Lila Downs

Balas y Chocolate —English: Bullets and Chocolate— is the eleventh album by Mexican singer-songwriter Lila Downs. Released on March 24, 2015 by RCA Records. US release on April 14, 2015. After a flurry of unexpected album content leaks, including three early demos in February 2015, the record's release was locked in for March 2015, and the track "Balas y Chocolate" was officially released onto MTV on February 24, 2015, "Patria Madrina" it will be released as the album's lead single.

On 2015's Latin Grammy-winning Balas y Chocolat, Lila Downs delivered an album of folk songs and originals that juxtaposed modern Mexico with its rich history. It songs highlighted the impact of the drug war, environmental devastation, and the widening rift between economic classes in Mexico.

On 2015's Latin Grammy-winning Balas y Chocolat, Lila Downs delivered an album of folk songs and originals that juxtaposed modern Mexico with its rich history. It songs highlighted the impact of the drug war, environmental devastation, and the widening rift between economic classes in Mexico.

Lila Downs opens her ninth album, Al Chile, with a swell of triumphant horns and brass instruments that announce the celebratory spirit of what’s about to follow. The first song is “Las Marmotas,” a high-octane riff on a cumbia beat that underscores the record’s tone of pride and jubilance, and the lyrics quickly establish that the Mexican-American singer is not going to let anything drag her mood down on this project.

"SHIFT - Bad Hombre Vol.II" is the sequel to Antonio Sánchez's 2017 Grammy-nominated album "Bad Hombre." On his debut album with Warner Music, Sánchez now boasts a Who Is Who of collaborators.

Los integrantes de Paté de Fuá se definen como una banda mexicana y cosmopolita —está conformada por músicos argentinos, mexicanos, brasileños e israelitas—. Esa ha sido la clave de su éxito en diez años de trayectoria. Desde que surgió en 2006, el grupo le ha apostado al pasado, a mezclar géneros, estilos e influencias. La celebración de su primera década de vida coincide con el lanzamiento de la segunda parte de Película Muda, un disco que incluye 15 canciones entre las que hay colaboraciones con Lila Downs, Armando Manzanero y Lucía Galán.

Orishas es un grupo formado por tres cubanos (Yotuel, Roldán y Ruzzo) que mezclan a la perfección el hip hop con los sones tradicionales de la isla caribeña (rumba, son, guaguancó…).

• 2018 three CD release. For more than two decades the independent, idealistic Appleseed Recordings label has been releasing new and archival CDs of folk/roots-oriented music by many of the genre's greatest performers. Appleseed's 21st Anniversary: Roots and Branches, a deluxe three-CD, 57-track set, combines highlights from past releases by a Who's Who of musical giants including Pete Seeger, Al Stewart, Donovan, Tom Rush, Sweet Honey in the Rock, David Bromberg, Jonathan Edwards, Tom Paxton, and Jesse Winchester with nine new/previously unreleased songs by high-profile friends of the label including Bruce Springsteen. •