Goyo Reveals a Collaboration With ‘Legend’ La India Is Coming ‘I Know Everyone Will Enjoy It’
By Jessica Roiz / MSN.com – July 22, 2022 Goyo revealed that a collaboration with La India is in the works, sharing all the details to Billboard at the 2022 Premios Juventud red carpet on Thursday (July 21). The Colombian artist expressed that she and the Puerto Rican salsa singer connected via direct message on Instagram. “She invited me to a song […]
Wyclef Jean Celebrates 25th Anniversary Of Bestselling Album ‘The Carnival’
By Adrienne Gibbs / forbes.com – June 30, 2022 When Wyclef Jean’s The Carnival was released in 1997 the world took notice. The album, with the Refugee Allstars, also featured Celia Cruz and Lauryn Hill on “Guantanamera,” and the New York Philharmonic on Billboard hit “Gone Till November.” It also was one of those classic albums with […]
Mexican composer Silvana Estrada shares her ‘Voices of Latin America’ playlist
By BBC Music Life | Released On: 01 Jul 2022 Available for 35 days Mexican singer and composer Silvana Estrada’s music reimagines the traditions of Latin American song in her own personal, poetic style. She has performed internationally with artists including former Music Life host, Uruguayan singer Jorge Drexler. Silvana Estrada’s playlist includes songs by some […]
Smithsonian unveils first Latino history exhibit, new gallery
By Patricia Guadalupe / nbcnews.com – June 15, 2022 WASHINGTON — The Smithsonian’s first gallery dedicated to Latino history and culture is opening its doors to the public this weekend at the National Museum of American History. Billed as a precursor to a national Latino museum to be incorporated to the Smithsonian Institution, the Molina Family Latino Gallery will […]
Smithsonian, with first exhibition, previews planned National Latino museum
By Nicole Acevedo / nbcnews.com – May 11, 2022 The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Latino, still in the planning stages, is set to introduce its first exhibition on June 18, the organization said in a news release Wednesday. The inaugural exhibition is also the launch of the Molina Family Latino Gallery at the National Museum of […]
Celia Cruz en Cuba: Investigar, escribir y no morir en el intento – Una charla magistral por Rosa Marquetti
By Hemispheric Institute / vimeo.com – Abril 27, 2022 El libro Celia en Cuba (1925-1962) es el resultado de una investigación minuciosa sobre los antecedentes, orígenes y desarrollo de la carrera musical de Celia Cruz en su país de nacimiento. La presencia de Celia en la música recorre de modo transversal el siglo XX cubano […]
Karol G discusses the significance of Latina representation at Coachella 2022
By Eliana Perez, Palm Springs Desert Sun / yahoo.com – April 28, 2022 With 20 Latino artists billed on its colorfully iconic flyer, the 2022 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival will go down as one with unprecendented Latin American representation. For thousands of festivalgoers, though, it was specifically Latina women’s talent that lured them […]
Gloria and Emilio Estefan Praise Miami for Inspiring Legendary Latino Sound: ‘We Are Interwoven’
By Brooke Mazurek / variety.com – April 5, 2022 It is an impossible game I keep asking Gloria and Emilio Estefan to play, the game of hypothetical “what-ifs.” Although the husband and wife duo are currently in Vero Beach, Fla., where they have a getaway home and resort, their focus is set squarely on Miami. For the better […]
Celia en Cuba (1925-1962): Los años de Celia Cruz en Cuba
Celia en Cuba (1925-1962) no es una novela, un libro de anécdotas o un ensayo: es todo eso, y mucho más: un texto que pretende reconstruír documentalmente el comienzo y desarrollo de la carrera de la más universal de las cantantes cubanas: Celia Cruz. En Cuba se encuentran sus antecedentes y orígenes; fue allí donde […]
Camila Cabello finds joy in her roots for new studio album
By SIGAL RATNER-ARIAS, Associated Press / msn.com – April 8, 2022 NEW YORK (AP) — Camila Cabello says she found joy in her roots while working on “Familia,” her new studio album. The pop singer and songwriter, born in Havana to a Cuban mother and a Mexican father, immersed herself in the music she listened to […]