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Some of Tito Puente’s music reflected the influence Asian culture had on him. As we celebrate Asian month in the US, it’s essential to recognize those influences and how they enriched Latin Jazz and Latin music.
Bobby Sanabria’s Article on Asian Influence on Tito Puente...

Voting is ongoing for the 2023 La Musa Awards of the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame (LSHOF) and is open to all music fans. The voting window will close on May 17, 2023.
The Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame (LSHOF)
The LSHOF was formed in 2012 in Miami, FL, and had its first inductees selected the following year. It is “dedicated to educating, honoring, and celebrating the lives and music of the world’s greatest Latin songwriters and composers”, as stated on their...

This review was written by former basketball player and photographer Conrado Pastrano on his Facebook account. I thought it was such an excellent piece of writing that with his permission we share it with you at Latino Music Café. The photos are also...

“The very first Mariachi recording” as identified in the cover of the Cuarteto Coculense 1907-1909 album, precedes the Mexican Revolution and is now at the US Library of Congress.
Mariachi Before the Revolution and the Disc
The Cuarteto Coculense was composed of four musicians from the town of Cocula, in the state of Jalisco, Mexico. They had 2 violins, a bass guitar known as the “guitarrón“, and a small guitar called the “vihuela“, which resembles a miniature “guitarrón...