Los Peniques

Music from Los Peniques from El Blog de Kachimondo.

Cachicamo Trabajo pa'Lapa:

Chano Pozo & Arsenio Rodriguez

Chano Pozo & Arsenio Rodríguez with Machito and his Orchestra - Legendary Sessions. Available thanks to Global Groove.

Johnny Zamot Introduces the Boogaloo Frog

Start hopping.



More at Magic Notes.

Edmundo Ros-Dance Again

This past weekend, I was excited to come across this gem record hunting. I was equally excited to see that Stax-O-Wax had it ripped. I'm a busy man, and you know how time consuming ripping vinyl can be. With all this extra time, I should go visit my family. Con-Air's on, and all those How to Pick Up Chicks tapes to listen to. Ugh! I'm going back to bed.



I Came I Saw I Conga'd

ESO ES LATIN JAZZ ... MAN!

Thanks to Fidels Eyeglasses for the rip and Latin Vinyl Junkie for the scan.
The files are mislabeled, but make a game of it. See how well you know your Latin/Jazz. Besides it's worth it.

Tin Tin Deo

Hermanas Benitez Compilation

Juanita Banana


Find this and other treasures at LOS DISCOS VIEJOS DE HECTOR.

Chicha on 45

Chicha on 45 records. If you are not familliar with this kind of latin psychedelic rock from the 70s. I urge you to go chack these songs.

"All in all, some pretty awesome songs in this bunch. If you note, I started with the more popular groups to the more obscure one’s. Los Mirlos are the godfathers of Amazonian Cumbia and they really do justice to Hugo Blanco’s “Cumbia Con Arpa”. The only song that isn’t from Peru is from Los Dinamicos Del Ritmo (Mexico maybe), yet they have that tripped out guitar sound down pretty well. Not sure if Los Vagos De Paramonga are any relation to Los Orientales, but they rip-off their song “Lobos Al Escape” in some new direction. Lastly, cumbia that seems politically topical is also quite common in this genre. Take the song Vietnam on the Do Re Mi label (Huayño acts tend to show up on this one). Although there is no real indication of why Los Pankis would have used that name for the song, I get a feeling that it’s possibly a Huayño view of the outside world - sympathetic view of the downtrodden? or something that might sell a record? Who knows? Asi, asi, asi!!!"

Available via Super Sonido

I THINK I Can, I THINK I Can

Silly me, I thought the cut entitled "Private Ay-ay-ay" would be the keeper from the album by Chaquito and his Orchestra, but the REAL doozey is The Little Engine:

Very Very Well

Cumbia and plena done Very Very Well from Lito Barrientos.

From Ghost Capital, where there are many more interesting things to listen to.

Mr. Blah Blah

Mr. Blah Blah - Ray Barretto from On Fire Again (1963)

Move Over, Pigmeat

Pigmeat Markham's version of Here Comes the Judge is all well and good, but well, face it, a boogaloo version of the tune is just gonna blow him out of the water. All rise, as El Rey del Boogaloo takes the bench!

Coco's Descarga

Coco's Descarga from Holy Warbles

Freak Off

Freak Off - Orchestra Harlow



Found at Diggin' It!

musica lonche

Telesforo-Musica Lonche by Telésforo

Latin easy listening selection by Telésforo, a man of great taste from Guadalajara, Mexico.

Cuban Moonlight

Stanley Black - Cuban Moonlight is available thanks to TAM TAM & Mélodie.


Green Eyes

Gal Costa - Trem das onze (1973)

I'm in love with Gal:


Gal Costa canta "Trem das onze" (Adoniran Barbosa) num programa de TV em 1973.

uploaded by Calulinho

Los Melódicos

Don't let the deer-in-the-headlights album cover fool you, Los Melódicos really tear up the place. At least this particular band called Los Melódicos-- a simple search turned up several bands with the same name from every possible era. Maybe it's like Menudo and they replace them every few years and keep the name. Whatever the case, this album kicks ass.

Holy crap, here's a MUCH better Los Melódicos cover from the same blog....sadly, the file has been deleted so I can't hear it...how do you say "please re-up pronto, it is truly a matter of life and death" in Spanish??

99 and counting?

Could the King of British Latin music be nearing his hundredth birthday? Some think Edmundo Ros needs to get back into the studio to celebrate the occasion; see if you agree by listening to his music here.

A Tropical Affair

The perfect soundtrack for your Tropical Affair: A "Latin American Dance Pot-Pourri" from 1957 by Pedro Garcia and the Del Prado Orchestra found here. Don't you LOVE the album cover?