Control Machete News

News about Control Machete continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.

Jul 26, 2010 | NPR

Ana Tijoux: 33 Years In Three Minutes

Ana Tijoux blends her French-Chilean background with myriad other influences in "1977," a crazy quilt of rap, rhythm, strings and sentiment.

Comment?

Related Topix: Hip-Hop

Wed Jul 21, 2010

Bushwick BK

Defiling Genres, From Cumbia to Kuduro

DJ Toy Selectah. If a librarian got together with a club kid, they might create similarly genre-defiling terms as those coined by Toy Selectah , such as "raverton" and "Mex-more." Indeed, Toy can methodically trace back the development of cumbia in Mexico back to the 1950s.

Comment?

Related Topix: Hip-Hop, New York, World News, Mexico

Thu Jul 08, 2010

The Austin American-Statesman

Reports from the Latin Alternative Music Conference in New York

It's probably no coincidence that the 11th annual Latin Alternative Music Conference started as this city was gripped by an epic, "Do The Right Thing"-style heatwave.

Comment?

Related Topix: Austin, TX, Hip-Hop, Orishas, Music, Entertainment