We're loving the selection of indie artists in this Latin Grammy category!
Author: Catalina Maria Johnson
I love to write and radio about music! The one-hour radio program I host and produce, Beat Latino, airs Sundays at 11am on vocalo.org , Saturdays in Berlin and is archived weekly. Beat Latino specials are also licensed in 20+ states throughout the U.S.A. through the Public Radio Exchange. I contribute regularly to NPR's Alt.Latino, World Cafe , and Global Notes on WBEZ, NPR Music, Gozamos, Revista Contratiempo.
DIY Not-to-be-Missed World Music Fest 2016 Experience
The annual world music-avaganza is upon our city again, and our end-of-the-summer blues will be tempered…
Otura Mun: A Musical Renacer
“As an African American growing up in the States, we live in a racial path where…
Monsieur Perine: Suin Romanticón, Colombia-style
Latin Grammy 2015’s Best New Artist makes their Chicago debut!
The Absolutely iLevitable Passions of iLe’s 21st-Century Boleros
“That instant emotion, that thing that you feel with older people and artists mainly from the…
Los Hacheros: Sweet and furious salsa, old-school and NYC-style
“Modern recordings, especially salsa, it feels sterile. Everything is perfect but in a sort of unnatural…
Rhymes, Rhythms and Mucho Mitote
Using words and tunes, Chicago's Sones de Mexico Ensemble and Contratiempo illustrate the diversity of marvelously…
Delving deep into Ecuador and the Andes: ZZK adds Aya Music to its label
ZZK Records, pioneers of the musical movement that gave us amazing mash-ups of electronica and traditional roots music from…
Bostich & Fussible plus Cirque de Soleil? ¡Sí, por favor!
When we heard the announcement that Nortec would be collaborating in the music for Luzia, Cirque de…