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¡Que viva Lila Downs!

¡Que viva Lila Downs!
Lila Downs delivered a performance de coraz‪ó‬n, or from the heart, Saturday night at the Congress Theater in Chicago. Downs is on tour with her new album Pecados y Milagros or Sins and Miracles. A standout song from the album is “Pecadora.”  The song has notes of ska, klezmer and rap with lyrics in Spanish... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
March 5, 2012 at 12:31 pm
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Mariachi Love story continues

Mariachi Love story continues
When my mom turned 60, she met her true love. He’s was in the mariachi band we hired to play for her birthday party. Santa and Ruben have been together now 15 years. My mom just turned 75 on Sunday and Ruben is now 81. I wrote a story about their Mariachi Love  and recorded... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
February 14, 2012 at 8:53 am
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Latin music ignored in the Grammy show

Latin music ignored in the Grammy show
The best Latin music performance of Grammy night was by Jennifer Lopez. How is that possible if she wasn’t even there? Lopez starred in a few commercials – one for female razors and another for stereo equipment that aired during the broadcast. But the sad point is that Latin music was not given a featured... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
February 12, 2012 at 11:26 pm
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Shakira appointed to education commission by President Obama

Shakira appointed to education commission by President Obama
Pop singer Shakira was given an appointment in the Obama Administration Wednesday. ¿Qué? What? At first I thought this was a Hispanic Heritage Month joke. But seriously the Colombian-born singer was appointed to serve on the president’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, according a White House press release. I first wondered what makes... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
October 5, 2011 at 3:33 pm
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Remembering Facundo Cabral

Lovers of Latin American music are mourning the murder of Facundo Cabral, the Argentine folk and protest singer shot and killed in Guatemala Saturday. It’s not clear why he was gunned down and his concert promoter may have been the target, according to some news reports. Still it’s a terrible and ironic death for a... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
July 10, 2011 at 7:17 am
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McCreery is the first Latino to win American Idol

Scott McCreery Here’s a fact you may not know about country crooner Scott McCreery? The new American Idol is one-quarter Puerto Rican. He’s the first Latino to win the show. His grandmother is from the island commonwealth. His grandfather met his wife when he was in the Air Force in Puerto Rico. McCreery’s father was... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
May 26, 2011 at 4:53 pm
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Lady Gaga's new "Americano" song supports immigration

Lady Gaga previewed a new song “Americano” at a concert in Mexico last week. The song tackles the theme of immigration and Arizona’s controversial immigration law, SB 1070, which has seen been watered down in the courts. But there are more than a dozen other states now proposing similar laws. Here are some of Gaga’s... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
May 9, 2011 at 8:45 am
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Happy Valentine's Day - My Top 10 Latino love songs

Happy Valentine's Day - My Top 10 Latino love songs
It’s Valentine’s Day and I’m not the type who likes to give or receive sappy cards or candy. Plus flowers make me sneeze. So I’m offering to my friends and loved ones a gift of music. Here are my top 10 Latino music love songs in English or Spanish. Some songs are about losing love... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
February 13, 2011 at 11:35 pm
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Justin Bieber, a top Tweeter, en español

A friend of mine passed along a list of the 10 Most Retweeted Tweets of 2010. One of them, No. 4,  was in Spanish: “Te quiero mucho mi amor.” That means “I love you so much my love.” And the author was to my surprise pop boy wonder Justin Bieber. El Bieber? Bilingual? Not really... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
December 29, 2010 at 3:30 pm
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Sones de Mexico celebrates the Mexican Revolution at the House of Blues

Artwork by Hector Duarte Mexico marks the 100th anniversary of the start of the Mexican Revolution this Saturday, Nov. 20. And in Chicago there will be a celebratory concert at the House of Blues. The event is being co-produced by the Old Town School of Folk Music and Chicago’s Sones de Mexico Ensemble with the... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
November 16, 2010 at 12:33 pm
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