It s a fitting send-off for a star who came from a working class neighborhood and brought ballet to the masses. Bocca started ballet lessons at four under the encouraging gaze of his mother, a dance instructor. By seven he advanced to the National School of Dance, then quickly joined the elite ballet program [...]
“Our goal has always been to push kids towards it, have them think about school music programs, but also form bands outside the traditional music and choir settings,” said founder Dennis Graham. “I want to have them say, ‘Oh, wow. A lot of genres are covered here,’ you know.
The venue will serve authentic Latin American food, drinks from across Southern and Central America, and nights of Latin dance and live music. Mr Carrasco also wants El Rincon to be a place for language enthusiasts to visit to practice Spanish, as there will also be at least one member of staff on duty [...]
MTV Tr3s is the most-widely distributed TV network dedicated to superserving today’s bicultural Latino youth. MTV Tr3s’ programming is rooted in the fusion of American and Latino music, cultures, lifestyles and languages. Music programming is at the core of MTV Tr3s and the channel features hitmakers, emerging artists and new sounds that resonate with [...]
Baby Abuelita was founded by two working moms who shared a goal to leverage traditional Spanish-language childhood songs to ensure that Hispanic heritage is preserved, passed along to the next generation and easily accessible for everyone. The growing product line is distributed nationally through major retailers such as Wal-Mart, Kmart, Target and Toys R [...]
Bachata icon Juan Luis Guerra scored this year with a pop and tropical smash. “La Llave de Mi Corazon,” a quirky bilingual tune that starts off about an online romance, spent four weeks at No. 1 on Hot Latin Songs. The song is the title track to Guerra’s first EMI Televisa album. “I started [...]
Dayanara Torres was stunning as well. And Alejandra Espinoza was striking in white. Sheila E is still as beautiful as ever. All of the ladies looked fantastic and the eye popping photos are available here including the see-through stunner from Sofia. *** In the actual awards show Dominican singer Juan Luis Guerra swept the [...]
The five musicians come together to create a unique traditional Latin sound. Band leader Greg Ribot is an accomplished composer and his skills on the flute, siku, quena, saxophone and clarinet are renowned. Francisco “Pancho” Navarro is on the Argentine guitar or “charango virtuoso,” Vince Cherico and Nydia “Liberty” Mata sit at percussion and Andy [...]
This situation reminds me, of course, of the trouble Astor Piazzolla had with his brand of tango. The animosity that his music engendered speaks of the passion that Argentines share for the tango. Yet nowadays nobody but the most recalcitrant dinosaurs would dare call Piazzolla’s music anything other than tango.
Top nominees include Juan Luis Guerra, Miguel Bosй, Calle 13, Aventura, Elvis Crespo, and Mala Rodrнguez. By ED MORALES It’s Latin Grammys time again, this time live from Las Vegas, the city where mainstream America goes to escape, and Latinos (now almost a quarter of the area’s population) are a growing presence. This is [...]