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All The Hispanics Nominated At The 60th Grammy Awards

Daddy Yankee and Luis Fonsi

2017/11/28 at 4:32pm

All The Hispanics Nominated At The 60th Grammy Awards

11.28.2017 | By Jack Rico |

As is the tradition every year, the Recording Academy selected their nominations of the best of the best in music across 84 categories. For this site’s purposes, we will focus only on the Hispanic nominees which have been nominated in 20 categories this year, many more than we have seen in previous years. With Bruno Mars (Puerto Rican heritage) nominated for six awards and Despacito‘s bilingual version nominated for three, including Justin Bieber, we are seeing one of the great years for Latinos in music. Read More

Sports Illustrated Goes Latino, The Future of Latin Music In The US

By Jack Rico

2017/09/01 at 1:04pm

Podcast

Sports Illustrated Goes Latino, The Future of Latin Music In The US

09.1.2017 | By Jack Rico |

On this week’s episode, our good friend Luis Miguel Echegaray, the head of Latino content for Sports Illustrated stopped by to talk about their new initiative for Hispanic sports fans, and what is the future of Latin music.

By Jack Rico

2017/08/18 at 3:09pm

Latino Podcast

Podcast: Bomba Estéreo Talks ‘AYO’ And Spanglish

08.18.2017 | By Jack Rico |

We’re sending our love and prayers to the people of Barcelona who suffered a senseless terrorist attack. But on a lighter note, this is probably one of the best podcast shows we’ve done. We chat with Mesfin Fekadu, music editor of the Associated Press, who broke the story about Despacito not being nominated at this year’s VMAs. Did this happen because of cultural bias? We dissect all the variables, along with some of our thoughts on whether MTV should start playing Spanish-language music videos. Then I talk to Colombia’s hottest band of the moment, Bomba Estéreo, about their new album AYO, music and race, coca leaves, payola in the music business, and their love for the street language of Spanglish. Read More

Will Despacito Open Floodgates For More Spanish Music Crossovers?

By Jack Rico

2017/07/21 at 3:13pm

Latino Podcast

Will Despacito Open Floodgates For More Spanish Music Crossovers?

07.21.2017 | By Jack Rico |

Will Despacito Open Floodgates For More Spanish Music Crossovers?

In episode 41, we ask the question: Will Despacito Open Floodgates For More Spanish Music Crossovers? We talk about Despacito with Senior Media Reporter from the NY POST, Claire Atkinson, to break down for me how the song became that big and how much $$ she thinks Justin Bieber made from this summer hit.

Also, Colombian director Tomas Reyes, who did an English-language documentary about healthy living called BEYOND FOOD, stops by to discuss how you can improve your health by making more educated decisions.

Univision’s ‘El Chapo’

By Jack Rico

2017/04/29 at 11:30am

Podcast

‘The Highly Relevant Podcast’: Univision’s ‘El Chapo,’ ViceLand’s Panama ‘Jungletown,’ ‘Guardians of the Galaxy 2,’ Broadway’s ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’

04.29.2017 | By Jack Rico |

Thank you for downloading episode 30 of the Highly Relevant podcast! On this week’s episode, we talk with the creator of the most anticipated show in Spanish language TV right now, Univision’s EL CHAPO. We get to the moral and ethical controversies of getting the show done, the fascination of cartel tv shows and if actors Kate del Castillo and Sean Penn will be making cameos. Also urban millennial network VICELAND has a new show called JUNGLETOWN that takes place in Panama. Why are they there and why should we care? I talk to Jimmy Stice, the man behind it all. That, plus highlights of The Premios Billboard, reviews of Guardians of the Galaxy 2 and Broadway’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Read More