...is Game Over by Macarena Campos aka Masquemusica with Ruzica Flores. This song appears on the Chilean singer's live session at Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (MAC) of Santiago.
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Masquemusica: vocals Ruzica Flores: vocals DJ Pérez: piano Ed Neidhardt: sax, flute Oddó: bass Felipe Metraca: drums |
...is Las Rosas No Hablan, a Spanish-language version of As Rosas Não Falam by Cartola, performed by the Melissa Aldana Quartet featuring Cécile McLorin Salvant. This ballad appears on the Chilean saxophonist's 2026 album Filin.
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Melissa Aldana: tenor saxophone Gonzalo Rubalcaba: piano Peter Washington: double bass Kush Abadey: drums Cécile McLorin Salvant: vocals |
...is Guerra Fría by Paulina Villalobos, from the Chilean singer's EP Colibrí.
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Paulina Villalobos: vocals Joaquín Fuentes: piano Guillermo Muñoz: bass Edzon Maqueira: drums Alfredo Tauber: euphonium, keyboards |
...is Hacia el Fondo by RUBIO. I discovered this Chilean band thanks to the recent (2 October 2025) 'El Tiny' Desk Concert.
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 |
...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.
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).
...is La Canoa Se Va by Los Cumbia Stars with special guests Pascuala Ilabaca y Fauna.
...is Tania by Ana Tijoux, a tribute to the singer's late sister. This song appears on Vida, the first album of Tijoux in ten years.
...is Amantes Suicidas by Mon Laferte, from her stunning 2023 album Autopoiética.
...is Día del amor by Camila Gallardo aka Cami, from the Chilean singer-songwriter new album Anastasia.
...is Se me va a quemar el corazón by Mon Laferte, from her 2021 album SEIS. A live version appears on Laferte's absolutely stunning Tiny Desk (Home) Concert (12 January 2021).
...is Gomero en Eros by Pascuala Ilabaca in a brand new video filmed by Cristobal de la Cuadra and Pablo Miranda with participation of María Garces, Naomi Spence, Sol Aburto, Niza Solari and Gaby Paz. This song appears on Ilabaca's latest EP, Amatoria. Here you can listen to all of it, complete with lyrics and guitar chords.
Simón González: arrangement Daniella Rivera: violin Fernanda Prieto: violin Isabel Flores: viola Valentina del Canto: cello |
...is Ingrata performed by La Santa Cecilia with guest artist Mon Laferte. This song appears on the Los Angeles-based band's 2017 live album Amar y Vivir.
...is El beso by Mon Laferte. This song appears on the Chilean-Mexican singer's Norma, the winner of this year's Latin Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album.
...is El Baile del Kkoyaruna by Pascuala Ilabaca & Fauna. This song opens the band's latest album, El Mito de la Pérgola.
...is Voy a viajar por el mundo by Mákina Kandela, from the band's 2014 album, Cumbiakistán.
Mákina Kandela nace en el año 2010, formada por músicos chilenos y colombianos radicados en Santiago de Chile, con la intención de dar una nueva voz al principal genero musical latinoamericano, la Universal Cumbia. Se caracteriza principalmente por la alegre explosión energética producida en sus conciertos, generada por su especial combinación de ritmos afrocaribeños con la experimentación y búsqueda de diversos ritmos urbanos actuales.
...is Maldigo del Alto Cielo by Violeta Parra as performed by Sofía Rei. This beautiful rendition appears on the Argentinian singer's latest album, El Gavilan (Tributo a Violeta Parra).
...is famous Pajarillo by the Venezuelan Ángel Custodio Loyola. I like this version by Elizabeth Morris, from the Chilean singer's 2012 album Pájaros.
...is Canción Quechua by Pascuala Ilabaca & Fauna, from the band's last album Rey Loj.
