I discovered this song a while ago but kept it for this special occasion. So, our 1000th canción de la semana is wonderful Pepito by iLe with Carlos Figueroa, Fernando Tarrazo and Victor Alicea aka Guille — the favourite dancer of Bad Bunny!
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19 febrero 2026
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.
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 |
07 febrero 2025
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.
Felipe Fournier: percussion Larry Grenadier: bass Juancho Herrera: guitar Antonio Sanchez: drums Edward Simon: piano |
31 diciembre 2021
La canción de la semana #784
It's that time of year again — and I can't believe that I've never published this truly iconic song by Álvarez Guedes. So, it's now or... the next New Year Eve, at least. I prefer now though. Here it is: Cada vez que pienso en ti.
29 diciembre 2020
La canción de la semana #732
No, I did not want to end this year on such a sad note. Maestro Armando Manzanero died in Mexico City on 28 December aged 85 from the complications of COVID-19. Among his most famous songs are Adoro, Contigo aprendí, Por debajo de la mesa, Señor amor, Somos novios and, of course, Esta tarde vi llover. So. The version of this latter performed live by Manzanero with Berklee students is the last song of 2020.
(Armando Manzanero)
| Mirella Costa: vocal Armando Manzanero: vocal Anibal Cruz: piano Mauricio Morales: bass Mariano Escalona: drums |
16 octubre 2020
La canción de la semana #721
...is Si nos dejan, a bolero by José Alfredo Jiménez, interpreted by Judith Mateo and Chusé Joven. This song appears on Judith's new album, El Alma de un violín.
24 octubre 2019
La canción de la semana #670
...is impossibly beautiful Triángulo by iLe (Ileana Mercedes Cabra Joglar). This song appears on her 2016 album iLevitable. For more music, check out the Puerto Rican singer-songwriter's recent NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert.
22 mayo 2019
La canción de la semana #648
...is Borrasca, a bolero composed by Enrique Fabregat Jodar and Mario Molina Montes and performed by Toni Zenet, from his new album La Guapería. Zenet was performing last month in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria as a part of the 2019 Musicando season.
Borrasca tiene el sabor del desamor previsible que vaticinan los tangos, pero no es un tango: es un bolero escrito a cuatro manos por un español (Enrique Fabregat Jodar) y un mexicano (Mario Molina Montes) y cuando el colombiano Nelson Pinedo lo grabó en los años sesenta, después de vivir las noches de La Habana, nadie podría imaginar que encajaría como lo hace entre los boleros clásicos. Ahora Borrasca viene de regreso a uno de los sitios que tienen que ver con su origen y llega de la mano de Zenet quien, con guapería, pero sobre todo, con la seguridad de que ha cantado un temazo, nos dice que no, que Borrasca no es un bolero español, ni mexicano, ni colombiano, sino universal; que no es un bolero vintage, de antes, sino una canción de ahora mismo.
03 enero 2019
La canción de la semana #628
...is Paraules d'amor by Joan Manuel Serrat, here performed by Ramón Calabuch Batista aka Moncho, "El Gitano del Bolero", who passed away on 28 December 2018.
12 febrero 2017
La canción de la semana #565
Maite Hontelé has been already featured on this blog, and for a good reason: she is so good! Last night, she was performing once again in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, and this time the weather was just perfect.
This week's song is Perdón, another famous bolero by Pedro Flores. This version, sung by Oscar D'León, appears on Maite's 2013 album Déjame Así.
11 marzo 2016
La canción de la semana #517
...is Se Te Olvida, a famous bolero by Álvaro Carrillo, performed by Honduran jazz singer Eva Cortés and Argentine bassist Andres Rotmistrovsky.
31 mayo 2015
La canción de la semana #476
Mucho corazón is a famous bolero composed by Ema Elena Valdelamar (1925—2012). I like very much this version by Amalia Mendoza.
10 mayo 2015
La canción de la semana #473
...is Qué te pedí by Gabriel Luna De La Fuente and Fernando Lopez Mulens, performed by one and only Mabel Sierra.
03 mayo 2015
La canción de la semana #472
As of April 2015, Grooveshark is dead. It will take a while (or eternity) to update now-dead music links in my blogs. I hate the music industry.
This week's song is Codeína by Bio Ritmo, a salsa band from Richmond, Virginia. This song appears on their 2014 album Puerta del Sur.
18 abril 2015
La canción de la semana #470
Somos Novios (aka It's Impossible), one of the most popular boleros of all time, was composed by Armando Manzanero in 1968. I find many interpretations of this song too sweet for my taste. But here's one great version by Manzanero himself in duo with Lolita Flores, from the 2001 album Lola, Lolita, Lola.
17 octubre 2014
La canción de la semana #444
Lágrimas negras was composed in 1929 by Miguel Matamoros and became a bolero standard. Here, it is interpreted by Mabel Sierra, a native of Dominican Republic now based in Santander.
Luis Escalada: drums Fernando Serrano: piano Dani Simons: double bass |
17 mayo 2014
La canción de la semana #422
Perfidia was written in 1939 by the Mexican composer Alberto Domínguez (1911—1975). Here are some of my favourite performers of this song:
- Xavier Cugat
- Diana Darvey (The Benny Hill Show)
- Ibrahim Ferrer
- Glenn Miller
- Carola Standertskjöld
22 marzo 2013
La canción de la semana #362
Bebo Valdés, Cuban jazz piano legend, died today aged 94.
Obsesión, a bolero by the Puerto Rican composer Pedro Flores Córdova. Bebo Valdés, piano; Dieguito El Cigala, vocals; Javier Colina, bass; Israel Porrina "Piraña", cajon; El Niño Josele, guitar.
21 enero 2012
28 febrero 2010
La canción de la semana #205
Quizás, quizás, quizás was the first Spanish song we were learning in our Beginner Spanish class, back in 2002. The song was written by the Cuban Osvaldo Farrés in 1947. Since then, innumerable cover versions were recorded. Here's a short list of my favourite interpretations:
- Celia Cruz
- Lila Downs
- A duet of Ibrahim Ferrer and Omara Portuondo, with Roberto Fonseca on piano
- Bossa nova by the Japanese-Brazilian singer Lisa Ono (小野リサ).
- Ska version by the Italian band Ska-J
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