BMI Celebrates 2021 Hispanic Heritage Month
Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI) is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with several online events and other goodies. There are artists' interviews, panels, and a Spotify playlist that you can check out!
As you may know, Hispanic Heritage…
Carlos Henriquez “The South Bronx Story” Album Review
Carlos Henriquez, the talented Nuyorican bass player, released "The South Bronx Story" his third Latin Jazz album as a bandleader.
Henriquez is the bassist for Winton Marsalis' Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and presented this project…
Larry Harlow: 3 Albums at Apex of Salsa
Larry Harlow recorded 3 albums that helped elevate the orchestration in Salsa music, and catapult the genre to its apex. These were "Hommy", "Salsa", and "Live in Quad".
In the first part of the 1970s, artists like the Palmieri brothers,…
Viva Netflix’ “Vivo”
Lin-Manuel Miranda did it again in Netflix "Vivo", an animated story anchored in Latin music.
In"Vivo", Lin-Manuel gets a little help from his friends Gloria Estefan (glad to see the Latin music diva back at work) and Cuban maestro…
Music & Domestic Violence: Salsa Clean-up
Following up on the previous blog on "Music & Domestic Violence", we look back at how Salsa music reflected our society's "machista" culture, contributing to this unfortunate behavior.
Salsa "Machista"
I'm using this term to describe…
Sonora Ponceña: “Hegemonía Musical” Review
After 9 years of recording silence, La Sonora Ponceña launched "Hegemonía Musical" which contains 8 songs of mostly classic Salsa music.
"Hegemonía Musical" is the first recording after the passing of the band's founder Enrique…
Music and Domestic Violence; Reggaetón & Trap
I have little doubt that there is a music and violence link between the recent domestic violence cases in Puerto Rico and the woman-bashing songs in Reggaetón & Trap.
Reggaetón & Trap Drive Domestic violence
I'll…
Too Early for In-person Concerts
I believe, like most experts, that it's too soon for in-person concerts.
God knows we are tired of this quarantine that has now been going on for over a year.
Note: I wrote a blog on the coronavirus a little over a year ago. You can…
The Departed of Latin Music 2020
This year, 2020, has been a devastating year for all of us, and on top of it all, the departed were great contributors to our Latin music.
I'll make a brief review of those that departed this year.
1. Pedro "Sorolo" Rodriguez…