| Situating Salsa: global markets and local meaning in Latin Popular Music | | Posted Tuesday, February 07, 2006 10:01:50 AM by Rose Martins | With the growing popularity of Salsa dancing and Salsa dance clubs, latin American music has become the rage.
The lyrics are often in Spanish and Portuguese but are also in English.  Latin artists are on the whole very attractive person, which only adds to the allure of the sensual latin music world.
Latin salsa music has moved beyond its historic Afro-Cuban and Puerto Rican roots to become an international music commodity. Latin american music videos are seen all over music TV channels and the internet.
Latin american music is not only about just the music, it tells the story of the historical development of the culture of latin america at the time.
Situating Salsa: global markets and local meaning in Latin Popular Music is a book of essays edited by Lise Waxer ed.
The book tells the story of the history and development of salsa and the freedom of latin music within the latin American culture.
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| | | Music Review: Coleman Hawkins - At Ease with Coleman Hawkins | | Posted Wednesday, October 25, 2006 7:11:36 PM by Blog57 Team | | By now, it would seem that the music of tenor saxman Coleman Hawkins (1904-1969) would seem somehow quaint or old-fashioned. Instead, this music holds up surprisingly well. Hawkins, whose playing influenced several generations of musicians, not just in jazz but across the genre gap to include rock and roll and pop music, created timeless music that has as much appeal today as when it was first recorded. For my generation, driving music was and probably is epitomized by John Kay rocking out "Born to be Wild" on the radio. The music on this CD takes a quieter approach, but I drove around for several days with these songs on the CD player. There's a rhythm in this music and a power that fills the space of the car and carries you along. It may be elements of hot jazz or be-bop that linger in these later recordings by Hawkins or it may be something more subtle, but At Ease with Coleman Hawkins makes very cool music to drive by.... | |
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| | | Danceable Latin alt band's music really pops | | Posted Monday, September 18, 2006 1:21:21 PM by Blog57 Team | | Kinky is one of the more surprising success stories of alternative Latin music. The band's bouncy electro dance-pop, with its somehow Mexican sound (is it the cheesy-cool accordion? The hint of cumbia?) and incredibly catchy hooks, has been on a slew of U.S. TV commercials and movie soundtracks, making them a favorite on alt music scenes on both sides of the border. Despite its name, Kinky is more benignly loopy than full tilt twisted, with enough funk and darkness to keep things interesting. Reina (Queen), their third album, may be the band's happiest and oddest CD yet, despite a mudslide burying the Southern California studio where they recorded. Maybe the sudden mess inspired extra fatalistic glee. Sister Twisted is one of those danceable Kinky tracks with nonsense lyrics ''I had a sister twisted'' and enough funk to keep it gutsy.... | |
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| | | Latin music fare heats up | | Posted Wednesday, August 02, 2006 9:18:37 PM by Blog57 Team | | 'Juntos en Concierto," last year's blockbuster tour of Latin music superstars Marc Anthony, Alejandro Fernandez and Chayanne, is returning Tuesday to TD Waterhouse Centre. Well, at least one third of it is. Salsa powerhouse Marc Anthony is back. Joining him are Mexican grupero singer Marco Antonio Solis, and Italian pop singer and songwriter Laura Pausini. The original "Juntos en Concierto" sold out most of its 17 dates, but the cohesiveness and ticket-selling potential of this year's lineup has been questioned. "I don't think this combination has the 'wow' effect of last year's," says Capi Pineda, director of Onda Mexicana radio 1480 AM (WUNA) in Orlando. Attendance was down by two-thirds on opening night, July 14, in San Francisco.... | |
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| | | New Music | Due in stores Tuesday | | Posted Friday, July 28, 2006 11:01:57 PM by Blog57 Team | | Dashboard Saints, Little Bits & Pieces (ALP). Like Los Lonely Boys' blend of Doobie Brothers classic rock and Latin? Miami duo Dashboard Saints has been onto that sound for 20 years. The Saints' second CD is available via www.dashboardsaints.com. • DMX, Year of the Dog . . . Again (Sony). • Doodlebops, Rock & Bop With the Doodlebops (Disney). • Feist, Open Season (Cherrytree/Interscope). Remixes of songs from her Let It Die CD. • Five for Fighting, Two Lights (Sony). • Glenn Hughes, Music for the Divine (Frontiers). • Kidz Bop, Kidz Bop 10 (Razor & Tie). • The Klezmatics, Wonder Wheel: Lyrics by Woody Guthrie (JMG). • G.... | |
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