As one of the hardest-working bands in Christian music, Salvador deserve a break. Since their 2000 debut, the Latin pop/rock powerhouse has been toiling tirelessly across the country, playing hundreds of dates a year and wowing audiences an...
Personnel includes: Mariano Rocca (guitar, bass); Marcelo Barestovoy, Martin Luna (guitar); Victor Puentes (vihuela); Dann Higgins (flute, saxophone); Steve Kujala (flute); Joel Timm (oboe); Ezra Kliger (concertina); Ramon Flores (trumpet);...
Personnel: Oscar De La Rosa (vocals); Leonard González (guitar); David de la Garza, Armando Lichtenberger, Jr. (keyboards); Rudy Martinez (bass guitar); Michael Aguilar (drums).
Chilean DJ/producer Jose Antonio Bravo, better known as DJ Bitman, has recorded as half of Bitman & Roban, and is now releasing a solo disc that covers a wide range of sounds and rhythms. There's electro-samba on "Summertime," a hip-hop gro...
When fans of regional Mexican music try to explain narcocorridos (corridos about drug trafficking) to non-Latino listeners, they make comparisons that those non-Latinos are likely to relate to. Gangsta rap is a valid comparison; so is outla...
Personnel: Fransisco De La Fuente, Mario Alvarado (vocals); Alex Nava (accordion); Mario Alfredo Baldazo (electric bass); Eddie Garza (drums); Sergio Infante (percussion).
Recording information: GMP Studios, San Antonio, TX.
MAS EXITOS CON EL SHAKA collects over two decades of hits by Mexican banda sensation Sergio Vega. Released in 2009 as Vega had been slowly transitioning from leader of the band Los Rayos del Norte to a solo artist, the thorough two-disc com...
Arturo O'Farrill: Arturo O'Farrill (piano); Bobby Porcelli, Erica Vonkleist (alto saxophone); Mario Rivera, Ivan Renta (tenor saxophone); Pablo Calogero (baritone saxophone); John Walsh, Michael Rodriguez , Michael Mossman, Jim Seeley (trum...