2012-06-18
I’ll give Starbucks credit for recognizing the current Latin alternative music scene and bringing it to the masses on this compilation. I’m sure many of WYCE’s listeners are already familiar with such artists as Senor Coconut, Los Amigos Invisibles, Aterciopelados, and Mexican Institute of Sound. You may discover some you aren’t so familiar with, though, such as Spanish rock band, Polock, Columbian beat-masters, Monareta, or electro-bossa nova artist, DJ Bitman. My favorite? The Venezuelan collective, Cuarto Poder, with the playful summertime ode, ”Arenita Playita”. Rebecca Ruth
Big Black Delta
Tragame Tierra
HAZMAT MODINE
Klezmer Blues
Matisyahu
Live at Stubb's
Cottonbelly
X Amounts of Niceness: NYC Sessions 1993-2004
SILA AND THE AFROFUNK EXPERIENCE
Black President
James Darkin
Go No Matter What
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