Dont let my luck belong to the saints, let it just be luck. Audio player Download Subscribe via iTunes Music Newsīobby "Blue" Bland died this week at age 83. I wont look out the corner of my eye, Ill stand in the ground, heck let it be whatever color it wants to be. The "Sinatra of the Blues" started out as a gospel singer and was also a valet and chauffeur to B.B. Like the blue-eyed crooner, he used the mic as an instrument and was known for his subtle and instrument approach. Entre el blues y el rock convencional, se cuelan arrebatos folclóricos y tangueros. You can hear this on the his version of " St. La Machacha presenta su primer álbum, Marionetas en la noche. James Infirmary." Mexicoįresh from stops in Japan and Sweden, the Sound Opinions World Tour continues south of the border. Public radio's " The Latin Alternative" co-host Josh Norek is our guide to Mexico's music scene. As Vice President of the Latin alternative music label Nacional Records, Norek's had a chance to work with many of Mexico's pioneering rock acts, from Saul Hernandez's Jaguares, to pop-rock arena act Mana. He's seen the audience for Mexican music in the U.S. grow (as second and third generation Mexican-Americans get in touch with their musical roots), and he's seen it get more experimental. Norek argues that Mexico's musical renaissance really kicked into gear with Café Tacvba in the nineties. Tacvba fused genres like ska, metal, and punk with traditional Mexican regional music. More recently, DJ outfits like Nortec Collective and Mexican Institute of Sound have adapted the same approach to techno, merging beats and norte~no samples, for example.Ĭafe Tacvba sounded Mexican and were proud of it. Norek says Mexico's music scene continues to develop in spite of formidable challenges drug-related violence has forced artists in cities like Monterrey, Guadalajara, and Tijuana to relocate to Mexico City and L.A. Audio player Download Subscribe via iTunes Music Newsīobby "Blue" Bland died this week at age 83.Jim and Greg round out their Mexican tour stop with a call-in to Sesiones TV host and music journalist Alejandro Franco in Mexico City. You can hear this on the his version of " St. Jim and Greg round out their Mexican tour stop with a call-in to Sesiones TV host and music journalist Alejandro Franco in Mexico City.
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