An oldie but a goodie:
Sucuri na Cidade nova VI we 77
Trending in Brazil:
http://youtu.be/O6O2qdV1MnY
This video is trending in Mexico at the moment:
and 50 Years Later, a Latin Grammy Award Winner – Celia Cruz – La Negra Tiene Tumbao (HD 16:9)
New Shakira out recently. Title translates to “The Sun Comes Out.” Tune starts out slow, swells into a solid, surprisingly trad-rock (given the singer’s success with newer dance music formats), pop tune. I’ll admit that when they modulate on the last bridge (2:48, right before she rips her turtleneck apart. Honest.) it’s the oldest cliche …
This is a delicious and evocative clip. Luar Na Lubre is a Celtic band from Galicia, a region of Northern Spain where the inhabitants are descended from “one of the first tribes of Celtic heritage in Europe,” says Wikipedia. Vocalist Sara Louraço Vidal (who should be atop Maxim’s list of hottest singing cellists every year) …
. Chavela Vargas is something of a legend in Mexico City where I live. She’s still making records at 91. Muse to both the Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar and the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (and reputedly also her lover), her endurance, depth of passion, outsized personality, and gorgeously fierce voice make here one-of-a-kind. She was …
From The World, Pato Fu, a Brazilian band, performing Paul McCartney’s 1973 tune “Live and Let Die” on toy instruments with adorable performing children: