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