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Posts tagged "Juanes"

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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Blackhawks victory and World Cup should inspire more diversity in sports

The Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup and now the World Cup is about to begin. It’s a little crazy to follow all this for a sports novice like myself. But I’m so happy the Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup after 49 years and to see how such a victory brings together people of all backgrounds... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
June 10, 2010 at 12:58 pm
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Soundstrike: Musicians to boycott Arizona, including Kanye West, Juanes and Los Tigres del Norte

Musicians from the world of rap to rock and Latin music are now calling for a boycott of Arizona due to the new immigration law passed there. Zach de la Rocha Among them are Chicago-raised Kanye West, hip-hop’s Cypress Hill, Colombian rocker Juanes and Mexican banda Los Tigres del Norte. Leading the boycott is Zach... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
May 29, 2010 at 11:22 am
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Alex Cuba brings his musical fusion to Chicago

Cuban, soul, rock. These are the three genres that Alex Cuba fuses to form his own unique style of music. If you want to check out this Cuba-born now Canadian citizen, you can see him perform songs from his CD “Agua del Pozo” (Water from the Well) Wednesday night at Rumba in Chicago. I interviewed... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
October 6, 2009 at 11:48 am
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A concert, a coup and Brazil's bid for the Olympics

Juanes, the Colombian rocker, held a concert for peace in Cuba. The ousted president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, is now holed up in the Brazilian embassy basically a hostage in his own country after he was ousted in a coup. And the president of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, said his country needs the... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
September 23, 2009 at 11:43 am
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WNUA loss is a gain for Latin pop

It was a loss for jazz lovers when WNUA 95.5 announced it was ending their jazz programming. Luckily, another station WLFM-LP, 87.7 FM, is switching to a smooth jazz format, reported Phil Rosenthal in the Chicago Tribune. As a jazz lover (so bummed I missed Jazz Fest in New Orleans this year), I’m happy to... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
May 25, 2009 at 9:32 pm
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