Latin Music

I Think It Means "Party Christmas," Y’all

Get to Know Your 2012 DOMA Best Jazz and Latin Nominees

Leading up to our November 10 showcase, we'll be getting you familiar with some of our Dallas Observer Music Awards nominees, either via past features we've done on them, or new ones. You can vote for your favorite acts, venues and more right here. Best Jazz Act Damon K. Clark Damon K. Clark might ... More >>

Why is Mexico Such a Dump?

And what's the Mexican music that sounds like polka?

Get To Know Your DOMAXXIII Nominees: Best Indie Act, Best Jazz Act, Best Latin/Tejano Act

​Welcome to our 2011 Dallas Observer Music Awards breakdown, wherein we'll use the weeks leading up to the DOMA showcases on Saturday, October 15 (which is also when voting ends), to explain the nominees in each category Today, we look at the nominees in the Best Indie Act, Best Jazz ... More >>

Where was Mariachi Born and Why Does This Highlander Love It So?

Last Night: Talib Kweli, Ozomatli and Surprise Special Guest Bun B Rock RedBull's SoundClash at the Palladium Ballroom

​Red Bull SoundClash with Ozomatli, Talib Kweli & The Rhythm Roots Allstars with Special Guest Bun BPalladium BallroomOctober 28, 2010Better Than: Anything else worth the $10 ticket price.The Palladium looked a little different last night.Instead of the conventional one stage people have becom ... More >>

Catching Up With Talib Kweli and Ozomatli In Advance Of Tonight's Red Bull Soundclash...

​Right about now, over at the Palladium Ballroom, the stage is being set for tonight's Red Bull SoundClash, featuring Talib Kweli & The Rhythm Roots AllStars and Ozomatli. The two groups spawned from vastly different scenes, but share a similar alternative hip-hop jam--and we were able to watc ... More >>

Mexican Idol

Red Bull Soundclash Returns to Dallas on October 28 with Talib Kweli and Ozomatli

​Maybe you remember back in September of last year when Red Bull hosted its first Soundclash event in Dallas, with guests Erykah Badu and Shiny Toy Guns competing for the attendees' attention out at their free show in Victory Plaza? Yeah? Maybe? It was a good time, to be sure, even if the turnout ... More >>

Clap Your Hands, Say Ay!

Mariachi Quetzal Bucks Tradition

Why Are So Many Mexicans Becoming Mormons?

Clearing Out The Mailroom: Thursday, July 8, 2010

​We've got quite a backlog of CDs we've never gotten around to, so we're going to try to chip away at the pile with this regular feature. The plan: to take a few at a time and play each CD for as long as I can stand it.Indigo GirlsStaring Down the Brilliant Dream (Vanguard)This live, two-CD set co ... More >>

Why Would Mexican Girls Want to Fail High School?

How Can They Call It Mexican Food If It Doesn’t Bring the Heat?

This Cinco de Mayo, give the mariachis a break from the old standbys

Why do Mexican's love bad-boy cops so much?

Top 10 Latin Music Albums of 2008

Americans who still think of Latin music as mariachi bands and gyrating Ricky Martins and Shakiras might want to lend a closer ear to the genre. This country's Hispanic population isn't just growing, it's growing more diverse. More and more unique musical styles are being gobbled up, and that shoul ... More >>

Ozomatli, Galactic

Thursday, October 30, at House of Blues

Poster Of The Week: 100 Damned Guns

Step to It

See Joey Lawrence and friends bust a move

Latin Beat

¡Ask a Mexican!

Global Prime Time

Tour the world inside the Majestic

Various Artists

Rio Baile Funk--More Favela Booty Beats (Smog Veil)

Ozomatli

Sunday, October 8, at the Granada Theater

Musica Fresca

Thursday, September 21, Escapade 2009

Calexico

Garden Ruin (Touch and Go/Quarterstick)

Chica Power

Mariachis Rosas Divinas make beautiful music

Ozomatli

Street Signs (Concord Records)

The Nokia Unwired Tour

October 21

Latin Lessons

"Ran Kan Kan" to Tito Puente Jr.

Damn Good Yankee

In Once Upon a Time in Mexico, the outlaw Johnny Depp saves the day

Feel the Heat

Two events highlight Latin culture

Hooked on Classics

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra is crunk, yo

Dancing Across the Border

Born in Mexico and raised by Celso Piña, sonidero music is taking over Dallas' Latino nightclubs. Is it here to stay?

Calexico

Feast of Wire (Quarterstick)

Blue-Collar Nights

To the sound of a Latin beat, the city's working stiffs escape the daily grind at Escapade, two of the biggest nightclubs you've never heard of -- not if English is your first language

Prose and Conjunto

A new book finds the squeeze-box heart of Texas-Mexican music

El Parche's Return

This is the story of Steve Jordan, one bad-ass pachuco

Out & About

Watcha Tour

Love sick

Director Bruno Barreto and his wife, Amy Irving, jam their fingers down our throats in Bossa Nova

The LeAnn Rimes of mariachi music

Talented and determined, Nydia Rojas is forging a pop career while remaining true to her roots

Tejano outsiders define what's in

La Mafia continue to break barriers even as their industry ignores them

East Side soul music

The Blazers return with a record Just for You--and, hopefully, many others

The Chief of conjunto

Santiago Jimenez Jr. maintains his father's historic musical legacy

Rapid fire

Desperado is a shallow but thrilling ride

Bigger, louder

With 1,000 times the budget for his sequel, Robert Rodriguez comes out with guns a-blazin'

Myth, martyr, musician

With each passing day, the ghost of Selena looms larger over the mainstream

Echale salsita

Passion and pride ignite upon the dance floor of Dallas' salsa community