La canción de la semana #1023

...is Espejo, a brand new song and video by Yendry.

La canción de la semana #854

...is Mala Mía by Sol Pereyra in duet with La Dame Blanche. This song opens Pereyra's brand new (released yesterday!) album La Película.

La canción de la semana #713

...is La Que Manda by Gina Chavez, from the American singer-songwriter's new EP of the same name.

La canción de la semana #573

...is Todas Las Lindas Son Crueles by the Argentine band La Mosca Tsé-Tsé.

La canción de la semana #561

I just love Postmodern Jukebox. It seems that these guys can make a gem out of almost any song (including creations of Rihanna, Biebs and Britney Spears). Como La Flor is the PMJ's tribute to Selena, featuring the Venezuelan singer Mayré Martínez. According to the blurb, this is "el primer video de Postmodern Jukebox grabado completamente en español", and I hope it's not the last.

Mayré Martínez: vocals Desiree Hazley: violin Lauren Baba: viola Artyom Manukyan: cello Aaron McLendon: drums Adam Kubota: bass Scott Bradlee: piano

La canción de la semana #558

I'm sure that you heard this song — with half an ear, maybe, but heard nonetheless. Unless you've spent this year on another planet, that is. On this planet, there's no escape. Luckily, the song is not half bad. Maybe there is a reason why Duele el Corazón got to all those chart positions other than just being performed by Enrique Iglesias with Wisin.

La canción de la semana #544

...is La Bicicleta by Carlos Vives and Shakira. According to Wikipedia, this song marks Shakira's first ever (!) collaboration with a fellow Colombian singer.

La canción de la semana #488

...is Mi Verdad, performed by the Mexican rockers Maná with Shakira!

La canción de la semana #254

...is Mírame a Los Ojos by Paulina Rubio, from her 2000 album Paulina.

La canción de la semana #229

The words "que sera, sera" in the song of the same name may be Spanish but the phrase makes no sense. According to Wikipedia,

Composer Jay Livingston had seen the 1954 film The Barefoot Contessa, in which an Italian family has the motto "Che sarà sarà" carved in stone at their ancestral castle. He immediately wrote it down as a possible song title, and he and lyricist Ray Evans later respelled it in Spanish "because there are so many Spanish-speaking people in the world."

Ironically, the phrase "Che sarà sarà" is also ungrammatical in modern Italian.

Back to Spanish: this week's song (not related to Que Sera, Sera) is... Qué Será by the Puerto Rican legend José Feliciano.

La canción de la semana #210

This week's issue of The Big Issue features an interview with Shakira, where the sexy goddess talks about her childhood, her charity involvement, her singing at the Barack Obama Inauguration, and her work on the new (long overdue) Spanish-language album. Yes! I am looking forward to it. In the meantime, the deservedly record-breaking duo with Alejandro Sanz: La Tortura, from her last Spanish album, Fijación Oral Vol. 1.

La canción de la semana #161

The music of Señor Coconut (Uwe Schmidt, resident of Santiago de Chile) is so ridiculous that it is simply great. He takes the international rock and pop hits and makes a Latin party out of them. Here, listen to Humo en el Agua played as Cha-Cha-Cha and you will forget the original. More Coconut, please.

La canción de la semana #154

...is Magia Rumbera, from the album of the same title, by the Mexican singer and actress Dulce María.

Kirill

La canción de la semana #120

I have never been a big fan of Gloria Estefan, but after listening to No Llores I am about to become... well at least the fan of her latest (all-Spanish) album, 90 Millas. (Yes it is Carlos Santana playing.) I hope you enjoy this music.

Kirill

La canción de la semana #111

It is fair to say that of all Spanish-language singers, Shakira (according to Wikipedia, "the highest-selling Colombian artist of all time") is the one who does not really need any promotion — or at least not on this blog. The English lyrics is also not her strongest point. But she most definitely can sing and dance, as this live performance of Ojos así demonstrates. This song first appeared on Shakira's 1998 album, ¿Dónde están los ladrones?

Kirill

Otra canción para esta semana

He aquí otra canción para esta semana. Ricky Martin canta con La Mari de Chambao el tema Tu Recuerdo. No está mal.

Elena