New Music Picks: Isabella Castillo & Valentina, Yahritza y Su Esencia, Estevie, and More
New Music Picks: Isabella Castillo & Valentina, Yahritza y Su Esencia, Estevie, and More
Welcome to LATINA’s weekly roundup of the best new music. This week’s list features Isabella Castillo's big duet with Valentina in the movie La Usurpadora The Musical, Yahritza y Su Esencia's cumbia bop with Grupo Frontera, and Melanie Martinez's album Portals. Also on the list: Estevie and DannyLux's dreamy collaboration, [...]
Friday Film Roundup: Air, Super Mario Bros, Dungeons and Dragons, and More
Friday Film Roundup: Air, Super Mario Bros, Dungeons and Dragons, and More
Welcome to LATINA’s Friday Film Roundup, our bi-weekly picks for the new movie releases on our radar. This week’s biggest release, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, is already on track to becoming one of the year’s most successful movies. Not to be lost among several new big-name blockbusters are [...]
New Music Picks: Gaby Moreno, Becky G, Natti Natasha and More
New Music Picks: Gaby Moreno, Becky G, Natti Natasha and More
Welcome to LATINA’s weekly roundup of the best new music. This week’s list features Gaby Moreno's beautiful duet with Oscar Isaac, Becky G's corridos tumbados with Peso Pluma, and Natti Natasha's club-ready anthem. Also on the list: Feid's freaky collaboration with Young Miko, PAMÉ's empowering "Bullet Put Down" and [...]
Looking Back at Carnaval: Go for the Samba and Leave With Saudade
Looking Back at Carnaval: Go for the Samba and Leave With Saudade
Every February since 1973, Brazil hosts several of the largest carnaval celebrations in the world. In Rio de Janeiro, the festival — which marks the date when Brazil became a Portuguese colony — has evolved into one of the most famous festivals in the world. Now signaling the beginning of [...]
New Music Picks: Mariah Angeliq, Rauw Alejandro & Rosalía, BRATTY and More
New Music Picks: Mariah Angeliq, Rauw Alejandro & Rosalía, BRATTY and More
Welcome to LATINA’s weekly roundup of the best new music. This week’s list features the return of Mariah Angeliq, Rauw Alejandro’s joint EP with Rosalía and BRATTY’s latest rock anthem. Also on the list: J Noa inspires with "No Me Pueden Parar," Corina Smith gets vulnerable with “X100” and Carlos [...]
The Way of Kizomba Took Over São Paulo During The 35th Art Biennale
The Way of Kizomba Took Over São Paulo During The 35th Art Biennale
Millions of Afro-Brazilians walk the streets of São Paulo and Rio De Janeiro every day. Vestiges of the African diaspora and its tangible trans-cultural influence pour out into the culture of Brazil through the country’s cuisine, history, and music. Kizomba, the far-reaching genre that blends African rhythms with Caribbean and [...]
James Beard Award-Winning Guelaguetza Brings Oaxaca to L.A.
James Beard Award-Winning Guelaguetza Brings Oaxaca to L.A.
Growing up in Oaxaca, Mexico, Bricia Lopez spent her days indulging in regional dishes cooked by her mother and grandmother, who she describes as the “the best cooks ever.” But when her family migrated to Los Angeles, Lopez was exposed to a food landscape that was very different from all [...]