Beyond the ‘Fairytale’: Remembering the sardonic brilliance of Kirsty MacColl

Kirsty MacColl was a brilliantly talented, quick-witted artist in her own right, far beyond the realms of tinsel and holly.
Religion Dispatches

Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Ritual

Last month, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio—better known to most of the world as Bad Bunny—brought over one hundred million ...
Major League Baseball

The second anthem that's inspired 'a small island of only 3 million' and its baseball team

Puerto Rico pitcher José De León has been waiting his whole life to see it. Nolan Arenado heard it might happen but said when it did, it “totally exceeded” his expectations. Puerto Rico’s official ...

Lykke Li Shares “Knife in the Heart,” Her “Brutalist Nursery Rhyme Anthem”

“The emo girl in me, fully unleashed” ...

Listen to this: Mabe Fratti’s experimental cello pop

The opening notes of “Kravitz”, which kicks off Mabe Fratti’s 2024 record Sentir Que No Sabes, are lodged in my brain ...

Immerse Yourself In Sonos and Meme Del Real’s “Líquenes”

Meme Del Real, the producer, co-vocalist, guitarist, and keyboardist of legendary Mexican rock band Cafe Tacvba, spent a long stint living in Valle De Bravo, a remote lakeside city just outside of ...

Alt.Latino: If the singer falls silent, life falls silent: Female power anthems

International Women's Day is more than a perfunctory holiday in many parts of Latin America. In Mexico City, for example, more than 120,000 people turned out on Sunday to protest femicide and ...
valleycentral

McAllen singer releases first single under Chris Perez’s record label

McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — McAllen singer Daniella Ramirez has released her first single under Chris Perez’s record label, Blue Mariachi Productions. Ramirez’s new single, “Nuevo Capitulo”, was ...