I met Queen Lydia at a Reggae music festival. She was on stage singing about love and happiness. Born and raised in New Mexico she writes and sings in Spanish and English. She has a very unique style and is well along on her Reggae Journey. ...
— and as protests sweep the rest of the world — in the wake of a new American presidential administration, artists are continuing to use their music to speak truth to power. Across “Prose Combat,” a stunning lyrical exercise taken from Amour Supreme, his eighth studio LP, French rapper...
'Tis the damn season' returned to the main setlist on August 24th in Mexico City, before being removed in May 2024. For all the shows where Phoebe Bridgers appeared as a support act, Taylor performed 'Nothing New' with her during the Red (TV) section. On May 26th and May 27th 2023,...
‘American Made’ (1983) Paul Natkin/Getty Images The Oak Ridge Boys’ 1983 hit warmly celebrated the glories of a homegrown girl by way of comparison with all the foreign goods flooding the American market — from Nikon cameras to blue jeans made in Mexico and French perfume. “F...
If the typical American citizen was freaked out by The Byrds singing about being “eight miles high,” it’s hard to imagine their reaction to Lou Reed singing about standing on the corner waiting to buy 26 bucks worth of heroin. Sure, it was one of the first popular songs to glamourize...
When he finally returned at the beginning of 2020, he was still cutting carefree rugs: “Hula” flashes back to visions of giddy parties in Tokyo, Mexico, and Berlin, “dancing the hula hula.” But despite the outward display of joy, the song cradles a nostalgic sense of melancholy in ...
Electronic music embodies various subgenres like house music, techno, trance, electronica, and many others rooted that have been popularized by DJs and producers. Latin artists have long enriched those subgenres: Mexico'sBelanovaglobalized the electro-pop wave, whileBomba Estéreoblended cumbia...
At first, “Cada Músculo” is a thicket of riddles and warnings—a brawny cello rises and lunges, a sibilant violin snarls and lashes, an inquisitive synth taunts and vanishes. This is how the Mexico City-based composer and singer Mabe Fratti renders our vexing world. Her voice glides throu...
“Ridin’ My Thumb to Mexico” was a story all right, a weeper penned by Rodriguez alone about disappearing into another country when the world’s got you down — the forlornness in his voice almost at odds with the lushness of Jerry Kennedy’s production. It went on to become his ...