Music

“I heard it through the grapevine…” or maybe on my mobile phone.

The music industry is learning a hard lesson: The mobile platform works better as a marketing and customer relationship tool than it does as a retail sales channel.

“Saving the planet” while putting on a dazzlingly entertaining show were the dual objectives of the fifth edition of Univision’s “Premios Juventud” youth awards show presented LIVE from the BankUnited Center at the University of Miami.

From Latin Jazz and Mambo to Salsa, Tejano, Chicano Rock, Latin pop, and Reggaeton, Latin Music USA tells the story of the rise of new American music forged from powerful Latin roots and reveals the often overlooked influence of Latin music on Jazz, Hip Hop, Rhythm and Blues and Rock and Roll – and on all of American culture.

Terra Networks and Warner Music announced a partnership to present the DVD release of “Arde el Cielo con Maná”. The exclusive bilingual online programming will provide consumers a unique and unprecedented in-depth artist experience at Terra.com, including contests, photo galleries, community pages, blogs, webisodes of exclusive interviews and much more.

Marketing opportunities in the evolving music business.

Israel Cachao López — the legendary Cuban composer, songwriter and bassist known simply as “Cachao” — died March 22 at age 89 in Coral Gables, Florida. Cachao is revered as the pioneer of the mambo, the genre created in the late 1930s that became the bedrock of modern Cuban music, salsa, and the Latin-influenced genres of rock and r&b.

Concord Records and Starbucks Entertainment will release Encanto (Enchantment), the newest record from the legendary Brazilian musician Sergio Mendes.

inter Music Conference 2008 — Fania Records announces the release of its first remix collection “I Like It Like That” pairing up the hottest dance scene remixers with legendary tracks by Fania artists like Pete Rodriguez, Hector Lavoe, Willie Colon and Ruben Blades.

Universal Music Group (UMG) and Univision Communications Inc., the leading Spanish-language media company in the U.S., announced a definitive agreement under which UMG will acquire Univision Music Group, including its music recording and publishing division.