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The 65th Annual Grammy Awards brought a burst of Latinidad, a celebration of hip hop’s 50th anniversary, provocative new pop performances, and more to music’s top stage. The show began with Bad Bunny’s performance, singing hits “El Apagón” and “Después la Playa” from his album Un Verano Sin Ti. Nominated for three Grammys this year (Album of the Year: Un Verano Sin Ti, Best Pop Solo Performance: “Moscow Mule”), Benito […]

Welcome to LATINA’s weekly roundup of the best new music. This week’s list features the return of Latin alternative band Y La Bamba, Karol G’s collaboration with Romeo Santos, and Colombia’s rising artist Ela Taubert. Also on the list: Young Miko teams up with Hozwal for “Big Booty,” Chiquis releases a new banda anthem, and Big One kicks off his Crossover sessions with Emilia. Plus, RaiNao and Paopao drop an […]

On my latest podcast episode: Music business author and talent manager Emily White speaks about being a tour manager, making yourself indispensable to your clients, how talent management has changed, getting caught up in the latest trends, and much more. An Eastern European country passed a law to make music piracy from the West legal, and what that might mean Google creates a new AI music creation tool and the […]

It doesn’t matter if you’re an artist, band, songwriter or a musician, you need (and probably already have) an online presence. And it has to be strong. If not, it can be the difference between staying busy with gigs or sitting home practicing, or having your new video go viral versus sitting on YouTube gather dust. I’ve talked a lot about search engine optimization (SEO) for your website and boosting […]

The phenomenon of sonideros, or cumbia dances led by sonidos (DJs), is a product of Mexico City’s late 1950s music scene. What started as humble street dances in working class neighborhoods, led by DJs spinning cumbia records on homemade sound systems (many resembling the towers of Jamaican sound system culture) has expanded well across the southern border by way of mass immigration in the 1990s and early 2000s. Far from […]

Welcome to LATINA’s weekly roundup of the best new music. This week’s list features Bella Dose’s glow-up anthem, Camila Cabello’s duet with Camilo, and the emergence of Selines as a fresh voice in Latin folk music. Also on the list: Las Villa’s love song with Llane, Christian Nodal’s bolero with Tini, and Immasoul’s banger “A Tu Lado.” Plus, Tania Dominguez and Ivonne Galaz’s dreamy ballad and Yadam’s heartfelt song “Nada […]

In an industry where Latinos make up just over five percent of lead actors and two percent of film directors, representation on top stages is a high priority. That rings especially true at Sundance Film Festival, a world-renowned incubator of independent cinema, where small budget indie films are often launched into box office successes. Every year since Sundance’s inception in 1978, filmmakers and film enthusiasts alike have come together in […]

On my latest podcast episode: Mixing/mastering engineer Kevin Paul on the producer that influenced him the most, why he worries about immersive audio being accepted, his views on audio education, where mixing and mastering will be in 10 years, and much more. A look into Spotify skip rates, the one super-important metric that’s still a secret AI-driven ChatGPT codes up an Ibanez Tube Screamer plugin. Listen to it the at BobbyOInnerCircle.com, […]

One of the things that TikTok users like most about the platform is that the video views were thought to be hard to game, especially by influencers and record labels. Although no one knew much about how the TikTok algorithm worked, it did seem to be somewhat democratized. Unfortunately, a new report from Forbes says that’s not the case at all, as the company can internally pick which videos it […]