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 Entertainment | Music
Lenny & Jorge Benefit Concert at Daiquiri Dick's
 PVNN
Daiquiri Dick's invites you to enjoy an unforgettable evening of fine dining, great music and good will at the Second Annual Jorge & Lenny Benefit Concert on Friday, March 31st from 7-10 pm.more »»»
The Stones Rock 1.5 Million in Rio Days Before Carnival
 Larry Rohter
It takes audacity to come into the city that is home to the world's most famous Carnival just one week before that bacchanalia begins and play any style of music other than samba. But the Rolling Stones have never lacked for swagger, and on Saturday night about one and a half million people flocked to Copacabana Beach for a free concert starring Mick Jagger and company.more »»»
Lyric Malfunction
 AP
They may not have flashed any body parts - except for Mick Jagger's well-toned stomach - but the Rolling Stones made ABC glad it imposed a five-second tape delay on the Super Bowl halftime show.more »»»
Celebrating the Life and Times of Richard Kaplan
 PVNN
Richard Kaplan passed away on December 31, 2005. His smiles, music, larger than life personality and love for Vallarta and her people will be greatly missed. Join Richard's family and friends at El Dorado Restaurant on Thursday Feb. 9th, at 5 PM as we celebrate the his life and all the gifts that were ours as a result of his time with us.more »»»
Young Mexicans Tapped to Rock The Vote in July
 Ioan Grillo
Reflecting the U.S. effort during the 2004 election, the Mexican campaign will bring together a range of youth entertainers who will stress the importance of voting to an audience more attuned to the latest hit song, organizers said.more »»»
New Discs Celebrate Mexican Songwriter
 Ramiro Burr
The rancheras and boleros of José Alfredo Jiménez are half a century old. Yet they remain popular because they are timeless stories that hit home with new generations, says José Alfredo Jiménez Jr.more »»»
Party at The Palm with Kim Kuzma
 Kathy Taylor
Every night's a party when Kim Kuzma is at the Palm in Puerto Vallarta... and she's coming back from January 24th till February 9th! She is the sexy girl next door with the big voice who belts out everything from rhythm and blues standards to her own beat-driven dance tunes.more »»»
Bubba and the Bottom Feeders Season Debut
 Sue Fornoff
Bubba and the Bottom Feeders had their season debut Sunday December 11th at El Pescador Restaurant in Bucerias. The band returned to the local music scene after taking a year off for some rest and relaxation. A large enthusiastic audience cheered and "shook their cans for Bubba."more »»»
For Latin Artists, Singing in Spanish is Just Fine
 AP
Not long ago, a reporter in Mexico City put singer Juanes in a spot at a news conference when he asked the Colombian performer why he had once rebuffed Jennifer Lopez. After insisting that Lopez was a very nice person, Juanes explained that singing in English – as she had proposed – was “not his thing.”more »»»
Up on the Chart Top: A Seasonal Music Avalanche
 J. Freedom du Lac
Nothing says Christmas quite like a summer day in Hollywood. And so in July, at Capitol Studios, near the intersection of Hollywood and Vine, the Canadian jazz chanteuse Diana Krall set about recording a holiday album.more »»»
Canucks Love Mexico's Charms - and All That Jazz
 Heather Greenwood Davis
If you can't find a Canadian jazz artist in any of your favourite haunts this winter, blame Mexico. Five of Canada's up-and-coming artists will be alternating headlining nightly at the Karmina Palace Resort and Spa in Manzanillo.more »»»
Bubba and the Bottom Feeders Return for the Season
 Sue Fornoff
Bubba and the Bottom Feeders will have their season debut at 4 pm (PV time) on Sunday December 4th at El Pescador Restaurant in Bucerias. Their music - a somewhat zany and sometimes irreverent mix, is guaranteed to get your toes tapping.more »»»
Mexican Band Wants English Speakers to Listen, Too
 Phillip Zonkel
Molotov is a musical explosion. The rock-en-Espanol band uses biting social commentary in its English and Spanish lyrics to skewer racism and political corruption. The quartet also raps tongue in cheek about sex and fighting for the right to party.more »»»
Juanes, Sanz Lead Slate of Latin Grammy Winners
 Associated Press
The language was different at this year's Latin Grammys, but the result was largely the same when Colombian rocker Juanes and Spanish crooner Alejandro Sanz walked off with all the major awards.more »»»
Latin Grammys Are Still Seeking an Identity
 Kelefa Sanneh
The Latin Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences was founded in 1997, and its Grammy ceremony spun off from the other Grammy ceremony three years later, when people were hyping the so-called Latin boom. Five years later, the academy is still trying to figure out exactly what it is celebrating, and for whom.more »»»
Fernandez Is The King Of Rancheros
 Ramiro Burr
Vicente Fernández, long recognized as Mexico's top ranchero singer, tries his hand on corridos, the Mexican story-song genre, on his latest studio CD Y Sus Corridos Consentidos.more »»»
Jefferson Starship Makes Successful Landing at Marriott
 Bob Cohen
Los Angeles promoter Benny Cukier continued a long partnership with the CasaMagna Marriott this past weekend; bringing rock legend Jefferson Starship to Puerto Vallarta, hosting the city's largest American rock group to perform here.more »»»
In Flames
 Jesse 'Chuy' Varela
Molotov formed in Mexico City and played its first show in 1995. The band is currently surfing the charts with its latest Latin Grammy–nominated album, Con Todo Respeto, a collection of cover versions of its favorite songs.more »»»
Band in Hot Water Over Use of Flag
 Susan Ferriss
When the Tex-Mex group Kumbia Kings appeared on a nationally televised Mexican talk show last month with a guitar emblazoned with the colors and symbols of Mexico's flag they thought it would be clear the guitar was a gesture of pride in their Mexican heritage. Wrong.more »»»
Casamagna Marriott Puerto Vallarta Resort Offers Special Concert Package to Jefferson Starship Fans
 PVNN
This October 7-11 Jefferson Starship makes its only tour stop in Mexico, hosting a concert and intimate acoustic performance for guests of the CasaMagna Marriott Puerto Vallarta Resort - the four-diamond retreat at the base of the Sierra Madre mountains on Mexico´s Pacific coast.more »»»
Where Musical Refugees Can Thicken the Gumbo
 Kirk Johnson
The rich musical culture of New Orleans, where so much of American music finds its taproot in the African-inspired sounds of jazz, blues and rock, has been tossed to the four winds.more »»»
Anti-War Band Wins MTV Awards
 James Bone
Green Day, the anti-war punk rockers, swept the MTV Video Music Awards in a sign that American popular culture is turning against US presence in Iraq. The Californian band won seven awards for their anti-war album American Idiot and the single The Boulevard of Broken Dreams, including Best Rock Video, Best Group Video, Video of the Year and the Viewer's Choice Award.more »»»
Latino Superstars Bring 'Big Tour' to America
 Chuy Varela
One of the summer's hottest shows, the "Big Tour," features Latino superstars Marc Anthony, Alejandro Fernández and Chayanne jetting across the United States doing 15 concerts in 30 days. Teaming three performers, whose individual styles cover salsa, Latin pop and Mexican ranchera music, is perhaps pop music's answer to the classical world's Three Tenors.more »»»
The Stones Team Up With NFL
 Associated Press
The Rolling Stones will team with ABC and the NFL for a season-long marketing tie-in with Monday Night Football, reports The Associated Press. Footage from the Stones' concert tour performance in Detroit will be included in NFL Opening Kickoff 2005.more »»»
Bubba & The Bottom Feeders are Rockin' in '05
 BottomFeedersMexico.com
Bubba & The Bottom Feeders emerged on the music scene several years ago - primarily playing in the north bay area of Banderas Bay, Mexico. Like many music groups, it has evolved over the years, but the one thing that hasn’t changed is the support the group provides locally to those experiencing economic hardship.more »»»
'Bésame Mucho' A Cavalcade of Classic Love Songs
 John Maxim
One of the most anticipated theatrical events this year, an original Mexican musical called "Bésame Mucho," finally arrived at the Telmex Cultural Center Theater Number 2 last week and proved to have been well worth waiting for.more »»»
The Lady of Latin Funk
 Sarah Villicana
Mexican-American performer Lila Downs put on a striking performance at Fresno's Arte Americas outdoor plaza and her illuminating stage presence and power vocals, presented on a heated Friday night, are best described with a single word - hot.more »»»
80s Rock Maintains Popularity In Mexico
 Jonathan Clark
When Survivor took to the Hard Rock's stage it was indeed clear that they were playing to dedicated followers. The crowd bust into cheers at the opening notes of each song, and crooned along faithfully to former Top 10 hits like "Can't Hold Back" and "The Search is Over," pumping their fists emphatically during every chorus.more »»»
Here You Are, the Band That We Love, Say Cubans as Air Supply Plays Havana
 Wire services
Air Supply is performing for two nights in Cuba, adding the communist country to a list of exotic venues including North Vietnam, Lebanon and mainland China. Vocalist Russell Hitchcock said the rock group produces music that is able to transcend language.more »»»
Santana Gives Audience a Sampling of His Career
 Laura Emerick
You can count on certain constants at a Santana concert. The invocations of spirituality. Moments of speechifying. The presence of an overwhelming '60s vibe. And an abundance of guitar wizardry in a jam-session context.more »»»
Fans Say Last Goodbye to Vandross
 BBC
Hundreds of fans have joined family and friends to pay their respects to soul singer Luther Vandross in New York. Crowds queued for up to 10 hours outside a Manhattan funeral chapel to view his closed casket in the first of two days of public visitation.more »»»
Millions Gather for Live 8
 CNN
Millions were gathering at concert venues across the world Saturday for a massive musical effort to focus attention on global poverty. Live 8, dubbed the greatest show on earth, began in Tokyo and Johannesburg followed by Berlin and London.more »»»
Selena - The Legend, 10 Years Later
 Leila Cobo
Selena Quintanilla Pérez died on March 31, 1995. The bleak circumstances of her tragic death - gunned down by the president of her fan club outside a Days Inn motel - provided the starkest of contrasts with her radiant life.more »»»
U.S. Choir Group To Tour
 Theresa Braine
One of the most moving ways to connect with another culture is through music, and that is just what the New York City choir the Davidson Singers is aiming to do with a visit to Mexico City, State of Mexico and San Miguel de Allende during the first week of July.more »»»
Cuban Music: A Whole New Vista
 Phil Sweeney
Springtime in Havana, and the mood is up-beat. Castro is on TV every afternoon, quavering on about how new treaties with China and Venezuela will save the economy. "Fidel is very optimistic," says a taxi driver, without any apparent irony. So is the music business.more »»»
Latin Music Rhythms
 danieldelosreyes.com
Latin music awakens our senses with its upbeat and romantic dance rhythms. To assist those unfamiliar with this style of music, we have compiled a list of the most common Latin musical rhythms and of the most common Latin percussion instruments.more »»»
Reality TV Star Sparks Race Debate
 Jonathan Clark
During a March 20 episode of La Academia, a TV reality show in which would-be pop stars join a talent school and perform weekly concerts in hopes of winning a record contract, a participant named Erasmo González took the stage and began belting out an inspired rendition of "La Manzanita" by the legendary norteño group, Los Tigres del Norte.more »»»
The White Stripes Show Their Dark Side
 Eliza Barclay
Though rock n' roll common sense says that every rock band needs a bassist, the voluminous sound produced by Jack and Meg White of the White Stripes Saturday night at the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City put that wisdom to the test.more »»»
Drug Culture Eulogized By Musicians From The North
 Wire services
This is the world of the so called narcocorridos, a mix of gangster rap lyrics and traditional polka and waltz rhythms. They are the soundtrack to the booming and violent drug trade in northern Mexico. And Culiacan, a bustling city of 800,000 people, is the heart of the narcocorridos scene.more »»»
The Paq-Man’s Half-Century
 Mark Holston
Havana-born saxophone and clarinet virtuoso Paquito D’Rivera receives the coveted “Jazz Masters” Award 50 years after his debut as a child prodigy.more »»»
Vallarta Chamber Orchestra Debut: A Tale of Two Women
 D'Rachal Mora
An impossible dream came true in Puerto Vallarta on March 19th, when two of the city's most beloved entertainers fulfilled their long time dream of creating a local orchestra.more »»»
A Decade After Her Death, Selena's Legacy Continues to Grow
 Associated Press
A decade after Selena was gunned down by the president of her fan club, her musical legacy continues to thrive, winning over thousands of new fans, many of them young girls born after she died.more »»»
'Father of Chicano Music' Dead
 CNN.com
Eduardo "Lalo" Guerrero Jr., who for 60 years created songs in Spanish and English chronicling the Mexican-American experience, including Pachuco music later used in the play "Zoot Suit," has died. He was 88.more »»»
Mexican Pop Star Gloria Trevi Back Home
 Olga R. Rodriguez
Gloria Trevi, who was recently released from prison, arrived in her hometown of Monterrey to promote a tour that will put her back on a Mexican stage after a nine-year absence.more »»»
Jimmy Buffett's Concert is a Treat for Parrotheads
 Howard Cohen
Jimmy Buffett remains one of the five top money-makers in the music business. Saturday night in Sunrise he proved why with a rousing 2.5 hour concert before a full house.more »»»
Singer Islam Gets Libel Damages
 BBCNews
Yusuf Islam, the singer formerly known as Cat Stevens, has won substantial damages from two UK newspapers which falsely claimed he supported terrorism.more »»»
Ray Charles Wins Album, Record of the Year at Grammys
 Todd Leopold
The late singer and pianist's presence was everywhere Sunday night at the 47th annual Grammy Awards, from performance tributes to wins in two of the biggest categories - album and record of the year.more »»»
For Jimmy Buffett, There's No Time To Chill
 Howard Cohen
Jimmy Buffett is barefoot, on a hangar-sized floor in a Palm Beach rehearsal studio. The room is dotted with sound equipment, rigging, instruments, a mural of a coastline and about 15 musicians who make up his Coral Reefer Band.more »»»
Rastafarians Show One Love for Marley
 Ishbel Matheson
Tens of thousands crammed into Meskal Square on Sunday to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the birth of the late Jamaican reggae star, Bob Marley.more »»»
The Year of Living Indecently
 Frank Rich
Let us be grateful that Janet Jackson did not bare both breasts. On the first anniversary of the Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction that shook the world, it's clear that just one was big enough to wreak havoc.more »»»
 Alberto Perez - the owner of La Palapa, is a talented musician who sings and plays latin jazz on his guitar.
Listen to the music of Alberto Perez 
 Raul Simental - not only sings and plays his guitar at La Palapa's bar, but is also an artist whose paintings grace the walls of the restaurant.
Listen to the music of Raul Simental
 Oscar Terrazas - a talented musician who adds the sensual sounds of alto sax to the music five nights a week.
Listen to the music of Oscar Terrazas
 Rigoberto Mora - a master of the classical guitar who has been active in the local music scene for more than 20 years.
Listen to the music of Rigoberto Mora
 Paco Rentería - "an electronic virtuoso," has performed in the foremost theaters of Mexico and the US, and is a local favorite.
Listen to the music of Paco Rentería
 Fher - the lead singer of Maná, Grammy Award winning band that has taken Latin America, the U.S., and the world by storm.
Listen to the music of Fher |
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