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El Rock en Español y Portugués!
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Five songs from Latin American rock bands (and one of their colonizing…

Hole in the Wall: Jorge Lopez
Jorge Lopez, originally from East Palo Alto, recently moved to…

Dancing Beneath the Stars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq6ImDvEcac&feature=youtu.be
As…

La Raza Meets Up at Coachella 2014
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is synonymous with…

Daring Music for the Silenced Voices of Latin America
“Atrévete, te, te, salte del closet!” This 2006 radio hit…

Ozomahtli
You may have heard of Ozomatli, the alternative/Latin band whose hits include "Cut Chemist Suite" or "Saturday Night," but did you know their name derives from the Nahuatl word for monkey? Ozomahtli is the 11th daysign of the Aztec Borgia Codex, a manuscript that served as a 260 ritual calendar of sorts as well as used by religious figures made of beautiful painted animal skins. The monkey represents art, music and harmony - a perfect fit for the musical band.