HOT HALF DOZEN 10.2.25
From cumbia to pop to heartbreak and love songs, this week is a adventure through Mexican and Latin music. [...]
Articles by Patrick O'Heffernan, Music Sin Fronteras
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Music Sin Fronteras 9.28.25
Meklit is the perfect example of Music Sin Fronteras. Born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, her family became refugees, and she moved to the United States as a young child. After a degree from Yale, she found her artistic home in San Francisco, California. Her music is a rich tapestry that draws together influences from jazz, soul, folk, and the varied traditions of East Africa. [...]
HOT HALF DOZEN 9.23.25
From Brooklyn to Buckingham/Nicks, a great lineup this week [...]
Music Sin Fronteras by Patrick O’Heffernan
How did women go from 10% of the Billboard 100 in the 60's to 1/3 of the chart and the top-grossing acts world wide this year? Talent, Persistence, and Cajones - which brings us to Militia Vox [...]
MUSIC SIN FRONTERAS 9.14.25
Wavemakers- foundered by rock/pop/blues singer Lurleen Ladd , making music careers for women over 40 [...]
HOT HALF DOZEN 9.9.25
Americana, devastating pop, ranchera (yes - ranchera), blues and cumbia. We move around a lot on this week's music recommendations. [...]
MUSIC SIN FRONTERAS 9.7.25
A proper introduction to Gaby Moreno,, woman too talented to stay in one genre, Grammy, Latin Grammy winner, blues, rock, folk, Americana, Latin. And a stunning video of her childhood home washed away by global warming's rising seas.. [...]
Hot Half Dozen. 9.2.25
New songs and old talent this week. Robert Plant has a new album out as does Natalia Lafourcade and Margo Price [...]
Music Sin Fronteras 8.31.25
Estani's latest album is a vibrant collaboration with the Grammy-winning legends Los Texmaniacs, infusing classic Conjunto sounds with her signature modern twist. “Mi Suerte Ha Cambiado” won Best Latin Traditional at the 2025 Hollywood Independent Music Awards: a stunning recognition for a song that reimagines a 50-year-old family heirloom into something timeless and magnetic. [...]
HOT HALF DOZEN 8.26.25
Becky G & Delilah, The Warning, Eljuri and more, with songs ranging from hard rock to conjunto. [...]
MUSIC SIN FRONTERAS. 8.24.25
A blowout mariachi concert with electric guitar, saxophone, rock medley and Broadway ballads by Mariachi Real Axixic and special guests. [...]
HOT HALF DOZEN 8.19.25
From the vicious to the sublime. Madison Cunningham kills you softly, The Zac Schulze Gang grabs your throat with fast-paced rock, and Monsieur Periné makes you smile and dance. [...]
Music Sin Fronteras 8.17.25
Bass-led bands, and the Gil Rios Quintet - bass-led experimental jazz by a master [...]
Hot Half Dozen 8.12.25
Black Keys, he Third Mind,, Chika Di, JNoa and more. This week we do rap/hip hop/ regional Mexican, alt pop and electronica/dream pop. Some new, some you know well. [...]
MUSIC SIN FRONTERAS 8.10.25
Vivir Quintana is one of the female voices moving into Mexico’s traditionally male regional music scene—norteña, corridos, and banda. But she is more than that. She blends these regional folk traditions with poignant social commentary—a kind of regional Mexican rap in its lyrical thrust. [...]
HOT HALF DOZEN 8.5.25
Powerful music this week by Mexican, DR, and American bands, Iron and Wine, Virir Quintana, Leton Pe. [...]
Music Sin Fronteras.8/3/25
I recently discovered ZORA on Spotify and decided to look deeper. What I found inspired this week’s Music Sin Fronteras. She is very music sin fronteras, although not my usual Latin/US/Canadian. Her sin fronteras is Hungary. [...]
HOT HALF DOZEN 7.29.25
First column back from Spain. TRhe ne musician feature here is not flamenco, but an African Kora player. Plus traditional Mexican, hot blues rock, and Chilean and Columbian love songs. [...]
Music Sin Fronteras 7.27.25
Three weks in Spain seeing flamenco, jazz and even kora! [...]
MUSIC SIN FRONTERAS 6.24.25
Nacho Cano has put together a show that is so good, so big, and so inspirational that if you don’t see it in Mexico City, I suspect you will see it in Las Vegas. The show is the rock musical Malinche. [...]