Arroz Con Beans

Some new music from a Dominicana who both makes and studies the music of the Dominican Republic. Irka Mateo http://www.irkamateo.org has a new cd, Anacaona, out. I listened to the samples on her website, I like Maboba the best.Terreno Baldio is nice, it sounds like Constant Craving to me. Much respect, if I had all the [...]

One of my favorite chillin in the summer time tracks. El Soprano singing a love song with the help of Al Jadaqui. Cupido

Is this a reaction to the new Wisin y Yandel and DY cds? Lets go back, way back but in the other direction. Less “ethereal” and more dirt and funk? If I have to choose between the image of dancing hot and sweaty in some shack near the sand, or in a club with lots of [...]

I loved this book. Junot Diaz explores what it means to be a Dominicano in the US of A. Oscar is a fat, nerdy social misfit. He is so nerdy his nerd friends are embarrassed by him. He struggles to fit in, to find love all while remaining Oscar “Wao”. How does one remain true to [...]