...is Razón de vivir by the Argentine singer-songwriter Víctor Heredia. There are beautiful covers by Mercedes Sosa, Eva Ayllón, Tania Libertad and many others, but today I'll stick to the author's version.
Para decidir si sigo poniendo esta sangre en tierra |
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!
...is Moreno (Brasil) by Sílvia Pérez Cruz.
Studio:
Carlos Montfort: violin Marta Roma: cello Bori Albero: double bass
Hamilton de Holanda: mandolin, backing vocals Jota.pê: palmas, backing vocals Marta Roma: cello, backing vocals Renata Neves: violin, backing vocals Pedro Moraes, Alberto Pérez: double bass Lorenzo Gasconcelos: tambor Paula Raya, Paloma Ronai, Camila Costa: backing vocals Iara Cassano, Jefferson Bilisco: dancers Suelinda Corsino, Lola Cruz: actresses |
...is Diamantes salados by the Canarian cantautora and percussionist Nuria Herrero.
...is Tramuntana by Álvaro Lafuente Calvo aka Guitarricadelafuente. This song was featured in his recent (20 January 2026) Tiny Desk Concert.
Pablo Serrano: keys, piano, guitar, background vocals Pau Vehí: guitar, background vocals Belén Vidal: bass, electronics, background vocals Toni Llull: drums, background vocals Mikaela Vazquez: violin, background vocals Oscar Trujillo: cello, background vocals Ismael Zazo: viola, background vocals Alberto Torres: accordion, percussion, background vocals |
...is Amar by Gaia Banfi, performed live at ESMA in Rennes, France on 2 December 2025. This song appears on the Italian artist's album La Maccaia.
Un ramito de violetas (1974) is one of the most popular songs by the Spanish cantautora Evangelina Sobredo Galanes, better known as Cecilia (1948—1976). Among its many covers is a Latin jazz version by Sole Giménez.
This year started with lots of rain, so it would be appropriate to open the season with Il pleut sur la route, a 1935 tango composed by Henry Himmel and Robert Champfleury and made famous by Tino Rossi. I fist heard it when I was a child and had no clue what language it was sung in. Somebody said it was an "Argentine tango", so I thought it could be in "Argentinian language".
90 years later, Il pleut sur la route is an undisputed classic and is as Argentine as it gets. Just ask Chicos de Pampa (チコス・デ・パンパ).
Wow I am impressed: Rosalía's Lux made it to No. 1 (!) in The Guardian's list of the 50 best — mostly anglophone — albums of 2025. Mostly — but not completely. At No. 8 we encounter Bad Bunny with Debí Tirar Más Fotos. More interestingly, at No. 24 there is gloriously experimental Hagen by Titanic, a duo of Mabe Fratti and Héctor Tosta aka I. La Católica. Good choice, The Guardian. So, the last song of the year is, IMHO, the best song of the album, La Dueña. See you in 2026!
