Latino Music News: Cristian Castro + Café Tacvba + Tommy Torres Opens for Ricardo Ajorna
(photo: Rothenberg)
Café Tacvba performed in Buenos Aires over the weekend as part of their 20 Years/20 Cities Tour. Their next stops according to El Informador will include Spain, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Estados Unidos, and England.
What a way for the respected Mexican band to celebrate such a big milestone in Latin music.
Cristian Castro’s newest album has hit the streets. He calls it El Cupable Soy Yo. You gotta hand it to Cris. Whereas all the other Latin artists are always come up with album titles that glorify them, or make them come out as the victim, Cristian goes out and says it straight up: it’s his fault.
Yes, I know that I shouldn’t take album titles too literally, but hey!
Okay, I don’t know why Cristian’s record label thought it would be cute for him to conceive that leprechaun-style album cover. Beats me. Oh, well at least he tries to be original…a little.
Now let’s talk about the music. Cristian is known for his sweeping ballads, and he delivers a lot of them on this album with songs like No Engañes al Amor, as well as the self-reproaching title track, and “Eres Tu” and “La Espalda”.
Puertorriqueño papi Tommy Torres opened up the series of concert for Ricardo Ajorna at the Auditorio Nacional de la Ciudad de México. Tommy gushed at having the opportunity to perform with the socially-conscious guatemalco singer, telling the Reforma Diario:
“Ricardo tiene una manera de decir las cosas como nadie más. Siempre busca encontrar un tema para escribir; de cualquier cosa cotidiana él hace una novela grande.”
“Ricardo has a style of saying things in a way no one else can. He’s always on the look out for songs to compose. He could take a simple little thing from everyday life and turn into a sweeping novel.”
That sure is a lot of admiration. Tommy T is so humble.
Photo: Castro pic: The Grosby Group
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Comment made on June 10, 2009 at 11:02 amI am crazy about latino music. It’s so alive and optimistic that it makes you dance whatever the atmosphere and you end up having a great time!