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“I came to this earth to do music, and that’s all I have been doing my entire life,” Cuban artist Daymé Arocena told LATINA back in May from her home in Puerto Rico. “I never made the decision to be a musician. I was just born a musician.” Arocena’s parents supported her to fine-tune her talent from a young age. At ten years old, the Havana-born singer was admitted to […]

Grupo Frontera is breaking barriers yet again. This time, the group has been selected for Apple Music’s Up Next program after taking a huge part in helping Mexican music go global last year. Groupo Frontera went viral last year with their norteño cover of the song “No Se Va” by Colombian band Morat. The Texas-based group kept the momentum going strong into this year, becoming the first regional Mexican music […]

Jorge and Carmen Aguirre opened their South Denver restaurant La Chiva as a way to shatter misconceptions about their native Colombia. “The little bit that people know about Colombia is what they hear on the news about the cartels and all of that stuff,” Jorge Aguirre told LATINA. “That’s something that has always bothered me.” Jorge, who made his journey to the United States from Bogotá over four decades ago, […]

For those of us who are marketing-challenged, sometimes you want to announce a new release or a new piece of merch but fail to give the post enough juice so that it gets the proper attention. Never fear, these power words from Jansen Communications below will give your post that little bit of secret sauce to make people take notice. The power words are broken down into seven categories: Cost, […]

I’ve had so many great guests on the Inner Circle Podcast, and it’s aways great to go back and revisit some of the best interviews. One is with Don Roeser, better known as Buck Dharma, lead guitarist and and one of the founders of the band Blue Oyster Cult, in an interview for podcast 227 back in 2018. Buck wrote and did the lead vocals on the band’s best known […]

Welcome to LATINA’s weekly roundup of the best new music. This week’s list includes the new albums from Bad Bunny, Mexican reggaeton star Yng Lvcas, and Chilean singer Denise Rosenthal. Also on the list: Ice Spice dabbles in Afrobeats with Rema, Tainy’s electrifying collaboration with Young Miko and J Balvin, and Ivy Queen’s must-see Tiny Desk concert. Plus, Mon Laferte’s empowering anthem and Nicole Zignago’s dreamy love song. Bad Bunny, […]

I recently read about Ed Sheeran’s latest album release called Autumn Variations and the first thing that struck me is, “Why don’t more superstars do this?” What is unique and unusual about this release is that Sheeran has said that there would be no singles or videos to promote the album. Major record labels would be aghast at this strategy, but Sheeran is releasing it himself on his own label […]

To put into perspective just how powerful Taylor Swift and her league of Swifties really are, it’s worth noting that The Exorcist: Believer was supposed to come out this weekend. Naturally, the once-in-a-blue-moon Friday the 13th in October was a perfect time for a new Exorcist film to hit theaters. However, Taylor Swift is apparently more popular than Halloween because the studio moved the film up a week to avoid […]

Esmeralda Santiago sat at home on what felt like the first day of autumn in Northern Westchester, New York. Meanwhile, in Villa Palmeras, Santiago’s birthplace nestled within San Juan, Puerto Rico, I was perched at my desk, ready to delve into her life. Santiago’s legacy is unprecedented. It wasn’t until her mid-30s that she penned her inaugural memoir “When I was Puerto Rican” (1993) after a Boston textbook editor, who […]