It was a night that the members of La Santa Cecilia would never forget, when they heard their album 30 Días was awarded a GRAMMY for Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album. Backstage, lead vocalist La Marisoul, accordionist Jose “Pepe” Carlos, bassist Alex Bendana and percussionist Miguel “Oso” Ramirez… Read more...
The nominations for the 14th annual Latin GRAMMY Awards were announced September 25 from the Avalon music venue in Los Angeles. Broadcast Music, Inc. congratulates the nominees for Latin music’s biggest night, taking place in Las Vegas on November 21, with the broadcast airing live on Univision. Carlos Vives, who… Read more...
His projects include jazz trios and trip-hop groups. He has toured as a bassist for Mexican Institute of Sound and Digi & Gabo. He is a co-founder of Titán, one of Mexico’s pioneering electronic punk groups. His scores and songs routinely appear in jingles, films and documentaries. Andrés Sanchez is… Read more...
Delia Orjuela has been promoted to Vice President, Writer/Publisher Relations, Latin Music, it was announced today by Del Bryant, President and CEO of the performing right organization. Previously, she was Assistant Vice President of Latin Music. Orjuela will remain based in the company’s Los Angeles office and will continue to… Read more...
Puerto Rican power duo Calle 13 walked away with trophies in all five of their nominated categories last night at the 2009 Latin Grammys, staged at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Reggaetón has emerged as a powerful global trend, garnering more nominations than any other genre, and… Read more...
Puerto Rican hip-hop heavy weights Calle 13 lead the list of nominees for the 2009 Latin Grammys, slated for November 5 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. The cross-genre duo earned an impressive five nominations, including Album and Best Urban Album of the Year for Los de… Read more...
Mexico City is an aural metropolis where everything from punk rock to mariachi merges with the horns of a million aggravated taxi drivers, creating a dizzying soundtrack for the western hemisphere’s most populous capital. The music of Camilo Lara, the artist-producer known as Instituto Mexicano de Sonido – The Mexican… Read more...
It is an extraordinary measure of Latin alternative music’s ongoing evolution that a band as stylistically extravagant as Café Tacvba can be revered as a pillar of this genre. While the Grammy and Latin Grammy-winning group has maintained the same lineup since their formation in 1989, their sound has undergone… Read more...
International star Juanes led the BMI charge at the 2008 Latin Grammy Awards. Staged in Houston, Texas, on Thursday, November 13, the ceremony honored the movers and shakers in Latin music, the fastest-growing format in the United States. Juanes walked away with a win in every category within which he… Read more...
BMI artist/songwriters captured a slew of the 2008 Latin Grammy nominations, announced recently in Los Angeles. The fastest-growing format in the country, Latin music continues to commandeer the mainstream spotlight, thanks to both established favorites and promising new voices. With six nominations, Café Tacvba garnered the most nods, boasting a… Read more...
