“Tabu, Tabu” “La Ultima Palabra“ “Oye Mama, Oye Papa” Here’s a little record by Sola, released in 1973 on RCA Mexico. I couldn’t find much on her mucical career, the notes tell the story of a nun who first noticed Sola’s voice at fourteen while she sang as she cleaned the halls of her convent/school. [...]
Filed under: Latin Soul/Funk, Mexico | Tagged: ballad, funk, jose jose, manuel alejandro, Mexico, sola, un muneco de madera | 1 Comment »
Rock del Sur is a series of posts featuring bands from south of the border from the 60′s and 70′s that will be coming up in the following weeks. First up from Mexico (maybe we can head south on the map the following post) is La Banda Macho de Mexico with a little batch of [...]
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“Carnaval” “Gumbo” Last night along Milwaukee Ave I saw a pair of Deloreans parked outside a retro cafe , maybe it was part of a Back to the Future night, but it reminded me of a little pair of groovers i’ve been wanting to share from an album who’s title also involves another time machine. [...]
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viVa MeXico!! This week finds us in a little celebratory mood since it’s Mexico’s 200th bday, so we’ve dug through our wax to bring you a little trip through some of the country’s musical past, including some interesting versions of some classic Mexican standards done by a variety of artists. We start things out with [...]
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“Se Voce Pensa” “Ninguem vai tirar voce de mim” “Nao ha dineiro que pague” Growing up my memories of Roberto Carlos were listening to him along with a batch of romantic male singers like Camilo Sesto and Emmanuel from my parent’s modest record collection, but those were the 80′s, little did I know that Carlos [...]
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With summer in full swing, I put together a little mix of heavy tropical soundz that have been shaking my up my ear drums lately, there’s some French Caribbean sides, new tracks from recent travels, a lot of heavy Afro-Colombian grooves in various forms: champeta, porro, cumbias, Afro-funk; (plus we’re in the middle of Chicago’s [...]
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Watch out! Sonorama brings you its seventh podcast! This week we’ve let the week’s current events dictate our theme for this week; given that May 1st just passed, along with Cinco de mayo, as well as the ongoing situation occurring in Arizona, we’ve dug up some socially conscious artists from the around the globe and [...]
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Conformism was the rule for Mexican rock in the 60s: the biggest bands were the ones who got to play on TV shows under the shelter of the big record companies of the era: Orfeón, RCA Victor, Columbia and more. Most of the musicians in these bands lacked any musical knowledge. Having seen some Elvis [...]
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Good Medecine (1971) HELLO PEOPLE, WELL SR.EDDIE POSTED AN AWESOME FUNKY TRACK, HERE IS ANOTHER ONE , HOPE YOU ENJOY IT. I FOUND THIS RECORD IN A “SEGUNDA” AND THE ONLY INFORMATION IS : DOC SEVERINSEN WAS BORN IN OREGON AND HE WAS AN AMAZING TROMPET MUSICIAN. AT THE AGE OF 12 ,LITTLE DOC WON [...]
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