Tunes for the weekend

With the weekend upon us we’re going to give you a small treat for your musical pleasure. Here are a few blogs listing mp3s of several Latin American musicians from around the region. Enjoy and we’ll be back on Monday!

* Here’s an interesting blend- 70s-style salsa along with reggaeton. La Onda Tropical clues us in to the music of Los Cocorocos.

* The Smudge of Ashen Fluff provides an mp3 of REM’s live 1991 cover of Latin jazz legend Cal Tjader’s “Spooky” as well as the original itself.

* Tito Puente and Ray Baretto were two kings of salsa that were the focus of this recent Audiversity post.

* José González is a Swedish-born folk singer-songwriter yet his parents were from Argentina. His instrument of choice is classical guitar and his music does have a touch of Latin America in songs like “Storm” which Thepunkguy has linked to.

* Sand is Overrated links to an mp3 and video of Rodrigo y Gabriela’s (image) appearance earlier this week on “The Tonight Show.” (Don’t know who they are? Check out this post from Brooklyn Vegan that we mentioned in September.)

* Finally, it wouldn’t be an article in this blog on music without mentioning personal favorites Aterciopelados! So thanks to blogger the napk!n is an mp3 of “Complemento” from their latest album released late last year. (The song is located along the margin about 1/3 of the way down).

Links- La Onda Tropical, The Smudge of Ashen Fluff, Audiversity, Sand is Overrated, Brooklyn Vegan, The Latin Americanist, the napk!n, Thepunkguy

Image- Guardian UK

Tags- Latin America, music