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Freedom's song: Chris Moss celebrates the enduring tradition of Latin American protest song - music
When I arrived in Buenos Aires in 1991, much of the music being played on the radio was imported, middle-of-the-road rock. Radio stations were paid to play it, and it featured incessantly on many o...(Continue Reading) 1968 First Latin Music Entertainment Awards
In 1968, thirty-eight years after Hispanic entertainment began to flourish in New York City, a magazine called Latin New York Magazine honored this city's Latin music artists for the first time....(Continue Reading)And the salsa beat goes on: salsa is dead. Gone. Kaput. Forget about it. A comatose genre swallowed alive by other styles of Latin music: rock en espanol
(First printed in The Chicago Tribune on December 21, 2004) For the last few years, the alleged death of salsa has been morbidly discussed in publications ......(Continue Reading)Collecting culture: collector's converge correcting & corroborating Latin Music History - collecting Latin American music-related memorabilia, sound recordings
At the dawn of the 20th century, North American labels began recording the first records of Caribbean artists, trios and orchestras. Before established ......(Continue Reading)Delia Orjuela: senior director, Latin Music BMI, Los Angeles
When Delia Orjuela was a young girl, one of her favorite ways to pass time was to inhale as much information as she could about her favorite musicians....(Continue Reading)
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