buika - volver volver

heard this gorgeous rendition at a literary event i attended... the voice stopped everyone dead in their tracks... the woman playing it said, yes, isn't her voice incredible? "i went to go see her at the hollywood bowl and everyone was crying and throwing flowers..."

ibrahim ferrer - bruca manigua

when i was a teenager, music wasn't as infinitely available as it is to teenagers in 2014. the music that i did have in my possession was hard to track down and paid for dutifully. those songs were special and well-worn; little hidden treasures.

this song was one of them. i just heard it again on a local radio station, and the strings and shuffling beat put me in a trance...back to my old bedroom, lying on the thin nubby carpet, imagining myself in other countries, other worlds, other lives.

los tecolines - cariño

this is the kind of ballad that makes me swoon -- harmonies like honey, chords stacked neatly like pancakes, and a term of endearment sung with the timbre of a mother's lullaby

los hermanos martínez gil - chacha linda

elastic bond - pierdo el control

carla morrison - eres tu (2012)

una preciosa canción, verdad

diablo band - porque te vas (1977)

:)

latina rappers, older y mas nuevo tambien

arianna puello - "las cosas son como son"


mala rodriguez - "tengo un trato"


indee styla - "un punto de luz"