Music
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LIFE
Heartbreak Drives Regional Mexican Grupo Frontera’s Global Success—Pain Is the Secret to the Party
Grupo Frontera’s global rise rests on a familiar contradiction: songs about losing someone can bring strangers together. The Texas band’s…
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LIFE
Piero Dies at 81, but His Songs Still Put Power on Trial
Piero’s death at 81 leaves Latin America mourning the voice behind “Mi viejo.” His exile and commitment to Colombia’s peace…
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Bogotá Finds Cali’s Rhythm as Petronio Turns Earthquake Grief into a Lifeline
Bogotá’s Petronio Álvarez festival extension brings Pacific music and Afro-Colombian craftsmanship to a city far from the earthquake’s worst destruction.…
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Entertainment
Uruguayan Legend Rubén Rada Made the Whole World Dance Candombe
Rubén Rada, the singer and percussionist who carried Afro-Uruguayan candombe from Montevideo’s Barrio Sur into rock clubs, jazz sessions and…
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Mexican Pop Prince Cristian Castro Summons Metal Gods and Memory
After three decades of romantic ballads, Cristian Castro is again becoming Lügh Draculea, his metal alter ego. La Esfinge’s third…
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Colombian Star Karol G Makes Feeling a Global Power Move
Karol G’s sixth album pairs Bruno Mars and Drake with a more intimate Carolina, turning emotional excess into cultural argument.…
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Puerto Rican Reggaeton Royalty Eyes a Bigger Daddy Yankee Reunion
Don Omar is touring again, but the Puerto Rican star’s most tantalizing unfinished business sits offstage: a possible Daddy Yankee…
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Artificial Intelligence
Cuban Queen Celia Cruz Gets an AI Encore with Guardrails
Celia Cruz's estate has recreated the Cuban salsa legend's voice with artificial intelligence, promising education, cultural memory and strict controls…
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Colombian Masked Star Corridos Del Rey Makes Faith Go Viral
Behind a black mask and tejana hat, Colombian viral sensation Corridos Del Rey has transformed a suicidal crisis into a…
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Colombian Star Maluma Trades the American Dream for Homegrown Fire
On his seventh album, Loco x volver, Colombian singer Maluma rejects borrowed perfection and returns to Medellín, regional sounds, and…
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