88.1FM
WYCE
-
or visit our secure sign-in page
sign in or sign up...
OR ...with your email address
Community Media Center
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
TABU LEY ROCHEREAU
The Voice of Lightness
RAHIM ALHAJ
When the Soul is Settled: Music of Iraq
Cottonbelly
X Amounts of Niceness: NYC Sessions 1993-2004
Lin Xu
Exuberance
Ali Farka Toure
Red & Green
TOPS
Sugar at the Gate
The opinions expressed in these reviews are those of the individual volunteers that submitted the article and do not necessarily reflect the views of WYCE or GRCMC; nor its staff, donors, or affiliates.