Interesting. Wanna say I never saw him live, but I did once, sort of.
― What Does Blecch Mean to Me? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 September 2021 15:24 (two years ago) link
Yeah Rauw Alejandro “Todas de ti” is pop disco that some say steals from others, but I still like it.
Also I like by others that I have heard on radio lately:Nati Natasha las nenas A Fruko y Tesos remix Tata remix w/ several or more on it
I need to listen to Loud Podcast reggaeton history w/ Ivy Queen
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 9 September 2021 15:26 (two years ago) link
they got el alfa and farruko on "si trucho no es trucho remix" and surprise surprise it sounds great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KktT_jxfR8s
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Thursday, 9 September 2021 15:30 (two years ago) link
i like "desenfocado," which kinda sounds like phantogram or something
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Thursday, 9 September 2021 15:37 (two years ago) link
*desenfocao
X-post - I liked Marc Anthony’s scraggly look and his acting in the movie version of “In the Heights “ too
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 9 September 2021 15:41 (two years ago) link
Ife “Fake Blood” on first listen is a kind of interesting mix of various styles w/ rapped lyrics about Black Lives Matter, some auto tuned chants, programmed synth and bass beats , and what sounds like maracas too
Isabelia Herrera in NY Times says it’s a revelation
― curmudgeon, Monday, 13 September 2021 15:38 (two years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/15/magazine/dancing-new-york-summer.html
Fascinating to me article on dancing in the pandemic in Nueva York to various Afro-Latinx and black styles with bits about age, race, class and more
― curmudgeon, Monday, 20 September 2021 17:51 (two years ago) link
RIP ROBERTO ROENA 1940-2021 Roberto Roena was a Puerto Rican salsa music percussionist, orchestra leader, and dancer. Was in El Gran Combo and had his own band Su Apollo Sound who had records on Fania
― curmudgeon, Friday, 24 September 2021 17:11 (two years ago) link
https://latinomusiccafe.com/2010/01/24/the-legend-of-roberto-roena-part-1/
A detailed history sorta of Roena penned awhile ago
― curmudgeon, Friday, 24 September 2021 17:24 (two years ago) link
As I said in the obituary thread on ILE, I've heard the first 10 Apollo Sound albums and there's not a bad one in the bunch. The guy was a legend for a reason.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 24 September 2021 17:34 (two years ago) link
Meanwhile in Latin pop
https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/9635302/2021-billboard-latin-music-awards-full-list-bad-bunny
― curmudgeon, Friday, 24 September 2021 19:35 (two years ago) link
Camilo got 10 Latin Grammys nominations , Juan Luis Guerra 6 and Bad Bunny 4 ( some others got 4 also)
Leila Cobo in Billboard says:
Overwhelmingly, this year’s nominations lean more toward fusions, reflecting tradition, but also a new Latin pop movement that easily coexists with urban innovators. In sharp contrast to 2020’s reggaetón-heavy slate of nominations, this year, save for Bad Bunny’s El Ultimo Tour del Mundo’s nomination for album of the year, reggaetón was mostly eschewed in the main categories. The only “urban” nominations in record or song of the year, for example, went to tracks that cross genres, like Rauw Alejandro’s “Todo de Ti,” Maluma’s “Hawai” and Tainy and J Balvin’s “Agua.”
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 28 September 2021 18:05 (two years ago) link
https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/9637170/2021-latin-grammys-nomination/
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 28 September 2021 18:06 (two years ago) link
C. Tangana received five 2021 Latin GRAMMY® nominations for his breakthrough album ‘El Madrileño’ today. He has been nominated in the “Album of the Year” category, in the “Best Pop/Rock Song” category for “Hong Kong (Feat. Andres Calamaro)”, “Record of the Year” for “Te Olvidaste (Feat. Omar Apollo)” and a double nomination in the “Best Alternative Song” category for “Te Olvidaste” and “Nominao (Feat. Jorge Drexler)."
gonna check C Tangana album out too
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 29 September 2021 05:13 (two years ago) link
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-10-06/ivy-queen-spotify-podcast-loud-gets-reggaeton-history-right
This 10 part podcast on the history of reggaeton is hosted by Ivy Queen and has been getting favorable writeups ( from what I have seen) . Alas, it was produced by Spotify
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 7 October 2021 13:32 (two years ago) link
Felix Contreras of npr, writer Julyssa Lopez , and others re how reggaeton artists feel disrespected by Latin Grammys
https://www.kawc.org/post/reggaeton-rules-latinx-music-not-latin-grammys
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 7 October 2021 19:02 (two years ago) link
Chilean singer Mon Laferte has been living in Mexico since 2007. While her last album had big band arrangements, salsa and some electro , her new one reflects traditional Mexican influences in part.
Washington Post writeup by a freelancer:
“It isn’t only mariachi,” Laferte says. “I tried to showcase music from different regions.” In “Seis,” there are collaborations with La Arrolladora Banda El Limón de René Camacho, a brass ensemble from Sinaloa, and with Mujeres del Viento Florido, an orchestra formed by Indigenous Oaxacan women. Irreverent, soulful and self-assured, Laferte nails every note on “Seis” with style and originality
― curmudgeon, Friday, 8 October 2021 13:35 (two years ago) link
Laferte recently I just learned spent some time in Los Angeles and is releasing another album. This time Latin pop for 1940 Carmen album due Oct 29. Her prior one Seis, with the Mexican aspects, came out in April
― curmudgeon, Friday, 8 October 2021 13:47 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW6L_lTrIFg
On this C Tangana tiny desk home concert from some months back, the large ensemble suddenly do some nice a capella singing of New Order “Bizarre Love Triangle “(every time I see …get down on my knees and pray) in the middle
― curmudgeon, Friday, 8 October 2021 16:24 (two years ago) link
Reading Carina del Valle Schorske free subscription email about dancing in NYC. She wrote interesting NY Times magazine article I linked to above a little while ago. Latest email has details related to that article.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 15 October 2021 18:04 (two years ago) link
Because of family responsibilities I keep missing N#d S#blette’s Thursday night postmambo online events with movie docs and guest speakers. Tonight he is showing a doc Old Man Bebo about Cuban pianist Bebo Valdes .
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 21 October 2021 18:06 (two years ago) link
At Birdland for Isaac Delgado now.
― Double Chocula (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 21 October 2021 23:13 (two years ago) link
This is great! I knew some of the horn players but this keyboard player who I still don’t know the name of is killing.
― Double Chocula (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 22 October 2021 00:15 (two years ago) link
Salsa dura, sabrosura!
― Double Chocula (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 22 October 2021 00:18 (two years ago) link
Esto es el guaguanco!
― Double Chocula (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 22 October 2021 00:22 (two years ago) link
I mean he didn’t sing that particular song, just a couple of other guaguancos.
― Double Chocula (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 22 October 2021 00:23 (two years ago) link
Sorry, Issac Delgado
― Double Chocula (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 22 October 2021 03:20 (two years ago) link
You may have seen Ned there. Or he went the night before I guess. Hmmm, trying to remember if Delgado has ever come down to DC. I dunno. Sounds like a good show. I don’t recognize band but Ned says band is :
. Let the record show that the band is: Issac Delgado Jr. (pno), Yorgis Goiricelaya (bass), Liván Mesa (keys), Marcos López (timbal), Camilo Molina (timbal, Fri and Sat), with a double conga chair -- Manny Márquez and Roberto Vizcaíno Jr. -- each with three drums and also each with a juego de bongó as well. Horns are Mike Rodríguez, trp; Román Filiu, sax; Carlos Pérez (former Havana d'Primera), bone
― curmudgeon, Friday, 22 October 2021 19:28 (two years ago) link
Reading a reference to Alvaro Diaz as emo reggaeton . Need to investigate
― curmudgeon, Friday, 29 October 2021 13:52 (two years ago) link
I like Alvaro Diaz on first quick listen
― curmudgeon, Friday, 5 November 2021 15:12 (two years ago) link
the workers painting my bathroom like listening to Dominican bachata singer Zacarias Ferreira as did one of the moving company employees. Ferreira also did 2 shows recently in the DC area
― curmudgeon, Monday, 15 November 2021 04:37 (two years ago) link
https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/2021-latin-grammys-winners-list-1234999583/
Latin Grammys
― curmudgeon, Friday, 19 November 2021 05:26 (two years ago) link
Saw a tweet saying reggaeton vocalist Myke Towers performed on Latin Grammys w/ salsa band doing “Perequito Pin Pin.
I wonder if this is on YouTube or a Latin Grammys page
― curmudgeon, Friday, 19 November 2021 20:42 (two years ago) link
Latin Grammys Honor ‘Patria y Vida’ and Celebrate Rubén BladesThe Cuban protest anthem was named song of the year. Camilo and Juan Luis Guerra tied for the most awards. Blades, honored as person of the year, also won album of the year.
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 20 November 2021 15:20 (two years ago) link
Myke Towers rapping with salsa dancers and band on 2021 Latin Grammyshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5wQq7xsX1o
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 20 November 2021 15:22 (two years ago) link
Not amazing but I like that Towers live rendition even if that’s a Grammys cliche to get different generations to all enjoy
― curmudgeon, Monday, 22 November 2021 14:38 (two years ago) link
Eslabon Armado are a California based Mexican pop group with ranchera roots I think. This song is getting lots of radio and Spotify plays. I like it (kinda soft but that’s ok)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CULF9lXH87w
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 15:39 (two years ago) link
https://afropop.org/audio-programs/the-sound-of-new-york-latin-music
"The Sound of New York Latin Music" takes a deep sonic dive into the great New York Latin discography, with host Georges Collinet and guest host Ned Sublette, who produced and megamixed. Special guest Dr. Ben Lapidus, author of New York and the International Sound of Latin Music 1940-1990, tells us stories of the musicians and the conditions that made the city's music unique. With nonstop music by Ray Barretto, Jerry González and the Fort Apache Band, Markolino Diamond, a snippet of Joe Quijano's bugalú version of "Fiddler on the Roof," and about a thousand more.
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 28 November 2021 14:11 (two years ago) link
Cool. I’ve seen Ben Lapidus play tres when Mike Eckroth does his Arsenio Rodriguez tribute, which is a lot of fun.
― Duck and Sally Can't Dance (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 28 November 2021 14:15 (two years ago) link
Didn’t know about his recent book though, nor that Chris Washburne had one as well.
― Duck and Sally Can't Dance (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 28 November 2021 16:08 (two years ago) link
Hmm. Looks like Mike Eckroth's sister Rachel is nominated for a Grammy. Maybe I will bring it up on the Rolling Jazz thread.
― Duck and Sally Can’t Dance (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 30 November 2021 00:48 (two years ago) link
Haven't seen Lapidus play, but maybe someday. Oh wow, Washburne's Latin Jazz book came out in 2020. Who knew?
Here's sad news:
RIP flamboyant, brilliant Yale art and music professor Robert Farris Thompson. I saw him speak in DC twice and was wowed by his knowledge of African art, music, and religion as well as Afro-Latino art, music, and faith. This Texas raised guy, who spent some years living in Nigeria, schooled audiences ( including me) on the history of pre-salsa mambo music in an entertaining manner that was also scholarly. Beyoncé is seen reading his book Black Gods and Kings in her Black is King movie, and his Flash of the Spirit book on African art and culture inspired many.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 14:14 (two years ago) link
I almost took his class Freshman year, but in the end I only sat in on the first few classes. Little did I know...
― Duck and Sally Can’t Dance (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 30 November 2021 15:08 (two years ago) link
Was looking to see if any musicians commented on his passing. Didn't see anything right away but then finallly I saw a long post by Neil Clarke.
― Duck and Sally Can’t Dance (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 30 November 2021 17:33 (two years ago) link
Eddie Palmieri tweet
Sending my deepest condolences to the family of my dear friend Dr. Robert Farris Thompson. I thank him from the bottom of my heart for his depth of work as an art historian and including my musical contributions within the content of his many books and additional publications. 🙏🏽 pic.twitter.com/fYsRCq73SF— Eddie Palmieri (@EddiePalmieri) November 30, 2021
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 18:06 (two years ago) link
Greg Tate-musician and critic in a public FB and IG post
A giant of African cultural scholarship no longer walks among us but along what Sun Ra called The Celestial Road. Professor Robert Farris Thompson’s lectures and books impact on C. Daniel Dawson,David Hammons. Jean Michel Basquiat, Kelly Jones, Kerry James Marshall, Henry Louis Gates, Judith Wilson, Sanford Biggers, and Arthur Jafa was immense, especially Flash of the Spirit which we essayed upon in Flyboy In The Buttermilk under the title ‘Guerilla Scholar On The Loose’. Peace go witcha Professor RFT.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 18:09 (two years ago) link
Another book to add to the list...
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 30 November 2021 18:18 (two years ago) link
Bobby Sanabria said about Farris Thompson:
Professor of Mambo, Cool, and the Multiverse. I was honored to have him write the liner notes to our first Grammy nominated album, Afro-Cuban Dream: Live & In Clave!!! way back in 2000. His books are essential reading. His final book on Mambo will be forthcoming.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 04:20 (two years ago) link
His tango book looking good to me.
― Duck and Sally Can’t Dance (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 04:21 (two years ago) link