29 noviembre 2025

La canción de la semana #988

...is Aurora by Cantos de Río, from the Colombian band's EP Celebra la vida. Check out their live performance at Sesiones Detonante in Quibdó.

21 noviembre 2025

La canción de la semana #987

I don't think Rosalía needs any promotion on this blog, but still, I can't possibly ignore her latest album, Lux. My favourite — and the least over-the-top — song there is Memória, a fado composed and performed by Carminho and Rosalía.

14 noviembre 2025

La canción de la semana #986

...is La Huella del Códice, based on works by Santiago de Murcia (1673–1739) and performed by Berta Rojas with Evangelina Mascardi and Lincoln Almada. This composition appears on the Paraguayan guitarist's new album, La Huella de las Cuerdas. And if you have 33 minutes to spare, watch the "making of" documentary by the same name.

    Berta Rojas: guitar
    Evangelina Mascardi: vihuela / baroque guitar
    Lincoln Almada: percussion

06 noviembre 2025

La canción de la semana #985

...is Itziarren semea, a 1975 song by the Basque duo Pantxoa eta Peio on the lyrics by Telesforo Monzón. I first heard this song in the recent concert of Jumelage & Familia Euskaló.

30 octubre 2025

La canción de la semana #984

...is Guardaespaldas by Melanie Santiler. I discovered this Cuban singer thanks to El Gao Sessions; the beautiful version of this song opens Melanie's recent concert (26 September 2025).

    Melanie Santiler: vocals
    Lázaro Peña: piano
    Kevin Figueredo: trumpet

23 octubre 2025

La canción de la semana #983

Adrian Quesada's recent (30 September 2025) 'El Tiny' Desk Concert features four gorgeous boleros performed by four incredible vocalists. It was a tough choice but in the end I chose Tus Tormentas sung and played by Mireya Ramos of Flor de Toloache. This song appears on Quesada's 2022 album Boleros Psicodélicos.

    Adrian Quesada: guitar
    Mireya Ramos: vocals, violin
    Joshy Soul: keys
    Ismael Cancel: congas, shakers
    Terin Ector: bass
    Jay Mumford: drums
    Kiku Enomoto: violin
    Andrew Griffin: viola
    Allison Seidner: cello

17 octubre 2025

La canción de la semana #982

...is A Santa Bárbara aka Que viva Changó by Celina & Reutilio, a duo of Celina González and Reutilio Domínguez, from their 1956 album of the same name.

09 octubre 2025

La canción de la semana #981

...is Hacia el Fondo by RUBIO. I discovered this Chilean band thanks to the recent (2 October 2025) 'El Tiny' Desk Concert.

    Francisca Straube: vocals
    Rafael Durand: piano, guitar, string and vocal arrangements
    Pablo Stipicic: guitar
    Mike Hernandez: bass
    Nicolás "Lego Mustache" Arancibia: drums
    Daniela Arias Gallego: violin
    Carolina Pedroza: violin
    Sarah Kheel: viola
    Natalia Vilchis: cello
    Valentina Maria: backing vocals
    Melinda Rose Rodriguez: backing vocals
    Matheus Fonseca: backing vocals

25 septiembre 2025

La canción de la semana #979

...is Falta Algo by Chuwi. The Puerto Rican band are the stars of today's (25 September 2025) 'El Tiny' Desk Concert.

    Lorén Aldarondo: vocals
    Wilfredo "Willy" Aldarondo: vocals, bass, tres cubano, percussion
    Wester Aldarondo: keys, piano, percussion, background vocals
    Adrián López: percussion, background vocals
    Jan Angelo Marrero Báez: French horn, background vocals
    Jorge Gabriel López: percussion, background vocals
    Abneris Jasmin: background vocals
    Carolina A. López Soto: background vocals, electronics