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 Entertainment | Music
Universal Music Sues MySpace for Copyright Infringement
 Jeff Leeds
The Universal Music Group, the world’s largest music company, filed a copyright infringement lawsuit yesterday against MySpace, the popular social networking Web site, for allowing users to upload and download songs and music videos.
Nicho Hinojosa Concert at Christine
 PVNN
Latin troubadour Nicho Hinojosa, whose 1999 album "En El Bar" flew out of stores and grabbed the attention of BMG Ariola recording company, will be performing live in concert on Friday, November 24th at Disco Christine in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Music Row Hoping Hispanics will be Next Big Audience
 Travis Loller
When country music acts started noticing more Hispanic fans at their concerts, it didn't take long for Music Row to start dreaming of its Next Big Audience.
Mana Takes on US-Mexico Wall
 Prensa Latina
Mexican rock band MANA called the wall to be constructed along the Mexican-US border as a "brutality," Argentine press quoted Friday.
Dick Clark Rock'n'Roll Collection to be Sold in NY
 Timothy Gardner
Fifty years after Dick Clark first hosted the popular television show that came to be called "American Bandstand," he's ready to let go of some of the rock'n'roll items he's collected.
This IS Your Father's Mariachi
 Sara Miller Llana
Mariachi music today is undergoing a worldwide renaissance. Once simple street musicians, mariachis have turned into mainstream pop stars celebrated from Tijuana to Tokyo.more »»»
The Perfect Combination for Really Hot Salsa
 PVNN
Legendary salsa band Orquesta Yarey announces the release of their hot new album titled “La Perfecta Combinación,” with Yarey singer Chamy Solano and band leader Sal Perez heatin' it up with trumpet virtuoso and singer Joe King in this early November release.more »»»
Shakira, Daddy Yankee Win MTV Latin America 2006 Awards
 livinginperu.com
Puerto Rican reggaeton artist Daddy Yankee scooped the top prize as "Artist of the Year" at the 2006 MTV Latin American Music awards, held in Mexico City last night. Mexican Julieta Venegas, Colombian Shakira, British pop singer Robbie Williams and the Mexican bands Manna and Panda also won in other categories.more »»»
Rebel Performer: Mexico's Astrid Hadad Skewers The Status Quo
 Jordan Levin
In her radical cabaret-performance art, diva, comic, singer and satirist Astrid Hadad, turns Mexican convention and culture upside down and inside out.more »»»
Tex-Mex Singer Freddy Fender Dies at 69
 Ynn Brezosky
Freddy Fender, the "Bebop Kid" of the Texas-Mexico border who later turned his twangy tenor into the smash country ballad "Before the Next Teardrop Falls," died Saturday. He was 69.more »»»
Shakira to Build School in Her Hometown
 Associated Press
Pop diva Shakira will donate the proceeds from a concert in her hometown to build an arts school for 1,800 children forced to flee their homes by Colombia's civil war.more »»»
Getting Jazzy in the Riviera Maya
 MTB
The fourth edition of the Rivera Maya Jazz Festival will bring jazz, R&B, and funk artists to the beautiful beaches of Playa de Carmen for four nights of musical performances, from Nov. 22 to 25.more »»»
Singer Lila Downs Mixes Folkloric Mexican and Electronic Music in New Release
 Associated Press
Singer Lila Downs says an old Indian tradition has kept her close to Mexico. Observing an ancient ritual, her Mexican mother buried her umbilical cord under a maguey, the spiky plant used to make the potent mezcal liquor.more »»»
Julieta Venegas: 'The Accordion Girl' with the Latin Grammy Nominations
 Istra Pacheco
Just call her “the accordion girl.” That's Mexican singer Julieta Venegas' nickname in Spain, where she's wrapping up a tour. The shy, accordion-toting singer recently received four Latin Grammy nominations for her album “Limon y Sal.”more »»»
Anglo-Style Rockers Making Pop-Punk Waves in Mexico
 Ayala Ben-Yehuda
Allison. Zoe. Motel. Panda. Novel. The newest trend in Mexican music is dominated by young bands with one-word names and a style reminiscent of Anglo pop-punk and alternative rock.more »»»
Mexico's Fey Finds Career Life After Teen Stardom
 Leila Cobo
In the mid-1990s, a newcomer called Fey took the Mexican market by storm with a self-titled album geared toward the teen market. Like so many teen acts, Fey had her moment of fame, sold millions of copies, then went on hiatus. Now a second successful album as an adult act highlights the possibility of life after teen stardom.more »»»
Miami is a Muse for Mexican Rockers
 Jordan Levin
After two years of touring and a year off, Mexican pop-rock group Maná was looking to get recharged and reinspired. And so, like millions of tourists before them, they came to Miami.more »»»
Willie Nelson Fights Horse Slaughter
 Suzanne Gamboa
Texan Willie Nelson is raising his voice in defense of a symbol of the West wild horses. Country singer Nelson is the latest to join an effort to ban the slaughter of horses in the US for consumption of their meat abroad. more »»»
Killers Shoot Video For All-American Single — In Mexico
 MTV
For months, the Killers have been touting the uniquely American sound of their Sam's Town album. So naturally, when it came time for them to shoot the video for the first single from the disc, they chose a locale steeped in red-white-and-blue yore. Actually, they just decided to shoot the thing in Mexico.more »»»
Rome Church Condemns Madonna's Crucifixion Stunt
 Rachel Sanderson
Rome's Catholic, Muslim and Jewish leaders have united to condemn pop star Madonna's decision to stage a mock-crucifixion when she performs in the Italian capital a stone's throw away from Vatican City.more »»»
Univision Music Unit Sued by Mexico's Disa Label
 Reuters
Latin music label Disa Records said on Tuesday it has filed a breach of contract lawsuit against the music unit of Hispanic media company Univision Communications Inc.more »»»
In Mexico, Internet Music Piracy Rising
 Associated Press
On Genova Street in downtown Mexico City, illegally copied CDs of music by top U.S. artists sell for 20 pesos, just under $2 a piece, in tiny booths between tables overflowing with batteries, stuffed animals and cheap knockoff sunglasses. That's about one-tenth the price in nearby stores.more »»»
Pregnant Spears Poses Nude for Magazine
 Associated Press
Pregnant pop princess Britney Spears is baring nearly all on the cover of Harper's Bazaar magazine. The singer of "... Baby, One More Time" posed in the buff for the cover of the August issue; there's also a photo spread inside.more »»»
Youths Targeted in Mexican Version of 'Rock the Vote'
 Laurence Iliff
It looked like a typical Mexican rock concert: youths with black T-shirts, eyebrow piercings and Coronas in hand. And it sounded like one: bone-crushing drums, wall-of-sound guitars. But behind the stage, on video monitors, was an almost subliminal message hinting at another mass event in a week's time – Sunday's presidential election.more »»»
Dixie Chicks See Slow Ticket Sales in Some Cities
 Steve Gorman
Country music trio the Dixie Chicks, still taking heat for criticizing President Bush, are weathering sluggish ticket sales in several cities for their upcoming U.S. tour, industry watchers reported.more »»»
Christine Club Hosts Make a Wish Jazz Benefit
 PVNN
Club Christine together with the Make A Wish Foundation, are helping to make wishes come true by presenting a benefit jazz concert performed by the Clark College Jazz Ensemble on Tuesday, June 20th at 8:30 pm.more »»»
Italian Pop Star: Mexican Women have Moustaches
 Newswire
An Italian pop star named Tizziano Ferro is at the center of a media firestorm in Mexico after saying Mexican women have moustaches. According to Spain's 20 Minutos, the singer, who lived in Mexico for two years is not into Mexican girls.more »»»
Mexican Rhythm, 'Riverdance' Style
 Agustin Gurza
Almost five years ago, Richard O'Neal gave up his job as the globe-trotting assistant director of "Riverdance," the popular stage show based on Irish folk dance. Unexpectedly, he was offered the chance to launch a Mexican version of the show to be based on the rousing, foot-stomping dance style known as son jarocho, native to the southern state of Veracruz.more »»»
Madonna Blasted for Concert Crucifixion
 AP
Less than 12 hours after Madonna crucified herself on a mirrored cross, the Catholic League expressed its discontent with the concert stunt. The controversial diva wore a crown of thorns and sang while hanging from a cross during Sunday night's opener of her "Confessions" world tour at The Forum in Inglewood.more »»»
Latin Singer Soraya Succumbs to Cancer at 37
 Leila Cobo
Colombian-born singer/songwriter Soraya, one of the first artists to write and record in both English and Spanish, has died after a battle with breast cancer, sources said. She was 37.more »»»
Critics' Choice - New CD's
 NYTimes
Since the Beach Boys, no band has been as closely identified with Southern California as the Red Hot Chili Peppers. But since the band formed in 1983, its vision of Los Angeles has changed considerably, from cheerfully anarchic pleasure dome to soul-sucking dystopia where junkies lurk behind every fruit-smoothie stand.more »»»
Forró in Brazil: Under a Full Moon, Dancing to the Beat of the Zabumba
 Seth Kugel
About a mile down a cobblestone road from the Vitória gas station, on a moonlit ranch outside São José de Mipibu, a town of negligible importance in northeast Brazil, three men in shiny blue and silver cowboy outfits made music with an accordion, a jangling triangle and a deep-throated zabumba drum.more »»»
Songs of Protest
 The Nation
There may never be another Bob Dylan. But there will always be protest music of the sort that first endeared Dylan to a mass audience, and that confirmed the power of song to move not just a generation but a nation.more »»»
MTV Latin America Announces Interviews with Mexican Candidates
 Associated Press
MTV Latin America announced Friday a series of planned interviews with Mexican presidential candidates to promote informed voting for young people ahead of that country's elections in July.more »»»
Unplugged Revival Saves Dying Mexican Folk Music
 Greg Brosnan
Hooked on dance music and rock, young people in the river deltas and mountain towns of Mexico's Gulf coast used to ridicule the old men playing their oddly named instruments on street corners.more »»»
Neil Young Urges Bush Impeachment on Protest Album
 Reuters
Veteran rocker Neil Young has recorded a protest album featuring an anti-Iraq war track with "a holy vow to never kill again" and a song titled "Let's Impeach the President," the singer said on Monday.more »»»
Alex Lora Maintains Band's Aura
 Brad Kava
After 37 years of playing live music, Alex Lora, the godfather of Mexican rock, has lots of firsts. He was the headliner at Mexico's answer to Woodstock, Festival Rock y Ruedas de Avándaro, in 1971; he was on the cover of Rolling Stone's first Spanish edition in 2002; and last week his band, El Tri, was the first Mexican band to headline the Long Beach Grand Prix, which has been around for 32 years.more »»»
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