CD REVIEW Tara Linda & Luna Nueva - New Moon self-released You have to be intrigued by a musician who cites as influences PJ Harvey, Danny Elfman, Lydia Mendoza, The Pixies, and Edith Piaf. Who evolved from punk drumming to singing torch songs and rancheras. And who performs with a group called ...

Yup, I keep on ranting about that nueva cumbia thing. Or should I call it digital cumbia? At least that's what the primary gathering place for new cumbia deejays (Zizek Urban Beats Club in Buenos Aires) named the movement: check the site of their newest record label ZZK Records. There you'll also no...

Happy New Years compadres y amigas. I have a few songs for New Years. Let's listen. Grupo con Sabor from Colombia provides us with three songs: The first one lumps in a mother-in-law with his other 2007 blessings: a goat, a black burro (donkey or ass), a white female horse- heady company. It has a c...

So, I'm back from Mexico and I've finally gotten around to posting something. While in Mexico, I actually picked up quite a few records. You can hear most of them on my little radio show on 9thfloorradio.com where you can also subscribe to the RSS feed. With my return from Mexico, I've recently beco...