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End of the world: The corrosive, sonorous tenderness
By José Gandour @zonagirante I apologize, and I do so for several reasons. The first is that I frequently use the word "tenderness" in my writing. I use this word on several occasions because I believe it's the quality I most enjoy feeling in music that...
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Minor Satellite: Beautiful songs that come out of the garage.
By José Gandour @zonagirante I maintain (and will continue to maintain for a long time) that the most interesting music comes from what used to be called the underground (I don't know if it's still the case). Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that every sound an independent artist makes is...
Julieta Laso: The voice returns
By José Gandour @zonagirante Some, now of advanced age, will remember when they would turn on the radios at home in the afternoon, at a good volume, and the songs of classic singers, like Olga Guillot, Libertad Lamarque, Alci Acosta, Julio Jaramillo and others, would play, and...
Winona Riders: Good rock still exists
By José Gandour @zonagirante To begin, I'll paraphrase a well-known Bart Simpson quote: Bands allied with Satan are more fun than those that sing to benevolent deities. Since the time of Elvis, many of the frightened religious people who have taken refuge in...
Soda Stereo remixed by Hernan Cattaneo and Verlkmusic (video and streaming)
By José Gandour @zonagirante If there are any artists who would accept and celebrate a reinvention of their music, even after almost 16 years since their last concert (December 21, 2007), it's the members of Soda Stereo. It's justified in every way...
Melov + Fancy Nancy / The Beach (Two EPs to enjoy in the shower)
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante Here are two gems that can lift anyone's spirits during their morning routine or right before heading out to a party. (We're all about dancing!). La Playa - Wild Remixes by Jorge Barahona, Chilean musician,...
Rubio: Teacher of live sounds
By José Gandour @zonagirante A few years ago I had a discussion with a musician friend about his way of composing. I, who of course am not a musician and can't play a note without sounding off-key, asked him why he didn't follow what other colleagues did, which was to take their...
Aterciopelados: 10 covers to celebrate their work
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante More than 30 years of intense and successful history have established Aterciopelados as the most well-known and celebrated Colombian band on the planet. They were once named by Time magazine as one of the best bands of all time...
Chino Mansutti: Pop for good.
By José Gandour @zonagirante Pop music (yes, with a capital P) deserves respect; it must be done with affection, with love for the listener, knowing that each member of the audience has a heart, has feelings, and that untangling all the complexities of thought...
Chini.Png: Doing weird things for people who want to be happy (live)
By José Gandour @zonagirante Friends, folks, listeners of the great new sounds of the moment: Sometimes music, without losing its original rebellious essence, asks to be fun, to bring a smile to your face, to achieve lightheartedness in the face of the rigid structures that some...
Dante Spinetta: This is funk!
By the Zonagirante.com Team @zonagirante Mr. Dante Spinetta, an excellent practitioner of the sacred rhythm from an early age, whether in the distant teenage and early adult days of Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas, or in much of his subsequent career...
Raise your voice: Remembering the great Argentine anthems live. (Full video)
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante Let's talk about history again. About how great songs endure and permanently mark the events and circumstances in which they were created, released, and listened to by the audience of the time and future generations...
4 musical gems worthy of being remembered
By José Gandour @zonagirante The most valuable thing about Rolling Stone magazine's recent compilation of the 50 best albums in Latin American history is the discussion it can generate among friends (and not-so-friends) about whether this or that album...
We are not alone!!! – Playlist to welcome visitors from outer space
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante We are stunned, frightened, dumbfounded, terrified. Our jaws drop to the floor and we don't know where to hide. In the Mexican capital, in the middle of a session of the national congress, a group of experts has arrived...