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).