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La Onda Tropical
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Guide to the best in latin music, with mp3s of the latest salsa, merengue, cumbia, latin pop, rock en español and reggaeton hits.
Recent Posts
Lo Mejor del 2008
Top 10 Albums of 2008 Calle 13 - Los De Atrás Vienen Conmigobuy@iTunes buy@Amazon review Choc Quib Town - Somos Pacificobuy@iTunes buy@Amazon review Aterciopelados - Riobuy@iTunes buy@Amazon review Julieta Venegas - MTV Unpluggedbuy@iTunes buy@Amazo...
Electronic: Señor Coconut
What do German techno pioneers Kraftwerk have to do with cumbia? Quite a lot, Señor Coconut proved us with his 2000 debut El Baile Aleman. His collection of Kraftwerk hits transposed to latin rhytms was more than just a novelty, but a great example ...
En La Misma Onda
The 9th Latin Grammys sucked. Bigtime. And for only one reason: Juanes sweeping all five categories he was nominated for - okay, La Vida Es Un Ratico is an okay album, but Album ánd Song of the Year goes a little to far for me. I was also bummed by ...
Site Problems
We're having hosting problems, so the layout/images/mp3s are all messed up. I'll solve it ASAP! ...
Stars In Your Eyes
It's been a busy week with two long-awaited releases who turned out to be fabulous albums. Check out Aterciopelados' Rio and Calle 13's Los De Atras Vienen Conmigo below, and to immerse yourself in the music, pop out the gray Yahoo player on your bot...
Alternative: Aterciopelados - Rio
Aterciopelados' Oye was one of the better albums of 2006, thanks to the powerful rock-with-a-message of Andrea Echeverri and Hector Buitrago (review). They conquered our hearts with sheer positivism, a mesmerizing lead voice and the odd political vie...
