Hip Hop

Junior H gets the crowd dancing at La Onda Festival

June 5, 2024

The first ever Latin music festival La Onda brought large crowds to a wide array of genres.  Mexican singer songwriter Junior H which is one of the top artists of the corridos tumbados movement, which blends old and iconic music of Northern Mexico and hip hop. The crowd grew to thousands as Junior H hit the stage and from the first note to the last, they were dancing and partying.  Check out photos of his set by our Rockin Ryan:    

Latin

PledgeMusic Fiasco: See how you can help Latin Pop artist Melissa Otero complete her album campaign

February 14, 2019

We would like to introduce you to another amazing hard working artist that has been affected by the PledgeMusic fiasco. Latin pop artist Melissa Otero was hard at work gearing with her campaign at PledgeMusic for the release of her new album, Erotomania. Shortly after becoming aware of PledgeMusic’s ongoing financial situation, she had to immediately pull her campaign to protect her fans and their money.   https://youtu.be/gv2C6F9zSFQ   Melissa is still on track to release her album on April 27th.  She has created a PRE-ORDER GoFundMe campaign where you can contribute to the making of the album as well as order items that were originally available through PledgeMusic. Head over to her GoFundMe page and place your order or contribution here: https://www.gofundme.com/melissaotero-erotomania Check out the details on the new campaign here: PLEASE READ THROUGH: Welcome! After working so hard for almost two months on our original campaign over at PledgeMusic, we decided to cancel the campaign due to an ongoing situation with the platform’s finances. I kindly invite you to look through this entire page and see [Read More]

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Band

Get ready for Latin rock with MANZO RALLY at this year’s Berkeley World Music Festival

June 8, 2014

This year’s Berkeley World Music Festival is just a couple weeks away and we wanted to make sure you know about the great Latin rock band that will be taking the stage. This year, MANZO RALLY will be performing and if you are not familiar with them, allow me to introduce you to some fun rock music infused with Latin flair and will have you moving and shakin in no time. MANZO RALLY is the brainchild of the amazing Gabriel Manzo of Malo. The 11th annual festival is scheduled for June 22nd at Telegraph and Haste St. and will be a day filled with music, dance, crafts and promises to be a lot of fun.   We had the chance to briefly chat with Gabriel about his performance at this year’s festival and are pleased to bring that to you here:   Music Junkie Press: It is great to hear about MANZO RALLY performing at this year’s Berkeley World Music Festival. Can you tell us about the lineup you have planned for us? Gabriel: I’ve played [Read More]