La canción de la semana #583

...is Aguanileo by Toronto-based The Battle of Santiago. This song opens the band's new album, La Migra.

La canción de la semana #582

...is Despacito Afro-Peruvian-style, performed by Eva Ayllón — in my view, immensely superior to the original version by Luis Fonsi.

La canción de la semana #581

...is Rastro by Marilina Bertoldi, from the Argentine rocker's 2016 album Sexo con modelos.

La canción de la semana #580

...is Re-evolution by the Madrid-based soul band Freedonia. Their new album, Shenobi, is out now.

La canción de la semana #579

A weird, unsettling and mesmerising Paraguaya by Juana Molina, from the Argentine "folktronica" artist's new (weird, unsettling and mesmerising) album Halo.

La canción de la semana #578

...is famous Pajarillo by the Venezuelan Ángel Custodio Loyola. I like the version by the Chilean singer Elizabeth Morris, from the Chilean singer's 2012 album Pájaros.

La canción de la semana #577

...is Ni contigo ni sin ti by Concha Buika, from her new EP Para Mí.

La canción de la semana #576

Finally! Following a few days of cyberspace riddles (Mi gente! Adivinen cómo se llama mi nueva canción! or ¿Ya saben cómo se llama mi nuevo sencillo?), Lila Downs has revealed the amazing new song, Peligrosa, from her forthcoming 10^th studio album — to be released next month, woohoo!

La canción de la semana #575

...is (not exactly politically correct) Maria by Johnny Ventura and Edesio Alejandro. This song appears on Ventura's 2016 album Tronco Viejo.

La canción de la semana #574

Los Hijos de la Montaña is a collaboration between Sergio Mendoza, of Orkesta Mendoza fame, and Luz Elena Mendoza, a singer of Y la Bamba, an indie folk pop band from Portland, Oregon. (They are not related to each other). This week's song is Amor de lejos from their eponymous album.