La canción de la semana #970

...is Mis raíces (a mi tío abuelo Niño Miguel) by José del Tomate.

La canción de la semana #969

...is Horas by Said Muti. This song appears on Said's 2024 album Criminales del Sueño.

La canción de la semana #968

...is Adagio in G minor by Remo Giazotto (not by Albinoni!) as performed by María López (hurdy-gurdy, piano). This composition appears on the Galician multi-instrumentalist's new album Daydreaming.

La canción de la semana #967

...is Me Retiro by Grupo Frontera and Santana!

La canción de la semana #966

...is Milonga del mar by TOCH, a trio from Córdoba, Argentina, featuring Juan Pablo Toch (vocals, bass, guitar), Andrés Toch (vocals, drums, percussion) and Martín Ellena (bandoneon, bass). I first heard this song — and the band — thanks to their recent concert En La Casita (26 May 2025). TOCH are touring Europe (mostly Spain) in July, check out their BandCamp page for dates.

La canción de la semana #965

... is Que soy marinero (For I am a sailor) by Carrión Folk, a folk band from Castilla y León. A part of the video was shot at the Arnía beach, Cantabria.

La canción de la semana #964

...is Zunzun Baba by Rita Donte, from the Cuba-born, Mexico-based singer-songwriter's 2025 album Ritual.

La canción de la semana #963

...is Pequeña Fuga y Mambo by the Rayko León quintet and Carlos Alemán. This song appears on the Canarian pianist's 2021 album En clave de rumBach.

Carlos Alemán: flute, alto flute Osvaldo Hernández: timbales Rayko León: piano Wichy López: trumpet, flugelhorn Fofi Lusson: double bass Alberto Valdés: congas, güiro

La canción de la semana #962

...is El Errante by El Balcón, from the Montreal-based band's album of the same name.

La canción de la semana #961

...is Velacandela by Velaviee. Watch the live version of this song in the recent La Biblioteca Sessions concert.

La canción de la semana #960

...is Que No Te Haga Falta Nada by the Chilean cantautora Rosario Alfonso, from the 2022 album De Canciones Tristes y Otras Sutilezas. I first heard this song on her Sesiones 050 concert in duet with Alfonsina García.

La canción de la semana #959

...is not any old cumbia but La cumbia by Vinilo Pintao'. I first heard this band hailing from Cali, Colombia on the Gaia Session channel.

La canción de la semana #958

...is Mascaritas de Cristal by Natalia Lafourcade. This song appears on her gorgeous new album Cancionera.

La canción de la semana #957

...is Tren a Berlín by Infante/Lemes/Colina Trio. This song appears on the trio's debut album Guiguan.

Javier Colina: accordion Javier Infante: guitar Alexis Lemes: timple

La canción de la semana #956

...is Mi Rey by Antonio Rey, from his 2024 album Historias de un Flamenco.

La canción de la semana #955

...is Ahora by Line Kruse feat. Daymé Arocena, from the Danish-French violinist 2019 album Invitation.

La canción de la semana #954

...is Tu puño en alto ⁣⁣by the Canarian cantautora Étel Santos⁣⁣. I saw her last month playing a Sofar concert at the Casa de Colón. It's been a good while since I've enjoyed protest songs so much.

Étel Santos: author, vocals, guitar J. Freddie Fuentes: guitar Josito Fiestas: bass Rumén Rodríguez: drums

La canción de la semana #953

...is Los ejes de mi carreta, a milonga composed by the Argentine Atahualpa Yupanqui (1908—1992) on the lyrics by the Uruguayan Romildo Risso (1882—1946). I hope you like this recent version by the Cuban Septeto Santiaguero.

La canción de la semana #952

...is Franz Ferdinand by Gilipojazz, from the Madrilenian trio's 2024 album Progresa Adecuadamante.

Ángel Cáceres: bass Iker García: guitar Pablo Levin: drums

La canción de la semana #951

...is Esos Ojitos Negros by El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico!

La canción de la semana #950

We're in the middle of carnival, and I think it's time to put on something carnivalesque. In our local supermarket, Hiperdino, they were playing this song a lot during the past few weeks, so here it is: Cómo están las cosas by María Peláe and our very own Estefanía Correia González, better known as NIA.

Las month, NIA won Gaviota de plata in the international competition at the LXIV Festival Internacional de la Canción de Viña del Mar, the biggest music festival in Latin America. She is performing at the Carnaval de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria this Saturday, 8 March (Plaza de Canarias, 18:30).

La canción de la semana #949

...is Los rumbos perdíos by José Torres Vicente featuring the voice of Cristina Tovar. This song appears on the Sevillan guitarist's forthcoming album Flamenco de Cuartito Vol. 1 — Cantaoras.

La canción de la semana #948

El pobre Migue is a vallenato composed by Rafael Escalona. In 1998, this song, as El probe Migué, was made famous by — as well as brought fame to — Triana Pura with Esperanza la del Maera.

La canción de la semana #947

...is Guadalquivir Tiburón by Joel Lyssarides and Jorge Pérez as performed by the Jesús Molina trio featuring Mohini Dey and Roni Kaspi.

Mohini Dey: electric bass Roni Kaspi: drums Jesús Molina: keyboards

La canción de la semana #946

Cuando vuelva a tu lado was written in 1934 by María Grever. Its English version, What a Difference a Day Makes, with lyrics by Stanley Adams, was made famous by Dinah Washington in 1959. It was covered countless times; this week, we have this song performed by Lucía Gutiérrez Rebolloso in both English and Spanish.

Lucía: vocal Felipe Fournier: percussion Larry Grenadier: bass Juancho Herrera: guitar Antonio Sanchez: drums Edward Simon: piano

La canción de la semana #945

...is Nana by Sheila Chandra, from her 1992 album Weaving My Ancestors' Voices.

La canción de la semana #944

This week, we have two songs: Fangos & La loca del pueblo by Karmento. Both songs appear on the Manchegan artist's 2024 album La Serrana. Choose the one you like the best.

Karmento: vocals, guitar Emilio Abengoza: keys, backing vocals Alvany Guédez: violin Maribel De Lamo: guitar, guitalele Rosi Herreros, Gabo López: percussion

La canción de la semana #943

La Cumbia del Viento by Flor de Lava, a group of Colombian cantautoras featuring Brina Quoya, Maria McCausland, Natalia Medina, Paula van Hissenhoven, Pilar Cabrera and Sabi Satizábal.

La canción de la semana #942

...is Por el Aire by Lin Cortés, Alana Sinkëy, Miryam Latrece and Josemi Carmona.

Josemi Carmona: flamenco guitar Lin Cortés: electric guitar, vocals Miryam Latrece: vocals Alana Sinkëy: vocals

La canción de la semana #941

Happy New Year! This week's song is Alé Alé Reculé by La Sonora Mazurén, from the Colombian band's new album Magnetismo Animal.