The Hot Half Dozen - Music Reviews with Patrick O’Heffernan, Ph.D. Patrick O’Heffernan, PhD., is a music journalist and radio broadcaster based in Mexico, with a global following. He focuses on music in English and Spanish that combines rock and rap, blues and jazz and pop with music from Latin America, especially Mexico like cumbia, banda, son jarocho, and mariachi. He is a cyclist, dancing fiend and also likes to watch his friend drag race. He has relaunched his LA-based radio show Music Friday Live as Music Sin Fronteras- Music Without Borders - from Mexico - tune in every Friday at 1 pm Central
D/zazter Trio, album by D/zazter Trio.
La Tierra, single by Flor de la Toloache. No one does it like FDLT- the Latin Grammy-winning Alt. mariachi, pop, rock, group – you name it and this song has it.
Experimental jazz that ranges from a runaway subway train ride to soft and soothing.
You will never want to These people are stop listening. Available on all major platforms. brilliant. Even if you have not yet discovered experimental jazz, give it a listen. Available on Bandcamp
Every Migrant Is My Fellow ,
Una Rosa, álbum by Xenia Rubinos. Fourteen songs that range from soft and seductive to aggressive rap and pop, Xenia has produced a bilingual album on the heels of her popular Black Terry Cat, she both embodies and transcends her jazz background. Wow!. Streaming on all major platforms.
Album by Noctambule. Another melodic guitar, mandolin and vocal adventure by the unique duo of Bruce Victor and Marla Fibush. Eleven songs with an Irish flair, calm, soothing, hypnotic. Stream on Spotify. Buy at www.noctambulemusic.com/store
Orofonía del Sentimiento EP by Wohl.
How Are You EP by Jessica. Six songs that each stand alone and together keep you moving and thinking with hard core pop, soft pop, highly produced story- telling and just plain fun. Available on all major platforms.
These guys combine post rock, shoegaze, math rock and classical music. Into an instrumental passage of sensations that nvites you to explore the within. I have seen them live and love them. The new album captures what I think is the bleeding edge of new rock. Stream on 12
