It was described as the “Day the Music Died.” Over 50 years ago, on February 3, 1959, three of the country’s top rock & roll stars — Ritchie Valens, J. P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson, and Buddy Holly — died in a plane crash. The tragedy reshaped the music world …
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Alejandro Sanz, the most nominated artist of the night, performed his single “Mi Persona Favorita” sans collaborator Camila Cabello at the Latin Grammy Awards. In a red suit, the Spanish superstar sang “Mi Persona Favorita” with a black-and-white Cabello on the screens behind him.He wasn’t alone for long when Best …
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Two months ago, Awez Darbar, an Indian dancer and choreographer with a sizable following — 1.7 million subscribers on YouTube and close to 19 million followers on TikTok — posted a new dance video online. Most of his clips are set to songs that are popular in India; occasionally Darbar …
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“I want my country to be free,” said Ileana Cabra Joglar, better known as iLe, with one hand on her chest. During a recent performance at El Museo del Barrio — New York City’s leading art museum for the Latin American diaspora, and the jewel of Spanish Harlem — she …
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What might the baddest boys in Spain and Brazil do to get a woman’s attention? Madrid’s Latin Grammy-winning rapper C. Tangana, along with São Paulo baile funk artiste MC Bin Laden, count the many stunts they’d pull in a springy new track released Thursday called “Pa’ Llamar Tu Atención,” or …
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