Latin Grammy

I was mesmerized when I heard the first notes of Jose Aguirre's Cali Big Band in "Gente con Alma". It just got better from there. This album, nominated for Best Traditional Tropical Album at the 2021 Latin Grammy Awards, features a 23…

As always I like to look at the Latin Grammy 2020 nominees as a kind of recommendation list of best recordings to check out. I'll start my Latin Grammy 2020 comments with the category of Best Salsa Album. Best Salsa Album 2020 To keep…

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…

Raymond (Ray) Santos was one of those amazing musicians that many of the younger Latin music fans may have missed. Here I will try to give you a glimpse of Ray Santos with the aid of a couple of videos and links to a couple of articles.…

Mario Ortiz, Jr.'s Salsa album "Mario Ortiz All Star Band, 55 Aniversario" is one of those rare recordings where love and talent intertwine to create a musical gem. This album was recently nominated for the 2019 Latin Grammy for Best…

It's very rare that Marc Anthony and Gilberto Santa Rosa miss a nomination for a Latin Grammy 2019, but that's just what happened. The way I see it, Grammy nominations are a game of music quality combined with artist reputation. That…

I sense a shift in the 2016 Latin Grammy nominations; a shift towards the long tail of works created by Latin artists that are mostly out of mainstream media coverage. The long tail (as applied to the topic at hand) are those artists and…

The 2015 Latin Grammy awards are coming up, and there are 3 albums that I have no idea how they missed Latin Grammy nominations. I wouldn't be surprised if they are nominated for the Grammy's in February 2016. Juan Gabriel "Los Duo"…

As I always write, the best of the Grammy awards, be it the general Grammy or the Latin Grammy, are the nominations because they provide us a list of some of the best music released during the past year. The winner selection, that is…