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Raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Jessa Williams always participated in sports, but surfing wasn’t on her radar in the midwestern city. Once she moved to L.A. for work and her son got hooked on the surfing during the pandemic, after some convincing, she finally gave it a try and eventually gained the confidence to paddle out on her own. But Williams had an experience out on the water that would’ve turned […]

Many musicians have the magic touch when it comes to posting on social media, knowing exactly what to say and when to say it. Others struggle with ideas, especially if they’re trying not to make their posts too personal. The Creative Bodega came up with a list of the 4 most important types of social media content that I’ve enhanced for the music business. Here we go. 1. Educational Content […]

The Latin American “art turn” is a recent phenomenon. Just a few decades ago, art from the Global South was largely missing from canonical Euro-American histories. Yet artistic production never ceased. Art that was once relegated to national and regional contexts, is slowly rising among mainstream art circles. Phaidon’s latest publication Latin American Artists From 1785 to Now reminds us of the vast aesthetic, political and intellectual contributions of artists […]

Earlier this year, a meteorite glided across the luminescent night skies of Michoacán, Mexico, capturing the attention of everyone who could see it. These were the same skies that José Hernández, the first Mexican migrant worker to become an astronaut, was looking at when he realized why he was put on this Earth. Like the Monarch butterflies that migrate to and from Michoacán every year, Hernández had spent most of […]

Welcome to LATINA’s weekly roundup of the best new music. This week’s list includes Becky G‘s regional Mexican music album, Feid‘s genre-bending LP, and new music from Bad Bunny. Also on the list: Immasoul pushes Latin R&B forward, Villano Antillano comes through with an empowering rap anthem, and Paola Jara‘s fiery collaboration with Chiquis. Plus, Steve Aoki‘s wild club track with Danna Paola and Enrique Iglesias‘ love song featuring María […]

“For the First and Onlys: You have been assigned this mountain to show it can be moved.” Those are the opening words of “First Gen,” a new memoir by former White House Deputy Director of Hispanic Media Alejandra Campoverdi. The women’s health advocate and former congressional candidate has a longstanding career advocating for marginalized voices, and her now-bestselling book is a continuation of every mountain she’s moved so far. From […]

What a weekend we have ahead of us. This weekend is the best kind of grab-bag, with each subsequent entry in this week’s list bearing little similarity to the last. We’ve got a mini-Barbenheimer here with Saw X and the new PAW Patrol movie. It’s called, you guessed it, “SAW Patrol.” We also have a somewhat low-budget sci-fi blockbuster from the director of an acclaimed Star Wars movie, a must-see […]

One of the things that artists hate, I mean really hate, is when the venue charges a fee for the merch they sell. These merch fees could range anywhere from a flat fee to a percentage of the revenue as high as 35%. For many artists and bands, 35% may be more than they’re making from their products after they pay for someone to manage the merch table. To everyone’s […]

On my latest podcast episode: Plugin developer and co-founder of Musik Hack Sam Fischmann talks about getting the most from the Master Plan plugin, the different audio needs for different music genres, trends in plugins, how Ai will be used in plugins in the future, and much more. A look at why the RIAA’s mid-year report indicates that streaming is slowing down. And what the layoffs at Moog Music mean […]