Rolling Afro-Latin Music 2024: Reggaeton, Dembow, Latin Pop, Salsa,Bachata, Bomba, Latin Jazz, Merengue, Urbano and more Latinx

I like it too.

And Ned S*blette liked pianist legend Eddie Palmieri on the first date of his Blue Note residency in NYC:

He's back, and as happy as everyone was to be hearing this music again, I don't think anyone was happier than him. It's a thoroughly satisfying, full-force musical experience. After all the times I've heard him play (must be at least 150 over the last 40 years), when he hits one of those fff percussive interjections during someone else's solo I still have the sense that I've never heard that exact chord before . . . as always with Mr. Palmieri, the band is top-notch and they make the arrangements sound: Luques Curtis (whose ongoing bass-and-piano conversation with Palmieri gets more intricate all the time), Jose Clausell, Little Johnny, Luisito Quintero on bongó, Brad Mason, and Jimmy Bosch, no less . . . Louis Fouché played what had been the lead vocal of "Adoración" on alto and rocked the house with maybe four choruses of fire . . . guest spot by Gregoire Maret on harmonica . . . Mr. Palmieri's jokes still need work, though . . . residency continues on April 22 and May 20 and 27 . . .

Ned liked pianist Omar Sosa and his band live too

Tickets for "The Buena Vista Social Orchestra" (whoever they are) are nearly gone and very expensive at the 1800 seat or so Warner Theatre in DC.

Google tells me the group is:

The Buena Vista Social Orchestra, under the direction of trombonist Jesus “Aguaje” Ramos, continues the legacy of the legendary Buena Vista Social Club in an exciting new stage production featuring the ensemble’s greatest hits and deep-dive cuts.

In this inaugural tour, Ramos is joined by an all-star ensemble including three original BVSC members, "Betun" Luis Mariano Valiente Marin (Congas, Bongo), Emilio Senon Morales Ruiz (Piano) and Fabían Garcia (Bass), as they showcase the Cuban musical heritage that gave birth to Latin Jazz, Salsa and many other genres of music as we know them today.

Snenie doing the now 21 year old song by Julieta Venegas "Lento"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjGEem0WFbU

The SNenie version was highlighted here among other new Latin pop releases

https://remezcla.com/lists/music/15-new-songs-to-listen-to-this-week-from-ca7riel-paco-amoroso-to-luiza-brina/

New Marc Anthony album Muevense coming out

All I can think of is Jennifer Lopez's statement (in the documentary about the making of her recent album and its accompanying movie) that "the world is not clamoring for a new J-Lo record," and wonder who is clamoring for a new Marc Anthony record.

Do you ever say that about jazz musicians who are Anthony’s age or older?

Jazz and pop are entirely different things and the comparison is absurd. But you know what? My assumption was that Anthony was still out there trying to have pop hits, but looking at Wikipedia it seems like he's spent the last 15 years playing strictly to hardcore salsa fans. He hasn't done a Latin pop record since 2010. So let him do his thing.

I think any musician of any age or genre can put out music whenever they want even if "the world is not clamoring for" it. I am saying this even though my late Mom used to say that all old singers and musicians should give it up.

plenty of people have been listening to march anthony's music for years

*marc

Yep, I am a fan of Anthony's pop and salsa , and clearly the announcement of his latest album and his recent tours has generated excitement that I have seen. Regarding Unperson saying "he's spent the last 15 years playing strictly to hardcore salsa fans"....Marc Anthony just played the 20,000 seat basketball hall, Capital One Arena in DC in February 2024. Pretty sure not all those folks were hardcore salsa fans. The hardcore salsa acts coming to DC often play places ranging from 500 to 4,500.

Unperson, you don't have to like Latin pop, but cheap shots at the genre versus hallowed old school salsa and jazz, sounds just like the cliched rockists versus pop thing.

And speaking of genre prejudice, I like the Reyna Tropical album (Latin pop with soukous guitar and other influences discussed above in this thread) more than Still House Plants latest (Brit art-rock band on cover of the Wire, and called by a Guardian writer the most import band in Britain) or that acclaimed Cindy Lee album that's just on Youtube.

I don't think I said anything in either of my posts about the quality of Latin pop. I haven't heard nearly enough of it to have an opinion. I don't like Bad Bunny because his voice annoys me. That's literally about all I know about Latin pop in 2024. But one thing I do know is that pop music is a young person's game. Old people making pop records, especially after years away, with an eye toward the charts, Marc Anthony or Jennifer Lopez or anybody else, almost always only succeed in embarrassing themselves. The new song is the part of your concert where the audience pulls out their phone to check on the babysitter. It's much better for a performer over 50 to settle into a genre that embraces veteran artists, which is why I think Anthony sticking to salsa is a wise move. Hell, if he made a surprise appearance to sing with Eddie Palmieri's band at the Blue Note some night, that shit would probably be amazing and get him some of the most rapturous press of his life.

Have seen on Facebook some awesome videos by Colombia band Rancho Aparte at gigs in New Orleans and Lafayette, Louisiana during the festivals happening there.

I read that they’re going to do a US east Coast tour in September and October

On vacation in Texas and listening to Tejano radio, and might go see hipster band La Lom from Los Angeles who play chicha and cumbia. Saw a banner in San Antonio for a Conjunto festival

Andria Rose who's on the bill with La Lom sounds a bit like Kali Uchis , Latin pop-r&b

Am getting industry emails for Young Miko, hailed by The New York Times as one of the artists “shaping the sound of 2024, and going on tour

In the cover story of its Future Of Music issue, Rolling Stone said, “Funny, charming, and unapologetically raunchy, she’s the Puerto Rican star everyone wants to work with.” Young Miko was named Nuevo Artista Del Año (New Artist Of The Year) at the recent Latin American Music Awards while “Classy 101,” her collaboration with FEID, took honors for Canción Global Latina del Año (Global Latin Song of the Year) and Mejor Colaboración – Urbano (Best Collaboration – Urban). Earlier this year, Young Miko received the Impact Award at the 2024 Billboard Women in Music Awards and was named Best New Artist (Latin Pop / Urban) at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards.

x-post - so down in McAllen, Texas we went to the final night of the 3 night MXlan fest with live music, Mexican Lucha Libre wrestlers, fire-using acrobats, fireworks, and indigenous folk-dancing pole climbers. Music included obscure to us (and based on small size of the Sunday crown at the outdoors stage to everyone) : Sunday May 5 – MXLAN Pepsi Stage artists include:

06:00 – 06:30 – Dani Tiscareno

06:45 – 07:15 – Andria Rose

07:30 – 08:15 – Desta French

08:45 – 10:00 – La Lom

10:15 – 11:00 – Alta Ralea

Saw a bit of San Antonio Latin pop-r&b balladeer Rose with band and liked her. London England's Desta French alternated between sining Spanish bachatas and Latin pop and r& b and talking and rapping in Brit-accented English. Los Angeles' La Lom may be hipster in their choice of chicha and cumbia and surf but I liked their originals and their covers of "Hey There Lonely Girl" and Smokey's ""ooh, Ooh , baby, baby " . We didn't see Alta Ralea. The crowd was 99% Spanish speaking

Puerto Rican Mother’s Day Salsa
La India sings salsa for Mother’s Day at Lehman Center in Jerome Park, The Bronx; on Saturday May 11, 2024 at 8pm. From $58. 🇵🇷

Puerto Rican Festival
Los Pleneros de la 21 celebrate the Puerto Rican Las Fiestas de Cruz, at Julia de Burgos Cultural Center in “El Barrio” East Harlem; on Saturday, May 11, 2024 at 7pm. 🇵🇷

was back at dayjob yesterday after vacation and then wimped out last night on going to see Lido Pimienta open for Chicano Batman. IG story videos I saw this morning of her looked impressive. I like her Latin pop w/ synths and more

She's Colombian but moved to Canada

She just did guest vocals on percussionist Mas Aya 's latest

https://www.stereogum.com/2262544/mas-aya-tu-y-yo-feat-lido-pimienta/music/

Pimienta opened for Chicano Batman in NYC too last night

Cool. Didn’t go but at interested

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I don't know if I'd exactly call it a movie, and there isn't a poster, but I want to show y'all an edit I've made (or will have made by then) of footage from our January Postmambo trip La Ruta de los Fundamentos, to sacred sites and events in western Cuba, focusing mostly on Yoruba and Kongo music in Matanzas, Jovellanos, Pedro Betancourt, Pinar del Río, Melena del Sur, and of course good old Havana.

Ned S ia showing this Thursday via zoom

Gonna miss Ned's Zoom movie thing tonight as I have something else happening

Meanwhile got an email in Espanol for an awards event I never heard of:

Conozca aquí el listado de nominados de los HEAT LATIN MUSIC AWARDS:

MEJOR ARTISTA MASCULINO

Feid

Bad Bunny

Peso Pluma

Carin León

Arcangel

J Balvin

Eladio Carrión

Chayanne

Carlos Rivera

MEJOR ARTISTA FEMENINO

Karol G

Shakira

Young Miko

Maria Becerra

Nicki Nicole

Anitta

Greeicy

Kany García

Kali Uchis

Kenia OS

Natti Natasha

More " Heat Latin Music Awards"

MEJOR GRUPO O BANDA

Morat

Eslabón Armado

Piso 21

Grupo Frontera

Los Ángeles Azules

Grupo Firme

RBD

Wisin & Yandel

Fuerza Regida

Reik

Monsieur Periné

Cultura Profética

Rawayana

MEJOR ARTISTA ROCK

Juanes

Morat

Molotov

Maná

Belanova

Jorge Drexler

Aterciopelados

Mar Rendón

MEJOR ARTISTA POP

Luis Fonsi

Greeicy

Sebastián Yatra

Manuel Turizo

Camilo

Carlos Rivera

Ana Mena

Aitana

Lasso

Maluma

Fonseca

Chris Lebron

Manuel Medrano

MEJOR ARTISTA URBANO

Feid

Karol G

Wisin

Ozuna

Young Miko

Blessd

Eladio Carrión

Duki

Anuel AA

Arcangel

J Balvin

Mora

Myke Towers

Rels B

Justin Quiles

Yandel

Nicky Jam

MEJOR ARTISTA TROPICAL

(Bachata, Merengue, Vallenato, Cumbia)

Romeo Santos

Carlos Vives

Silvestre Dangond

Prince Royce

Juan Luis Guerra

Grupo 5

Eddy Herrera

Felipe Peláez

Ke Personajes

Charlie Zaa

Olga Tañón

Jorge Celedón

Jandy Ventura

Servando y Florentino

MEJOR ARTISTA SALSA

Víctor Manuelle

Gilberto Santa Rosa

Willy García

Grupo Niche

Alvaro Rod

Christian Alicea

Yiyo Sarante

La India

MEJOR ARTISTA REGION SUR

Nicki Nicole

Ludmilla

Emilia

Anitta

Duki

KHEA

Cris Mj

Trueno

La Joaqui

Amy Gutiérrez

Cielo Torres

Tini

Milo J

Thiago PZK

Lit Killah

MEJOR ARTISTA REGIÓN ANDINA

Mike Bahía

Manuel Turizo

Camilo

Greeicy

Danny Ocean

Ovy On The Drums

Ryan Castro

Dayanara

Andreina Bravo

Elena Rose

Lasso

Farina

Jerry Di

Nacho

Fanny Lu

MEJOR ARTISTA REGION NORTE

Lenny Tavárez

Darell

Jay Wheeler

Young Miko

Lola Índigo

Rauw Alejandro

Quevedo

Eladio Carrion

Jhayco

St. Pedro

Kim Loaiza

Lunay

Álvaro Díaz

ARTISTA REVELACIÓN

Xavi

Kenia OS

Humbe

Joaquina

Saiko

Gabito Ballesteros

Junior H

Yng Lvcas

Elena Rose

Omar Courtz

Santa Fe Klan

Bad Gyal

A few more Heat Latin Music Award nominations-

CANCIÓN DEL AÑO

“Luna” -Feid, ATL Jacob

“La Diabla” - Xavi

“Que Chimba de Vida” - Karol G

“Mi Ex Tenía Razón” - Karol G

“Harley Quinn “- Fuerza Regida & Marshmello

“Lala” - Myke Towers

"La Víctima" - Xavi

“El Amor De Su Vida” - Grupo Frontera, Grupo Firme

PRODUCTOR DEL AÑO

Tainy

Ovy On The Drums

Big One

Master Chris

The RUDEBOYZ - Kevin y ChaN

Bizarrap

SOG

Sky Rompiendo

Icon Music - Jowan y Rolo

Sergio George

Andrés Castro

Edgar Barrera

ÁLBUM DEL AÑO

“Mañana será Bonito Bichota Season” - Karol G

“Ferxxocalipsis” - Feid

“Génesis” - Peso Pluma

“Colmillo de Leche” - Carin León

“Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana” - Bad Bunny

“El Comienzo” - Grupo Frontera

“Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran” - Shakira

“Orquídeas” - Kali Uchis

“Un Sueño Llamado Ranchera” - Felipe Peláez

dug this one from rels b and junior h
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwKqIu-ZMZ8

the beat to "gata only" is a bit mesmerizing, my current lizardbrain obsession

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r687V8yqKY

X-post - like the reggae ish feel on some of that Rels B and Junior H cut.

Need to listen to “Gata Only “ again

Puerto Rican parade in NY this weekend

stumbled on this group by chance. wish i could find out more about them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy8AtVG_daI

i'm thinking maybe there is some crossover with this folkways release in terms of genre. another one of their videos they're playing a style or type of song called "torbellino"

https://folkways.si.edu/afro-hispanic-music-from-western-colombia-and-ecuador/african-american-music-latin-world/music/album/smithsonian

Will check it out. I am listening to WPFW DJ Jim Byers on the Latin flavor show play out of print 1949 Machito music now

Romeo Santos & Aventura farewell bachata music tour sells out arenas & is largely ignored by English language music media . Night 2 @ Capital One in DC was the other night. Back in 2007 as a freelancer for the Washington Post I pitched and then did a concert review of them. Washington Post runs less concert reviews now from freelancers alas.

x-post re Grupo Palmeras from Colombia. The government of Colombia's Ministry of the arts has a twitter x page and they shared photos and a video clip of the group back in April 2024

https://x.com/mincultura/status/1777798337053262059

Looks like there's a Facebook page also for a band of that name

cool!