Only three months after winning his second Latin GRAMMY® in the category of “Best Traditional Tropical Album”, the great Cuban bass player and composer Israel López “Cachao” won a GRAMMY in the 54th annual edition of the most prestigious award in music. Posthumously, his last album, “Cachao: The Last Mambo”, was chosen in the category of “Best Tropical Latin Album”. The annual GRAMMY® ceremony was held tonight at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, and televised on CBS.
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Can Paulina Rubio Attract More Latinos to America’s Greatest Music Festival?
On December 14, organizers of one of the nation’s premier live music events, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, revealed the lineup for its 2012 extravaganza. Presented by Shell, “Jazz Fest” has become a two-weekend celebration of the best in American music. It has far outgrown its own name, and over the years has welcomed headline rock acts to the big stages. At the same time, smaller stages provide local and regional artists enormous exposure by offering them a prime platform to share their Zydeco and blues sounds with music fans that may never have been exposed to such styles. By Adam R Jacobson is the editor and producer of the Hispanic Market Overview reports distributed by HispanicAd.com.
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TOP 10 Reasons the Grammys Dropped Best Tejano Album Category.
Tejano music artists keep it real, even as The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences skips a beat. By Al Carlos Hernandez – Contributing Editor. To read, CLICK above on El Blog
Paradigm Shift in Music Listening – 50% Mobile Devices, 50% Radio.
Mobile Posse, Inc. announced that the its latest survey, polling nearly 175,000 consumers, revealed that radio and mobile music listening are neck-in-neck.
Consumers and Music Discovery.
Music business association NARM and The NPD Group released findings of a joint study that examined the ways consumers discover new music. The report indicates that while music discovery is still vital to the industry, it applies differently to various consumer groups, and it has changed significantly since the organizations last studied the topic in 2007, as television and social media and other digital services have emerged as major influencers.
Enjoy a Guaguanco on strings from Camerata Romeu.
Camerata Romeu is a strings orchestra of all women from Cuba under the direction of Zenaida Romeu that is based at the Basílica Menor de San Francisco de Asís, Plaza de San Francisco, Habana Vieja, La Habana, Cuba.
This video was brought to my attention by Hispanic agency pioneer Castor Fernandez.
If you enjoy Latin Jazz or Cuban Music, you will get goose bumps on this one.
Cue the Music: Driven by Digital, Music Sales up in 2011.
Music sales in the U.S. are up 1.6 percent in 2011, according to The Nielsen Company, as digital album and track sales saw dramatic growth through May 8. While physical albums saw a decline in year-over-year sales from the same period in 2010, digital album and track purchases went up 16.8 percent and 9.6 percent, respectively. Digital retailers received more than half of all music transactions, propelling a 12.4 percent growth in sales over last year.
Premios 40 Principales 2010 Awards Nominees announced.
Grupo PRISA’s radio division – Unión Radio – announced the nominees to this year’s edition of “Premios 40 Principales” Awards.
