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Latin Grammy Awards

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    March 31, 2011

    Last Night: Juanes At Toyota Center

    Photos by Marco Torres​Juanes, Antonio Orozco Toyota Center March 30, 2011 Right on cue at 8 p.m., the Toyota Center house lights go down and the show starts, although instead of Juanes, it's Antonio Orozco that takes the stage. That was the first tease of the evening, and a foreshadowing of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2011

    Marcos Witt: Christian Superstar, Houston's Best-Kept Secret

    Allison Wagoner​Marcos Witt has won four Latin Grammys, written 10 books, and has more than a million fans on Facebook. Considering he's also a Houstonian, we were confused as to why we'd never heard anything about him. After some investigative work, we discovered that his niche is obscure, o ... More >>

  • Music

    February 17, 2011

    Los Amigos Invisibles

    Allison Wagoner​Marcos Witt has won four Latin Grammys, written 10 books, and has more than a million fans on Facebook. Considering he's also a Houstonian, we were confused as to why we'd never heard anything about him. After some investigative work, we discovered that his niche is obscure, o ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 11, 2010

    Buika

    Allison Wagoner​Marcos Witt has won four Latin Grammys, written 10 books, and has more than a million fans on Facebook. Considering he's also a Houstonian, we were confused as to why we'd never heard anything about him. After some investigative work, we discovered that his niche is obscure, o ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 7, 2010

    Omara Portuondo

    Cuba's first lady of song celebrates her 80th birthday with the world

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2010

    Carolyn Rodriguez: From Selling Crack to Prescribing "Medicine" for the Soul

    One of the first things Carolyn Rodriguez, the Houston-based female singer and rap artist by way of Arkansas, by way of North Carolina, said to us is that she doesn't like bios. "When you make a bio you have to keep it politically correct," she tells Rocks Off. "You can't tell the real story." She' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2009

    Houstonian Displays Roots Of Her Heart

    Photos by Liana Lopez​Gels, nails, wire, gold leaf, chalk pastel, glass beads and oil on wood are just some of the things you'll see incorporated in local artist Lizbeth Ortiz's art work in her solo exhibition "Raíces de mi Corazón," ("Roots of my Heart" in English) that opened last night at Tal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2009

    "Quieres Bailar?" Cafe Tacuba Packs 'Em In at House of Blues

    Photos by Liana Lopez​ Save a performance at last year's Latin Grammys, Mexican rock superstars Café Tacuba finally made their way back to Houston after a two-year absence with Grammy-winning tunes from their most recent album, Sino, and the light show to match. The band's show at the sold-out Ho ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 1, 2009

    Lone Star College: "Día de los Muertos"

    The Mexican holiday gets translated onto canvas

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2009

    Tonight: Diogo Nogueira at Kahlua

    Washington PossatoSamba is not just a single musical genre; it's actually subdivided into countless sub-genres ranging from the party-friendly Carnaval beat to the highly subtle bossa nova made famous by the likes of Antonio Carlos Jobim and Joao Gilberto. However, among the best-loved in Brazil (an ... More >>

  • Music

    May 14, 2009

    Olga Tañón

    Washington PossatoSamba is not just a single musical genre; it's actually subdivided into countless sub-genres ranging from the party-friendly Carnaval beat to the highly subtle bossa nova made famous by the likes of Antonio Carlos Jobim and Joao Gilberto. However, among the best-loved in Brazil (an ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 2, 2009

    Dafnis Prieto

    Web exclusive!

  • Music

    January 8, 2009

    Ram Herrera

    Web exclusive!

  • Music

    December 11, 2008
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    December 11, 2008

    Alejandra Guzman

    Web exclusive!

  • Music

    November 27, 2008

    The Shredder

    One Show, One Sentence

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2008

    Five Spot: "Thriller" Goes Global

    [Ed. note: Five Spot got bumped by the Latin Grammys Friday, so better late than never...] Welcome back to Five Spot. Every week, we'll examine a recent bit of music news and list five reasons why it's either brilliant or dumb-assed. Send tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Because it makes per ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2008

    Jenni Rivera's Tough Latin Grammy Luck

    Last night’s Latin Grammys biggest loser was Jenni Rivera - not because she didn’t take home any trophies but because her performances were so dismal. (Amalia Mendoza started spinning in her grave as soon as Rivera hit the first few notes of “Sufriendo a Solas.”) Rivera, who was announced ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2008

    Aftermath: Latin Grammys at Toyota Center, Pt. 1

    Carlos Santana backstage at the Latin Grammys/ Photo by Olivia Flores Alvarez Is music really the universal language? There was no better place to test that ragged old saw than at Thursday’s Latin Grammys at Toyota Center. As one of the few (if not the only) non-Spanish-speakers in the buildi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2008

    Latin Grammys Backstage Report

    There were a couple of big winners at last night’s Latin Grammy’s ceremony, namely Juanes and Gloria Estefan. You heard their acceptance speeches, now find out what they said backstage. The night’s big winner was, of course, Juanes, who took home five awards, making him the winner of th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2008

    Paola Mayorga's Latin Grammy Journal

    [Ed. Note: Paola Mayorga is a 21-year-old Missouri City woman who won a contest sponsored by Reliant Energy for a trip to the Latin Grammys, including backstage and green carpet access and accomodations at the Four Seasons. Rocks Off asked her to write up her experience.] Paola Mayorga and her mot ... More >>

  • Music

    November 13, 2008

    The Shredder

    One Show, One Sentence

  • Music

    November 13, 2008
  • Blogs

    November 12, 2008
  • Music

    November 6, 2008
  • Music

    October 30, 2008

    Music's Ickiest of the Icky, Circa 2008

    Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)

  • Music

    October 23, 2008

    Mick Jagger meets Gilley's

    Some Girls Ride Bulls

  • Music

    October 9, 2008
  • Blogs

    October 7, 2008
  • Calendar

    September 4, 2008

    Megafest 2008

    Marc Anthony, Enrique Iglesias and Alejandro Fernandez lead an all-star blow-out

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2008

    Ozone Awards, Tastemaker DJ Contest Headed to Houston

    Marc Anthony, Enrique Iglesias and Alejandro Fernandez lead an all-star blow-out

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2008

    Q&A with Brazilian Musician Djavan

    Marc Anthony, Enrique Iglesias and Alejandro Fernandez lead an all-star blow-out

  • Calendar

    November 29, 2007

    Alejandro Sanz

    Spanish singer/songwriter brings his music to the Verizon

  • Calendar

    July 26, 2007

    Gian Marco

    Peruvian singer makes Houston stop

  • Music

    December 14, 2006

    Espaol Sung Here

    Crossing over -- who's doing it, who's not

  • Music

    October 5, 2006

    Ozomatli

    Ozomatli appears Friday, October 6, at Warehouse Live, 813 St. Emanuel Street. Call 713-225-5483 for more info.

  • Music

    September 21, 2006

    My Hips Don't Lie...But Mariah Carey's Do!

    Shakira vs. Mariah, head-to-blond-head

  • Music

    July 20, 2006

    Marc Anthony, Marco Antonio Solis and Laura Pausini

    Sunday, July 23, at the Toyota Center, 1510 Polk, 866-466-8849

  • Music

    November 4, 2004

    Ely Guerra

    Sweet & Sour, Hot y Spicy (Higher Octave)

  • Music

    September 30, 2004

    J.U.F.

    Gogol Bordello vs. Tamir Muskat (Stinky Records)

  • Music

    August 21, 2003

    Café Tacuba

    Cuatro Caminos, Geffen

  • Music

    August 1, 2002

    Still Sweet

    Celia Cruz pours on every kind of azúcar

  • News

    August 1, 2002

    Big John and Little Joe

    Space City's tallest and shortest musicians rule the 2002 Houston Press Music Awards

  • Music

    February 7, 2002

    Low Fidel-ity

    There's more than just the Gulf of Mexico between musicians in Cuba and those from Cuba

  • Music

    August 30, 2001

    El Rockero in His Labyrinth

    Juanes ditches heavy metal and embraces the music of his native Colombia

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