Tag Archives: Gilberto Santa Rosa
Great Salsa Albums Have Musical Variety
Posted on 30. Aug, 2010 by Hector Aviles.
As I took a vacation road trip to explore Oregon, I had plenty of time to listen to various Latin music albums while driving. Among the salsa albums I listen were the latest releases from Gilberto Santa Rosa, Juan Luis Guerra, and Tito Nieves. All these albums have great music, but as they say in [...]
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Victor Manuelle Salsa Singer Looks Awkward Singing Ballad in TV
Posted on 10. Aug, 2010 by Hector Aviles.
The other night I was flipping TV channels and found Salsa singer Victor Manuelle in a popular Puerto Rico TV show singing a ballad. It was so bad that I felt sorry for this great Salsa singer.
Let me clarify that although Victor Manuelle is a very popular Salsa signer and has just recently ventured into [...]
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The Legend of Roberto Roena - Part 2
Posted on 29. Jan, 2010 by Hector Aviles.
In Part 1, I gave you a brief history of Roberto Roena’s career, from his beginning with Rafael Cortijo’s Combo, through his participation in El Gran Combo, and the formation of his band the Apollo Sound. Roena distinguished himself for his showmanship, having started his career as a dancer with his brother and his uncle, [...]
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Another way to enjoy Latin Music
Posted on 01. Jan, 2010 by Hector Aviles.
Most people like music and most people that like music like to sing. You know who you are . It may be in the shower or in the car, when no one is around to hear your bad singing. Or it may be while doing a shore, or while walking. In the last few months, [...]
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Christmas Latin Music Favorites - Part 2
Posted on 29. Dec, 2009 by Hector Aviles.
Christmas is now a memory, but the holidays for us continue with the New Year celebration coming in a couple of days, and “Los Reyes Magos” (The Three Kings/Wise Men) following closely behind. So you still have time to update your Christmas music collection, so that the New Year doesn’t catch you listening to the [...]
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Fania is back with good old Salsa
Posted on 11. Nov, 2009 by Hector Aviles.
The Fania label is back again, providing us the availability of some of the best classic Salsa ever recorded. Now under new ownership, Fania officially launched its www.Fania.com web site, which will make available a great part of their archived catalog. I understand more titles will become available over time.
I’m glad that Fania is back, [...]
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2009 Latin Grammy Awards - My Objections and Ideas
Posted on 08. Nov, 2009 by Hector Aviles.
Awards are a diffucult thing, but people love them. I’m one who is always disappointed with music awards. For one, I always seem to disagree with some of the selections for award winners. Another reason is that sometimes there are two very good entries in one category, and only one can win.
Luis Enrique’s “Ciclos” vs. Jose Lugo’s “Guasabara”
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Salsa Music Ups and Downs; Part 3, Salsa Romantica and the Merengue threat
Posted on 02. Sep, 2009 by Hector Aviles.
Salsa survived the threat of Rock and Disco in the 1980’s thanks to a mainstream trend in Salsa and to the birth of “Salsa Romántica”. But would this be enough to hold-off the “Merengue” threat of the early 90’s? Merengue took a page from Salsa’s book, and changed its message and its appearance. With these [...]
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Salsa Music Ups and Downs: Part 2b – the threat of Rock & Disco
Posted on 18. Aug, 2009 by Hector Aviles.
In this blog, I cover the boom of Rock and Disco experienced starting in the mid-1970s and through the 80s, and how this represented a threat for Salsa. Luckily, Salsa was developing a more “mainstream” branch that allowed it to ride the wave through the 80’s.
As I mentioned in my previous Part 2a blog, Salsa started its [...]
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Premios Billboard Musica Latina - more of the same!
Posted on 27. Apr, 2009 by Hector Aviles.
After the results of the “Premios Billboard 2009” of latin music, you have to wonder if whoever chooses the award winners even listens to the recordings. These latin music awards, as with the Grammy’s, “Lo Nuestro”, etc., seem to reward the most popular and conected artists than the quality of music they play.
My particular grief [...]
