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Juanes won the Best Latin Pop Album award for La Vida…Es Un Ratico, but didn’t show his hermosisimo face to receive it. Gustavo Santaolalla was there to accept it for him. CONTINUE READING

Hissip is your source for Latino music too, so here’s what’s happening music-wise among tu gente, ya’ll.

Argentine musician dubbed the “human loop guru” by Remix magazine Juana Molina was interviewed by staff writer Ken Micallef. For those not familiar with her music, here’s a breakdown of her style:

“Molina’s music is both organic, with its warm instrumental textures; and electronic, through her inclusion of barely assisted live-loop machinations. On one song you’ll think she’s chosen some preset, and on the next you ralize she’s beating mad hypnotic flow on the Argentinean bombo leguero.”

Her fifth album Un Dia was released last month, so go and cop it Hissipers.

Also Curumin’s album Japanpopshow released this past Spring is being re-issued by Adrenaline records.

The band Jaguares has dropped the new album 45. At first I was totally clueless as to why they decided to name their album that, but CONTINUE READING