The Latin Music Issue

  • Salsa / Profiles

    The People's Salsero

    At first dismissed for his wordy complexity, Rubén Blades - composer, singer, salsero, lyricist, narrator, poet, social conscience and political activist - soon proved to be Fania's biggest money spinner. In this retrospective we explore what set this People's Salsero apart from his peers and eventually earned him the legendary status he has today in Latin America and all over the world.

  • Mexico / Features

    Hustle and Grind in the Mexican Music Scene

    Struggle is the name of the game in Mexican music, but the creativity and innovation keep flowing with eclectic genres and fusions blossoming from the land of the Aztecs

  • Urban Latin / Features

    From Reggaetón to Urban Latin: What Happened after the Boom?

    Five years ago Reggaetón exploded onto the US music scene with NORE’s Oye Mi Canto. Fresh out of the streets of Puerto Rico and Panama, Latino kids, the US’s fastest rising demographic, were going crazy for it in every major city and music industry sharks were chasing the Reggaetón gold rush. Candela explores what happened next and where Urban Latin music is at now.

  • Urban Latin / Interviews

    TEGO CALDERON: Beyond the Genre

    In the history of Latin Music there have been a lot of big stars. Yet we can still count on both hands the artists that have gone beyond the genre they were famous for to become true artists, representatives of a time and an era. Tego is one of those rare characters. exclusively to Candela about the genre and industry that made him the global icon he is today.

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