Arroz Con Beans

I have an idea for a new feature to be implemented then abandoned!! Lets see what my friends are sharing with me! Just a sort of grab bag of stuff here. From my boy in Spanish Harlem- From myself- African Salsa generally has a certain sweet melancholic feel to it. This from a friend in the Bay Area. Africando - [...]

On the way home for lunch today I was flipping thru my iPod, I listened to Ex Factor a few times. I love that song, love the vocal performance. I’m older now than when it came out,that much I can tell simply by my reaction-”Oh WOW, she sounds SO YOUNG”. Years ago I heard more [...]

My now 6 year old has been able to tell the difference between salsa, merengue and reggeaeton since she was about 2. I saw her one day watching tv and when a salsa act came on she suddenly got up and started Sandungueando. Now I confess, there is little need to play any special latin music [...]

An interesting post from Racialicious. I see many collaborations between Reggaeton and HipHop artists and most Reggaeton fans I know are also HipHop fans. I didn’t realize there were tensions or a rivalry. And in my corner of the world Reggaeton is popular with mostly Puerto Ricans and Panamanians and the occasional Dominican. There are few if [...]

I like this article,partially because of Maxwell and partially because it references some gripes I have about music. I dislike music that has been overly “smoothed out”. I like music that is “raw”. I dislike Monchy and Alexandra, for example,because it is over produced and I don’t get that raw emotion that I like to hear [...]

Save Wayne Yo, whats up with people? We need to support those who deserve our support. Me? I’m tired of living in a world where the things that interest me get no attention. A world with a 10:1 ratio of “white” to “black” Disney heroines. A world where an analysis of Stairway to Heaven is considered art, [...]