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Aurelio Martinez: Last (Garifuna) Man Standing
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Gaby Moreno — “No Estoy Tan Mal”
Gaby Moreno, a subtly sultry Guatemalan soul singer, knows that oldies are, indeed, goodies. “No Estoy Tan Mal” or “Not that Bad” from Postales boasts all vintage...
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CHECKPOINT: Bluefields, Nicaragua
On the isolated Caribbean coast of Nicaragua, embraced tightly by green jungle in all sides, is a place called Bluefields. To get there, you start with a bumpy six-hour...
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Gaby Moreno Releases Video For Second Single
Gaby Moreno, the sultry Guatemalan singer bringing the retro-revival to Latin America, recently put out what could be the best Spanish-language album of the year -- her...
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Is Gaby Moreno the Amy Winehouse of Latin America?
Make no mistake: Gaby Moreno can sing the blues. In a previous life, the 30-year old Guatemalan no doubt could be found in a low-lit juke joint singing through whiskey...
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Bloc Party Announces New Tour Dates w/ Dum Dum Girls
Missed the Bloc Party tour for their new album Four? Fear not, there are some new tour dates in North and Central America coming up, featuring the darling noise pop crew...
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Jotdog Relishes in Pop Perfection
It almost sounds like the plot of a screwball comedy. Legendary rock producer teams up with younger, sexed-up punk singer, and they decide to give it a go as a pop band....
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Carla Morrison Will Make You Cry
In Mexico, there’s something of a tradition of singing through your tears. In the 1960s, ranchera singer Chavela Vargas became a national hero for wearing her heart on...
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Las Robertas Beat The Clock
Costa Rica's fuzzy garage gals Las Robertas run to a gig with only minutes to spare. Will they make it? Nothing a little illegal parking won't fix...
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Bands We Like: Las Robertas’s Warm Fuzzy Costa Rican Garage Rock
Young Costa Rican garage pop quartet Las Robertas released their sweet-but-scuzzy debut album Cry Out Loud in May of 2010, and, in our fast moving world of blogs and...
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Panama Singer El Almirante Writes Reggaeton About Paul the Octopus
Rarely do grownups get this jazzed over an octopus.
Paul the Octopus, which is no more than an octopus named Paul, correctly predicted this year which teams would win...
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Cienfue — “La Décima Tercera”
Panamanian folk-rocker Cienfue (AKA Camilo Navarro) combines folk drumming with straight-ahead rock instrumentation on “La Décima Tercera,” a raucous track off his...