Latin pop (Music)
Rare Latin Grooves Excavated In Anthology
The mostly instrumental cuts draw on salsa, funk, soul and rock from vintage and new performers.
La Lupe: A Performer Ruled By Instinct, Ecstasy.
When La Lupe, the "Queen of Latin Soul," peaked in the 1960s, she was a regular at the Palladium Club and played Madison Square Garden. By the late 1980s, she was on welfare with no fixed address. Critic Milo Miles says a new retrospective album redeems the forgotten singer.
Tropical Brainstorm
Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews Tropical Brainstorm the final album by the late British singer-songwriter Kirsty MacColl.