This week’s Beat Latino goes to the movies! A selection of classics from the past to today: Songs from the soundtracks of movies which were composed, produced, arranged and curated by Latines. Nuestra Música at the movies, making its mark on Hollywood and beyond! Feature photo: Oscar Statuette (The famous golden statue was inspired by Mexican actor and director Emilio Fernandez!)  Musical Works Title Artist Album Label Year Length La Vida [feat. E-40] E-40, Snow Tha Product Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Music from and Inspired by. MARVEL 2022 02:37 A Boy Like That Selena The S ..read more

Piece Description This week’s Beat Latino selection is new music by women for our celebration of International Women’s Day and Women’s Herstory Month! New music by femme-fronted artists from all over the Americas and Spain, with tunes about romance, power, resilience and joy. Enjoy! Musical Works Title Artist Album Label Year Length Vida Ana Tijoux, Omar Vida. Victoria Producciones, SpA 2024 03:49 El Saber – Dusk Version Gaby Moreno Dusk. Gaby Moreno under exclusive license to Cosmica Artists 2024 04:13 Conocerla Reyna Tropical Single. Psychic Hotline 2024 03:54 Rosa y Azul Xiomar ..read more

his week’s Beat Latino celebrates Victor Jara, Chilean folk singer and founder of the Nueva Canción Movement with a selection of his and other folk singers’ classic protest songs from the 70’s onward. At the 50th year mark after his death, Victor continues to be an icon illuminating the way forward and was recently awarded the Legacy – Lifetime Achievement Award by Folk Alliance International. We also include comments from an insightful conversation we had with  Rodrigo Cepeda Planas, Chilean radio host and music journalist, Director of the Festival de Música del Mundo which is celebrated ..read more

This week’s selection for Beat Latino is a prime example of just why we do this! Amazing creative soundscapes from Ecuador and Switzerland (Hermanos Gutierrez) Mexico (Abel Ibañez) Guatemala (Gaby Moreno) Galicia (Baiuca) and Chile (Newen Afrobeat) and more! All new, all surprising as always – nuestra música latina! Enjoy! Musical Works Title Artist Album Label Year Length Huītzilin Reyna Tropical Malegría . Psychic Hotline 2024 02:53 Ain’t That The Way It Goes? Gaby Moreno Dusk. Gaby Moreno under exclusive license to Cosmica Artists 2024 03:18 Fiesta en las Calles Kumbia Boruka San ..read more

Piece Description It’s a Beat Latino to remind us of the beauty of love and romance, and loves lost and remembered forever…tunes for amor and desamor, from Argentina, Mexico, Chile, Spain and the Americas, as we celebrate the month of love, February, Beat Latino style. Enjoy! Musical Works Title Artist Album Label Year Length Despiértame Abel Ibáñez G. Single. ERRR Records 2023 03:47 Brisa Ëda Diaz Suave Bruta. ËDA DIAZ / AIRFONO 2023 02:58 Nuevas formas de echar de menos Amigas! Single. Casa Maracas 2024 03:33 Luna de Xelajú (feat. Oscar Isaac) Gaby Moreno, Oscar Isaac Single. Ga ..read more

Piece Description The state of the state of nuestro jazz on Beat Latino this week! We explore recent releases that literally, took our breath away! Exquisite, dance-floor ready, complex, heady tunes that never lose sight of their roots. Sit back, serve up an appropriate libation, and savor this selection of the wide and wonderful world of Latine Jazz!  Musical Works Title Artist Album Label Year Length Serenata Para La Tierra De Uno Sofia Rei, Jorge Roeder Copas Escondidas. Cascabelera dist. By TuStreams, LLC 2023 03:43 Mucho Corazon Luis Perdomo, Miguel Zenón El Arte Del Bolero ..read more

It’s that time of the month again, yay! Beat Latino shares the first batch of new tunes for the year, and as usual, the selection highlights indie/non-mainstream, wildly eclectic, surprising, vibrant examples of musical latinidad, from all over the Americas, Spain and the many diasporas. There something for every ear in nuestra música! Beyond emerging, and before the the hype, that’s Beat Latino’s vibe! Enjoy! Featured photo: Ana Tijoux  Musical Works Title Artist Album Label Year Length Fajnie (feat. Soy Emilia) Barzo, Soy Emilia Single. Lácteo Cósmico 2024 02:58 Best For You an ..read more

Put your dancing shoes on! This week’s Beat Latino is a selection of grooves, beats, ballads and bops from all over the Americas and Spain designed to keep you moving! Let’s dance our way into a beautiful and joyful 2024! Enjoy! Featured photo: Marlena Musical Works Title Artist Album Label Year Length Aquí Se Baila (Dembow-Jazz) Xiomara Fortuna Single. ILé Akwa Producciones | Distributed by La Oreja Media Group, Inc. 2023 02:47 Dance The Night Away Gaby Moreno Single. Gaby Moreno under exclusive license to Cosmica Artists 2023 03:46 Mi fábrica de baile Cumbia Joe Crepúsculo, Mexica ..read more

We’re leaving 2023 behind, but not the fabulous music the Old Year gifted us in its last days to sweeten the first days of the New Year. From diasporic beats on both sides of the Atlantic, to Música Mexicana to Nuevo Folk Baroque to Brazilian grooves, 2023 went out with a beautiful musical bang, and we’re here to celebrate it! Enjoy! Featured artist: Ed Maverick  beatlatino-EOY-New-Releases-from-the-Old-Year-PLAYLIST-1Download ..read more

This week’s Beat Latino is all about songs that hit the spot (over and over again!) in 2023. From folkloric electronica to punk-ified pop to of course, languid cumbias and luminous, austere balldads to vibrant regional mexicano and beyond, the virtuosity and eclecticism of nuestra Latinidad was on display. Enjoy! Musical Works Title Artist Album Label Year Length Oración Del Remanso Jorge Roeder, Sofia Rei Coplas Escondidas. Cascabelera dist. By TuStreams, LLC 2023 04:24 Milagro y Desastre Silvana Estrada Single. Silvana Estrada under exclusive license to Glassnote Music LLC 2023 04:0 ..read more