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Merengue Urbano: Not Your Father’s Merengue
What do you get when you mix the national music of the Dominican Republic with North American hip-hop? How about a new style of Latin popular music which looks poised to explode internationally? Called merengue urbano (or “urban merengue”), it blends fast-paced, aggressive tropical merengue with urban hip-hop, rap and r&b. Superstars of merengue urbano such as Omega and Fuego perform primarily in Spanish but have adopted…
From MusicWorld, posted 5.26.11
Jumbo Loves to Play
References to the Northeastern Mexican city of Monterrey as “the Seattle of Mexico” have been around as long as the term “grunge.” It’s hard to talk about the Mexican rock scene or Latin alternative music without mentioning many of the American and British bands like Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails or The Flaming Lips that have influenced them. Monterrey’s close proximity to the U.S. –only…
From MusicWorld, posted 3.09.11
La Secta Allstar: Music is Feeling
The thousand-mile distance from Miami to San Juan is much closer on the musical map. Formed in Florida and now based in Puerto Rico, La Secta Allstar, consisting of vocalist Gustavo Laureano, bassist Mark Kilpatrick, drummer John Lengel and guitarist Mikey Genao, is a band with a decade and a half history. Their latest release, Fuego, embraces their organic roots. “The record before this…
From MusicWorld, posted 3.06.09
BMI Hosts Career Day
Porfirio Pina, BMI’s Director of Latin Music, hosted a career day at the BMI New York office on February 20, with high school seniors who are member of ASPIRA Leadership Clubs. The workshop session focused on careers in the music industry, and included speakers Mark Barron and Preston Pearson of BMI, along with Boy Wonder, producer for the hit reggaeton compilation album Chosen Few, and recording artist
From News, posted 3.13.07
Latin Urban Showcase Explores the ‘Other Side of Hip-Hop’
The fusion of Latin and urban elements in hip-hop has led to the creation of a genre that continues to mark the Latino presence in the realm of music. In tribute to the growth of this genre, BMI presented "Al Otro Lado del Hip-Hop: A Celebration of Urban and Latin Music" on Oct. 30 at S.O.B.'s in New York City. Leading the explosion of Latin and urban sounds to center…
From News, posted 11.09.06
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