ex-thrash metal bandmates turned itinerant musicians, Mexican musicians Rodrigo and Gabriela met in Mexico in the band Terra Acida. Not much later, they gave up their electric guitars, wandered through Europe and settled in Dublin. Inspired by flamenco's technical virtuosity, the duo began playing a fiery (if less mournful) version of flamenco that brings bands like Led Zeppelin and Metallica into the musical fold. The group polished their chops busking in Dublin's Grafton Street and, after gaining a devoted following there, they started seducing audiences outside Ireland. Their first album <i>Foc</i> was named for the Catalan word for fire (perhaps with some double entendres attached). In 2006, they teamed with producer John Leckie (Stone Roses, Radiohead) to record their self-titled international debut.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Julieta Venegas</title>
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<category>Latin</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:19:47 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Born in Long Beach but raised in Tijuana, Mexican singer-songwriter Julieta Venegas is very much a border child. Her musical influences span the gamut from norteno bands to British and American rockers, and though she plays the accordion, she uses it in a style that recalls Tom Waits more than los Tigres del Norte. Venegas's engaging but left-of-center work has gained her the support of heavyweights including producer Gustavo Santaolalla and touring partners Aterciopelados and Los Lobos.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Soda Stereo</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 8 Oct 2009 11:44:33 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[This Argentinean rock band was among the first to incorporate New Wave, Ska, Industrial, and Noise Pop into a Latin sound. Emerging from the dark period of dictatorship in their homeland, Soda Stereo toured extensively throughout all of Latin America in the 1980s. This continually evolving trio (bassist, drummer and guitarist/singer) absorbed many sounds from the popular underground movements of the day, but never imitated other groups in a formulaic manner; they maintained their dark and brooding side, while still occasionally showcasing a certain silliness. Working with David Bowie's guitarist Carlos Alomar on their fifth album <I>Doble Vida</I>, they introduced a horn-laden, Soul-influenced sound that ultimately reached an American audience. In the '90s, Soda Stereo performed to a crowd of 250,000 in the streets of Buenos Aires, but by 1997 they had decided to disband.
- Robert Leaver]]></description>
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<title>Ozomatli</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:44:29 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Every single funky note floating around L.A. has somehow found its way into Ozomatli's heady brew of rap, Latin, funk and soul. The army of east L.A. musicians known as Ozomatli (whose name originates from that of the Aztec god of dance) have caused an immediate sensation with their incendiary live shows and hyperkinetic mix of styles that bridge the gap between African, Latin and American music. At their blazing best, Ozomatli take the finest of '70s funk and give it an energetically contemporary twist of the arm.]]></description>
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<title>Los Enanitos Verdes</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:00:10 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Veteran Argentinean rockers los Enanitos Verdes first hit the Latin Rock scene in the 1970s, though they didn't release their first album until 1986. They produced albums through the '80s and '90s, and their fortunes have enjoyed a renaissance thanks to their uncontroversial, friendly music and solid musicianship.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Caifanes</title>
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<category>Latin Rock</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 1 Sep 2009 02:38:53 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Some credit Caifanes with jump-starting Mexico's alternative rock scene. The group grew out of Mexico City's fertile musical landscape; singer Saul Hernandez had played with other groups, including Deimos, In Memorian and Frac before hooking up with Alejandro Marcovic and Alfonso Andre in Las Insolitas. That band gained cult status, and after it dissolved Caifanes was born from the ashes. Caifanes's fame was unprecedented for a Mexican rock band. Their take on new wave garnered them international attention, and they put out four great albums, winning numerous awards in the process. The band had a small hit in the States with "La Negra Tomasa" and finally dissolved in 1995 over artistic differences.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Los Fabulosos Cadillacs</title>
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<category>Latin Rock</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:48:35 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<I> Spin</I> magazine called them the "future of rock 'n' roll." Perhaps, but if nothing else, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs are the point of departure for all contemporary Latin bands that fuse rock with Latin rhythms. They began by playing Ska in the 1980s, and have matured to freely mix Punk, jazz, Funk, Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, Metal and Tango with accordion, sax, trumpet, trombone and the usual rock instrumentation. Their songs are generally up-tempo and characterized by frequent breaks or changes, sophisticated production, and complex arrangements; the Argentinian band's lyrics, effortlessly sung with passion, can be irreverent and dark, or humorous and even tender. "Matador" was a huge international hit for them and ultimately led to collaborations with Fishbone, Deborah Harry, Mick Jones, and Celia Cruz. They've toured extensively to enthusiastic audiences all over Latin America and the U.S., and their music appeared in the popular John Cusack film <I>Grosse Pointe Blank</I>. The awards they have been bestowed are too numerous to mention, and the eyes and ears of the Latin Rock world are upon them.
- Robert Leaver]]></description>
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<title>La Oreja De Van Gogh</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:48:37 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Despite their gruesome name, these Spanish pop-rockers don't seem to have too many morbid interests -- and their music won't chop your ear off. Formed by a bunch of university friends, the group used to play covers of alternative bands for fun until singer Amaia Montero joined. The addition of her dulcet voice galvanized the group to record a demo, and three albums later (in 2003) they began climbing Latin pop charts with the song "Puedes Cantar Conmigo." The group became a fixture on the charts for several years, but in 2008, Montero decided to leave the band to pursue a solo career; Leire Martinez, former leader of Factor X, took over singing duties the same year.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Cafe Tacvba</title>
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<category>Latin Rock</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:39:25 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Emerging in the early 1990s from Mexico City, Cafe Tacvba have achieved massive popularity with their platinum discs and MTV video awards, and have come to represent the vanguard of Latin Rock and pop. While mostly adhering to the standard rock instrumental format of drums, guitar and bass, they mix rock rhythms with Latin styles such as Mariachi, trova, Merengue, Cumbia, and Tango. Lead singer Anonimo (Anonymous) raises his raspy voice to express angst and wounded whisperings to voice discontent, while Cafe Tacuba's guitars are notable for their Industrial-esque leanings. They've recorded mutated cover versions of popular Latin tunes, as well as having worked with the Kronos Quartet and the stomping feet of Mexico's Ballet Folklorico. They're consistently unconventional in everything from their compositions to their album artwork and packaging, and they appear poised to cross over to an American audience while still singing in Spanish.
- Robert Leaver]]></description>
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<title>Los Amigos Invisibles</title>
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<category>Latin Rock</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:39:25 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Venezuelan funkateers Los Amigos Invisibles perform uncommonly authentic party funk with impossible grooves and Acid Jazz touches. While songs are primarily sung in Spanish and Portuguese, a universally understood sense of irreverent sexuality and infectious musical ability makes them equally appealing to non-fluent listeners.
- Mike McGuirk]]></description>
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<title>Lila Downs</title>
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<category>Cantautor</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:05:56 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Lila Downs is a bicultural border-crosser who grew up both in Minnesota and the Sierra Madre mountains and Oaxaca in Mexico. She has a strong interest in Mexico's native cultures; her mother is a Zapotec Indian, and Downs has studied and sung in languages including Zapotec, Nahuatl, Maya and Mixtec. Though as a college student she intended to sing opera, a period of soul-searching (which included following the Grateful Dead around) led her to investigate traditional Mexican music, albeit through a modern, jazz-influenced filter. She toured with bands like los Cadetes de Yodoyuxi and la Trova Serrana, and began to find her signature style when she hooked up with saxophonist Paul Cohen. From 1999's <I>La Sandunga</i> to 2004's <i>Una Sangre: One Blood</i>, Downs has carved a unique niche for herself: an innovator working off of native traditions, she's both a champion of native cultures and a darling of the world music scene.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Heroes del Silencio</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:09:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Heroes del Silencio formed in Zaragoza, Spain in the mid-1980s. Singer-songwriter Enrique Bunbury joined just as the group was gaining fame, and was part of their initial 1987 EP <I>Heroe De Leyenda</i>. The release got such kudos at Madrid's San Isidro Festival that the subsequent full-length <I>El Mar No Cesa</i> quickly went platinum, as did the next several releases. The group lasted into the mid-'90s, transitioning from their early new wave sound to a slightly harder-edged style before Bunbury went solo.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Elefante</title>
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<category>Latin Rock</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:27:29 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Led by singer/songwriter and Chiapas native Reyli Barba, Elefante's success is the result of years of hard work. Barba is a natural performer who reportedly gave his first public performance at the age of four -- standing on a table in a restaurant. At seventeen he moved to Mexico City and quickly hooked up with other musical friends. His first band, Los Quintos, never really took off; after five years of knocking on doors, the band changed their name to Elefante and wrote a new suite of songs. The transformation worked: 2001's <i>El Que Busca Encuentra</i> launched a wave of critical and commercial success.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Natalia Lafourcade</title>
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<category>Latin Pop</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:56:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[No one could accuse Natalia Lafourcade of staying in one place too long. Young, precocious and talented, she released her solo debut when she was just 19 years old, and its mix of bossa nova, pop and rock beguiled Mexican audiences -- and the charts, thanks in part to Loris Ceroni's production. Two years later she joined forces with her band, La Forquetina, and released the group's 2005 debut, <I>Casa</i>, which was primarily produced by Cafe Tacuba's Emmanuel del Real. Lafourcade again found herself topping the charts, but she dissolved the band before they had a chance to accept a Latin Grammy for Best Rock Album. Seemingly determined to evade the fame that was dogging her, Lafourcade moved to Canada and began composing classical music. Unusual as it was, the sea change wasn't a total surprise: her parents were both classical musicians, and they trained her on multiple instruments throughout her childhood. In 2008 she released <I>Las 4 Estaciones Del Amor</i>, an instrumental album recorded with Veracruz's youth orchestra and featuring Lafourcade on piano.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>El Chicano</title>
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<category>Latin Rock</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:30:35 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The first Chicano rock group to break out of Los Angeles with their national hit, "Viva El Tirado" (1970), they have continued to remain popular as a live band performing internationally. Their combination of rock and jazz guitar techniques, Hammond organ, and vocals in both English and Spanish make them accessible.
- Robert Leaver]]></description>
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<title>Juana Molina</title>
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<category>Latin Rock</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:42:52 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[For a woman who spent seven years entertaining Argentina -- and much of Latin America -- with a comedy show, Juana Molina's musical persona flies directly in the face of her television persona. Though she found her fame as a comedian, Molina's first passion was music. She began playing guitar at age five and was witness to her father's -- tango player Horacio Molina -- collaborations with some of the greatest Brazilian musicians of the day, and her songwriting sense is almost miraculously subtle as a result. Forced to leave Argentina with her family during the worst years of the dictatorship, Molina's six-year stint in Paris may have also influenced her sound and eclectic approach to composition. Still, listening to her third album, 2004's <I>Tres Cosas</I>, it's hard not to feel that we're simply being given a window into the workings of an unusual mind. Her whispery voice meshes gently with a musical landscape that's deftly sketched with panoply of instruments and electronic effects.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Sidestepper</title>
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<category>Downtempo</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:42:50 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Sometimes the best projects evolve out of romances, and in Sidestepper's case it was love at first sight. Englishman Richard Blair was working as a recording engineer at Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios when he heard the singer Toto La Momposina for the first time. Floored by her Afro-Colombian sound, he hotfooted it to Colombia as soon as the recording was done, and thus began his love affair with Colombian music. After finding work as a sound engineer, Blair formed a group with other Colombians, mingling <I>Costenos</i> (coastal Colombians) and Bogota natives, a mix that was unheard of at the time. Sidestepper were born. The group helped make Afro-Colombian music hip in Colombia -- and in clubs around the world -- by mixing it with hip-hop and electronica. In 2003, <I>3 AM (In Beats We Trust)</i> launched two great singles, "Deja" and "Mas Papaya," and made the group a club chill-room favorite. After a long hiatus, Sidestepper returned with <I>The Buena Vibra Sound System</i> in 2008.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>El Tri</title>
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<category>Latin Rock</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:19:22 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[These guys are basically Mexico's elder rock statesman, or rock dinosaurs, depending on your point of view. Heavily influenced by rock bands like ACDC and Rush, this is anthem rock at its squealing, screeching, power-chord-heavy best. The band's actually been through many permutations. They got their start in the late 1960s and released albums steadily through the '70s and '80s.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Jaguares</title>
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<category>Latin Rock</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 1 Sep 2009 02:38:53 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Jaguares are an international phenomenon, selling out clubs in both the U.S. as well as their native Mexico with their darkly attractive Hard Rock sound. Smooth guitar solos, keen drumming, silky vocals, and an intuitive sense of melody pay their rent.
- Kelly Bauman]]></description>
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<title>Hombres G</title>
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<category>Latin Rock</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 09:35:08 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Formed in the early 1980s in Spain, Hombres G were a snotty, irreverent pop/rock band with a film fetish. They released their self-titled debut in 1985, and the group became an overnight sensation on the strength of the airwave-saturating single "Devuelveme A Mi Chica." The group's second album, <i>La Cagaste...Burt Lancaster</i> sold 60,000 albums before it had even hit stores. Now officially "more popular than God," the band received everything from bribe money (from fans who wanted to meet the band) to fan letters written in blood. In 1992 the group decided to call it quits, and they bid their fans farewell with the acclaimed <i>La Historia del Bikini</i>. They reunited in 2002 to record a few songs and tour, recording the live album <I>El Año Que Vivimos Peligrosamente</i> along the way.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Aleks Syntek</title>
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<category>Latin Pop</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:55:17 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The bespectacled Syntek is a talented songwriter with a sure pop sensibility that seems to have confounded the category-crazy labels for years. No one knew how to classify him -- he was too left of center to be pop but too gentle and genuine to be alternative. After the success of his soundtrack for the 1999 film <I>Sexo, Pudor Y Lagrimas</i>, however, Syntek doesn't have to worry so much. His "Duele El Amor" (a duet with Ana Torroja) climbed the charts in 2004; with that kind of success, he can do what he wants.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>La Ley</title>
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<category>Latin Rock</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 1 Oct 2009 11:35:59 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Formed in Chile in 1987, La Ley are considered a pillar of the Latin rock scene. Though their early years were marked by transition and sporadic recording, the late 1990s saw them cementing their place in the scene. The focus was brought in part by tragedy: The band lost their lead singer in a car accident in 1994, which moved the band in a more pensive direction. Sad as the inspiration was, the result has been a string of albums that have touched audiences with their thoughtfulness, including 2001's <I>MTV Unplugged</I> session, which won a Latin Grammy.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Alejandra Guzman</title>
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<category>Latin Rock</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:55:24 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Mexico's most straightforward rock chick, Guzman can deliver the kind of guitar crunch that you might have thought was reserved for Heart. Smoky-voiced and a favorite subject of tabloids, she can slow down her delivery when she wants, but she seldom veers into the sappiness reserved for pop. It seemed like her career had peaked around 1990 with the release of the hot-selling <i>Eternamente Bella</i>, but a Latin Grammy in 2002 aided her comeback.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Ha*Ash</title>
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<category>Latin Pop</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:31:47 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Sisters Hanna and Ashley make up Ha*Ash, one of the most charting Mexican groups in 2004. Born in Louisiana and raised in Mexico, the sisters took to music early, taking singing, guitar, piano and dance lessons as pre-teens. Sony Music snapped them up as soon as the teenagers submitted a demo in 2002. Sony tapped Grammy-winning Aureo Baqueiro to produce their debut, and the self-titled album climbed the charts two years later. The girls penned three songs, including the chart-topping "Odio Amarte," and multiple offers to provide songs for telenovelas followed.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Novalima</title>
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<category>Latin Rock</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:56:03 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Sometimes it takes distance to truly understand and appreciate one's culture. The four Peruvian expats of Novalima didn't start reinventing their Afro-Peruvian heritage until they were living in far-flung places such as Barcelona and Hong Kong. In 2003 the group released its self-titled debut, which mixed Afro-Peruvian and Latin percussion with dub and downtempo. Their 2006 follow-up went further, reinterpreting traditional Afro-Peruvian songs through the same contemporary electronic lens.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Gustavo Cerati</title>
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<category>Latin Rock</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:22:19 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Before going solo, Gustav Cerati was the singer in the popular Argentinean band Soda Stereo, who released eleven albums before calling it quits. And while Soda Stereo modeled itself after British pop and rock groups, Cerati's solo efforts have more of a delicate, electronic-tinged feel to the music.
- Linda Ryan]]></description>
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<title>Aterciopelados</title>
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<category>Latin Rock</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:39:25 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Colombia's Aterciopelados have a sound that borrows heavily from British bands of the 1980s and '90s. Huge, anthemic choruses and ringing acoustic guitars recall Simple Minds or the Alarm, while liberal use of wah-wah brings to mind the post-baggy sound of bands like Flowered Up or even the poppier side of the Stone Roses. Cleverly constructed songs, clear vocals and the undeniable hooks in those rousing choruses add up to a sound that will immediately have you singing along -- if you know Spanish.
- Linda Ryan]]></description>
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<title>Malo</title>
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<category>Latin Rock</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:57:22 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Founded by Carlos Santana's younger brother Jorge, Malo rode a crossover wave of Latin Rock and Latin Soul in the early '70s, but it peaked too fast and crashed hard. They are mostly remembered for the track "Suavecito" and the legions of former members who periodically resurrect the band.
- Robert Leaver]]></description>
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<title>Babasonicos</title>
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<category>Latin Rock</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:29:23 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[This Argentinean group wins the award -- if anyone's giving it out -- for "Band you'd most like to play pinball with on a Friday night." They're just charming. North of the equator, you might liken them to Sean Lennon. They're as drowsy and sweet as a summer day, using clean guitar lines and subtle orchestral touches to spice up simple rock.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Zoe</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 4 Oct 2009 09:42:49 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Like so many rock bands the world over, Mexico's Zoe first looked outside their home country's borders for inspiration. In this case, the band's focus was Britain; they revered bands like the Charlatans and the Stone Roses as well as the mother ship of all Britpop, the Beatles. The group picked up their instruments in 1994 to pay homage to (and expand upon) that sound. Despite Zoe's consistently great albums, the music industry hasn't always rewarded them: an initial record contract in 1998 led nowhere, and the group ultimately recorded their own self-titled debut in 2000. That release led to a few appearances on film soundtracks and a well-received follow-up album, <I>Rocanlover</i>, in 2003. Still, it wasn't until mid-2005 that the band's fortunes changed: they signed with Noiselab, home to numerous forward-looking rock bands, and suddenly gained an international presence. In 2006 they released <I>Memo Rex Commander y La Via Lactea</i>, an album that coalesced a stunning mix of deft electronics and revisited '80s rock, and earned three Latin Grammy nominations for its brilliance.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Kevin Johansen</title>
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<category>Latin Rock</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:55:58 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[This Argentinean singer-songwriter was born in Fairbanks, Alaska and raised in Argentina, but -- musically speaking -- Johansen came of age in New York City, playing CBGBs and the Knitting Factory on a regular basis throughout the 1990s. His debut album <i>The Nada</i> evolved from those gigs, where he hammered out his bilingual singing style and his eclectic sampling of milonga, son cubano and cumbia.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Bacilos</title>
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<category>Latin Rock</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:51:19 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Can you play friendly rock and still win awards? Apparently so, if you're Miami-based Bacilos. Formed in the mid-'90s, the Latin Grammy-winning trio was started by Colombian Jorge Villamizar and Puerto Rican Jose Javier Freire, who were both studying at the University of Miami at the time. After the breakup of an earlier band, the two musicians invited André Lopes, who was then in a Brazilian band, to play with them. The combo clicked immediately, and Bacilos was born. Though their progress was slowed down by Jorge's visa problems, they recorded <I>Madera</I> in 1999 with the help of parental contributions and pressed just a thousand copies of the release. A thousand was enough, however: a few made their way into the hands of label execs, and within the year WEA Latina had re-released <I>Madera</I>, calling it simply <I>Bacilos</I>. The album was nominated for two Latin Grammy awards, and in 2002 they released <I>Caraluna</I>, which won Best Pop Album and Best Tropical Song (for "Mi Primer Million"). 2005's <I>Sinverguenza</I> beefed up the band's tropical influences while maintaining their pop-friendly accessibility.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Jarabe de Palo</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:29:30 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Spanish Latin Rock act Jarabe de Palo is the brainchild of Pau Donés, who has never been content to just play <i>rawk</i>. The band's first big hit, "La Flaca," was inspired by a trip to Cuba and mingles Cuban rhythms with more traditional rock. Later releases have flirted with flamenco, salsa and even samba; the great Celia Cruz appeared on "A Lo Loco."
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 12:06:40 -0700</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:51:35 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Mexican Institute of Sound</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:42:52 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Camilo Lara may be the best dual-identity superhero in Mexico these days. His day job is no joke: he's the managing director of EMI Mexico. But when the sun goes down, this obsessive record collector becomes a DJ and producer (known as the Mexican Institute of Sound) who has released two well-received albums since 2006. The first, 2006's <I>Mejico Maxico</i>, collected songs that Lara had crafted over the course of many years as he was learning digital technology; he shared the songs on mix tapes he gave to friends. The album was a sonic pastiche dedicated to cataloguing the sounds of a country where <i>cumbia</i> and the Ramones can comfortably coexist. His 2007 follow-up, <I>Pinata</i>, was a more refined and original effort that featured emcees and slightly more discernible song structures.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Bebe</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:05:24 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Joaquin Sabina</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 09:35:46 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A lion of Spanish rock 'n' roll, Joaquin Sabina has been called the Bob Dylan of the Spanish-speaking world. Outspoken, gruff-voiced and a relentless maverick, Sabina first started penning poetry in the 1960s, but it wasn't until he fled Franco's dictatorship and ended up in 1975 London that Sabina turned his lyricism towards songwriting. Soon he was gigging around the city (when he wasn't hanging out in his squatter's community), where he performed in front of George Harrison for the ex-Beatle's birthday. When Franco's dictatorship ended in 1977, Sabina returned to Spain and released 1978's <i>Inventario</i>. The single "Pongamos Que Hablo De Madrid" (off 1980's <i>Malas Companias</i>) shot to No. 1 in the Spanish charts, and Sabina's fate was effectively sealed. He provided the voice for more than a generation of Spaniards recovering from decades of repression, and integrated rock 'n' roll's growing global influence in a way that helped Spanish music find its feet in the modern world. In 2001 the singer suffered from a stroke, but he was back on his feet in record time, writing and recording 2002's <i>Dimelo En La Calle</i>.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Molotov</title>
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<category>Latin Rock</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:41:56 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[As the Latin American proxy to Rage Against The Machine, Mexican rock/rap outfit Molotov formed in Mexico City in 1995 and are known for aggressive guitar-based rock fusions and outspoken politics. Their controversial debut, <i>Â¿Donde Jugaran las ninas?</i>, appeared in 1997 and over the next decade they've earned multi-platinum sales in Chile, Mexico, and the United States.
- Nate Cavalieri]]></description>
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<title>Plastilina Mosh</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 1 Sep 2009 02:38:53 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Growing up in the thriving cultural center of Monterrey, Mexico, Plastilina Mosh looked northward for a b-boy influence that bumps and funks through their cut-n-paste electro-rock. Abrasive and upbeat, P-Mosh place a strong emphasis on turntable textures and heavy grooves.
- Kelly Bauman]]></description>
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<title>Nortec Collective</title>
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<category>Trip-Hop</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:42:51 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Nortec Collective is a collective of like-minded electronica artists who have pioneered the once-unthinkable combination of Mexico's norteno music and techno. Norteno (sometimes known as Tex-Mex when it's recorded north of the border) is analogous to country music in the U.S., but its origins are different -- it's mainly born of some unholy cross between medieval Spanish minstrel music and polka. Collective members including Bostich, Clorofila, Fussible, Hiperboreal and Panoptica who fuse slick, globe-trotting beats with hints of banda horns and strains of plaintive singing.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Los Prisioneros</title>
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<category>Latin Rock</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 1 Oct 2009 11:36:01 -0700</pubDate>
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