As you may have seen in past posts, I was torn between XM and Sirius satellite radio. Well you know what, I wound up getting Sirius, but more importantly, I got Salsa Radio

 That’s right, now I can hear songs like a remake of Esta Cobardia by the late, great Frankie Ruiz. This new project is by a group called La Nueva Combinacion and believe me when I tell you that they did the classic justice. I had to look these guys up and I found out that this is a collaborative album headed up by Angel Fernandez. The stars involved include Johnny River, Ray Sepulveda, Tito Allen, George Lamond and the singer on Esta Cobardia, sixteen year old, Luis Figueroa Roig. If you would like to find out more information on this project, the site is http://www.lanuevacombinacion.com/index-en.htm

Happy listening and please be sure to tell me what you think…

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So I am going to be getting a satellite radio for Christmas and I was hoping that you all could offier a little insight on the better choice for Salsa. I have heard a little of both because at different times, I have had DishNetwork and DirecTV satellite TV services which include Sirius and XM respectively. I think they are both pretty good. They both have their good and not so good points.

I like that Sirius has some New York City flavor to it because that is where it is based out of. They have catchy little phrases that a lot of the NY stations use. I don’t like that it mixes reggaeton with salsa, merengue and bachata, and more recently made it the primary style of music. I like Reggaeton somewhat but it is still fairly new as far as genres go and it is too different than the aforementioned genres. XM separates them into two different channels.

As for XM, I like that they have a few more latin channels for other genres. They don’t have as many of the corny one-liner ads but again, I kind of like those

Right now, I have XM through my dish provider so I am leaning a little more toward Sirius so that I can have both but I’d love to see what you all think.

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Well, in order to be fair to lovers of some other Latin genres that we cater to, I thought it would be a good idea to a couple of other 2006 reviews. Today, we have Merengue as the genre of choice. Here are some of the hits from this year that I have compiled. Remember, I have tried to keep them as chronologically true as possible but I am going from memory. Feel free to help with some suggestions. (more…)

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So, I’ve added a little feature on the site to display songs that contain either a famous lyric/quote or have elicited some type of emotional response from me or people I know. So far, I’ve only been able to think of a few so perhaps you can help out with a quote or lyric from your favorite songs. As I mentioned, it could be something that made you think, “Wow! That was pretty intense!” or a phrase that when you hear it, you and probably everyone around, starts to sing it. One of the ones I used which is a perfect example of this is when you hear the conga and bongos playing quietly and then you hear Ruben Blades start to sing “Por la esquina de viejo barrio lo vi pasar…con el tumbao’ que tienen los guapos al caminar”. I don’t know too many people that don’t start singing after that line. If you can, try to include the performing artist and/or the original author. I’m sure there are some good ones out there that I am not thinking of. Happy singing!!Â

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So here are some of my picks for good salsa for 2006. These are more in chronological order starting with the older songs and ending with the newer ones. Feel free to sound off on any that you liked or that I may have missed. Here they are… (more…)

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So this morning, on the way to work, I was listening to my iPod and came across a couple of old classics. Well, old for me, because I am not old

I miss the classics stuff from the eighties and early nineties. Anyway, I heard “Esa Mujer” by Tony Vega (one of my favorites) and “Brujeria” by Gran Combo. Not exactly contemporaries of each other, but that is what is terrific about Salsa…the fact that it is timeless. Salsa is like wine, it gets better with age. (more…)

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