Grammy

If you want to experience new Salsa that sounds like Classic Salsa, then check out Willy Calderon's "LA Impromtu". The young Colombian musician, producer, pianist, and percussionist, who grew up in Los Angeles, produced an impressive…

Ok, we've come to accept that Grammy or Latin Grammy awards don’t always go to the deserving artist or album. Yet it's inexplicable that the just-released Grammy 2020 nominations contradict the Latin Grammy 2019 ones! This fact shows how…

It's wasn't J-Lo's fault she did the Motown tribute during the 2019 Grammy Awards. J-Lo did what J-Lo does. There were no surprises there. That's why the controversy began the moment they announced she would be performing in the tribute…

The Latin Jazz category nominees for the 2019 Grammy Awards are a great field of albums. I'll briefly share my thoughts on the two albums I've listened. By the way, I can bet the other three albums I haven't listened must be good Latin…

By ignoring "Despacito", for a Grammy, which was the most popular song in the planet in recent years, it seems that the voters in the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) have taken Trump's "Make America Great Again"…

The Best Tropical Latin Album category of the 58th edition of the Grammy Awards has, once again, an excellent field of entries. Despite the excellent competition for the Grammy in this category, the Latin album "Tributo a Los Compadres"…

We're in Grammy month, and the nominees in the Latin Jazz category bring a rainbow of perspectives on the genre. "Intercambio" and "Identities" are my favorites as Bay Area music professor Wayne Wallace and Puerto Rican innovator Miguel…

I like to promote our Latin music artists, as is the case with Manuel Valera. I do it because there is a lot of good music being recorded that may not reach the mainstream or radio. BTW, who listens to radio anymore? I just saw an…

You know it was a great year for Latin Jazz when you have a field of Paquito D'Rivera, Concha Buika, Roberto Fonseca, Omar Sosa, and Wayne Wallace competing for the Best Latin Jazz Album Grammy. I don’t mind Concha Buika competing in…