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In the XENIA2020 Video Series, Xenia Rubinos Reveals a New Name & Alter Ego

Beverly Bryan — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 17:02:58 +0000

In a video recently premiered on the YouTube channel of LaVitrola.cl, Xenia Rubinos gazes evenly at the camera. She is wearing a drab, shapeless top and an oversized jacket, in contrast to the colorful jumpsuits and stylish, curly updos the New York City-based singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist often wears onstage. Her hair is straight, and,

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This Documentary Charts the Birth of Bakosó, Cuba’s Irresistible Take on Afrobeats

Beverly Bryan — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 21:37:30 +0000

What happens when musicians from Africa and Latin America connect and create together, without the mediation of Western gatekeepers? In the case of bakosó, you get a whole new musical culture. The sound combines Afro-Cuban music with the rhythms of Afrobeats and other African genres, such as Afro-house and Angolan kuduro. The genre grew out

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Kablito’s Glittery Pop Feels Like a High Drama Telenovela

Beverly Bryan — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:08:52 +0000

When Karen Freire breezes into the Remezcla offices on a steamy late summer day, she brings an effervescent energy with her. The singer and songwriter, who makes music under the name Kablito, somehow looks sleek and elegant in silver-gray basketball shorts, chunky white sneakers, and a ruched pink tube top, and she’s implausibly un-sweaty for

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Niña Dioz Drops Defiant Bars on New Album ‘Reyna,’ a Soundtrack to Personal Healing

Beverly Bryan — Mon, 14 May 2018 18:02:36 +0000

Niña Dioz has long been known as a powerhouse rapper in her native Mexico, but it’s only now that she is finding her power. It’s been the work of the last four years. A lot has happened since then: She moved to Los Angeles from Mexico City, entered her 30s, got sober, and completed a

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Lola Pistola Steps Out of AJ Dávila’s Backing Band and Into the Spotlight

Beverly Bryan — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 22:49:20 +0000

Arvelisse Ruby Bonilla-Ramos, known to the stage as Lola Pistola, is working three different jobs, bartending and waiting tables, and living with her boyfriend in a tiny Red Hook, Brooklyn apartment. She is also absolutely, wildly, unequivocally living her best life. Lounging on the couches at Remezcla headquarters, the singer, songwriter, and guitarist muses, “I feel

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Dominican Singer Roxiny on Overcoming Abuse and Being Exoticized in the Music Industry

Beverly Bryan — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 18:11:29 +0000

It’s hard to imagine anyone sounding more empowered and genuinely sure of themselves than Roxiny does singing the lyrics to her debut single “9 Months.” The song deals with the aftermath of a toxic relationship, and, when she belts “You gotta keep her in the sun,” she sounds as exultant as if she was greeting

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Meet Nsolo, the Mexican-American Singer Making Tender R&B Out of the Backseat of His Car

Beverly Bryan — Mon, 07 Aug 2017 18:26:39 +0000

Fact: a car is a great place to listen to music. Whether it’s a road trip or a cruise around your neighborhood, the experience is always transformed by the sound system and the tunes you play on it. Newly minted R&B artist Nsolo has discovered your bucket can be a pretty good place to make

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From Punk to Cumbia, Thee Commons’ New Album ‘Paleta Sonora’ Collects the Sounds of East LA

Beverly Bryan — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 21:00:58 +0000

Los Angeles trio Thee Commons is often described as a psychedelic punk cumbia band, but that’s shorthand at best. Listening to them, you hear a lot of things. You hear Spanish and some English. You hear the metallic buzz and reverb of surf guitar, the heavy bounce of cumbia, a bit of son jarocho, a lot of

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Meet Latasha Alcindor, the Afro-Latina Rapper on a Mission to Defend Brooklyn

Beverly Bryan — Mon, 19 Jun 2017 18:59:39 +0000

Latasha Alcindor wants to save Brooklyn. That is, she wants to save the old Brooklyn, the one she remembers from growing up in Flatbush: two for $5 bootleg tapes, egg-and-cheese sandwiches, and the Empire Roller Skating Center in Crown Heights. Now living in the borough’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, the rapper and spoken word artist is trying

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After a Year of Changes, Mint Field Prep Their Coming-of-Age Soundtrack

Beverly Bryan — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 20:13:49 +0000

There are many stories to be heard in the long, unwinding song structures of Mint Field‘s forthcoming second release Pasar de las luces. First, its sound tells the tale of a rapid musical evolution, a follow-up to their Primeras Salidas EP in 2015. It’s a long journey from the sparky rock of their shoegaze-inspired debut to

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