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Latin Music

  • Music

    May 17, 2012

    Mariachi El Bronx

    8 p.m. Saturday, May 19. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2012

    Contest! Win Tickets for Mariachi El Bronx at The Firebird

    Mariachi El Bronx is playing this Saturday at the Firebird. The show starts at 8:00 p.m.; San Francisco folk-rock duo Two Gallants opens the show. We have a pair of tickets for the show, and you can win them! All you have to do is write in the comments your full name, a way we can contact you, and ... More >>

  • News

    November 17, 2011

    Ask a Mexican: What's with that Mexican music that sounds like polka?

    Mariachi El Bronx is playing this Saturday at the Firebird. The show starts at 8:00 p.m.; San Francisco folk-rock duo Two Gallants opens the show. We have a pair of tickets for the show, and you can win them! All you have to do is write in the comments your full name, a way we can contact you, and ... More >>

  • Music

    October 27, 2011

    Dirty: Flamenco guitarist Lliam Christy staves off perfection

    Mariachi El Bronx is playing this Saturday at the Firebird. The show starts at 8:00 p.m.; San Francisco folk-rock duo Two Gallants opens the show. We have a pair of tickets for the show, and you can win them! All you have to do is write in the comments your full name, a way we can contact you, and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2011

    Hear a Track From the Reventones' New CD, Dirty It

    Roy Kasten​ In this week's print edition, we profiled veteran St. Louis guitarist and flamenco artist Lliam Christy, chief composer for the Reventones. The group, also featuring guitarist and singer Jon Oliver Knight, released the album Dirty It earlier this year. Below, listen to standout tr ... More >>

  • News

    February 3, 2011

    Ask a Mexican: Swiss Miss: Do immigrants to Sweden have it better or worse than Mexicans here?

    Roy Kasten​ In this week's print edition, we profiled veteran St. Louis guitarist and flamenco artist Lliam Christy, chief composer for the Reventones. The group, also featuring guitarist and singer Jon Oliver Knight, released the album Dirty It earlier this year. Below, listen to standout tr ... More >>

  • News

    July 21, 2010

    Ask a Mexican: The Mexican explains why Mormonism is hot and Jalisco is not

    Roy Kasten​ In this week's print edition, we profiled veteran St. Louis guitarist and flamenco artist Lliam Christy, chief composer for the Reventones. The group, also featuring guitarist and singer Jon Oliver Knight, released the album Dirty It earlier this year. Below, listen to standout tr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2010

    Concert Review: Ozomatli wows The Duck Room with a sweaty, festive performance -- no strings attached, Friday, May 14

    Christian LantryOzomatli​Whatever disappointment St. Louis Ozomatli fans felt when the group's concert with the St. Louis Symphony became a regular show was erased by last night's dynamic performance. Yes, it would have been interesting and potentially thrilling to see the Los Angeles latin/fu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    La Lección De Hoy: Ozomatli at SLLIS school, May 14, 2010

    Ozomatli, in a rare still moment.Tonight at the Duck Room, the Los Angeles-based multicultural, international, trans-everything act Ozomatli will do their thing for a grown-up audience. But they were also up bright and early this morning in their guise as music educators to play at several area scho ... More >>

  • Music

    May 12, 2010

    LA's genre-defying Ozomatli travels the world as musical diplomats for the U.S. Department of State

    Ozomatli, in a rare still moment.Tonight at the Duck Room, the Los Angeles-based multicultural, international, trans-everything act Ozomatli will do their thing for a grown-up audience. But they were also up bright and early this morning in their guise as music educators to play at several area scho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    Review Photos: With Mariachi El Bronx as Foreplay, The Bronx Seduces With Aggression at Pop's, Monday, April 12

    "St. Louis, you and I will fuck by the end of the night." So said Matt Caughthran, man of mischief and lead singer of the Bronx. Last night at Pop's, he and his Los Angeles-based band seduced with punk vulgarity -- and the promise of letting loose. Photo: Todd OwyoungThe Bronx last night at Pop's ... More >>

  • Music

    April 7, 2010

    The Bronx/Mariachi El Bronx

    7 p.m. Monday, April 12. Pop's, 401 Monsanto Avenue, Sauget, Illinois.

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2010

    St. Cecilia to Host Epic Fish Fry Fiesta for Lent

    Image ViaA scene from last year's fish fry at St. Cecilia​Time for a Spanish quiz Gut Check readers. This e-mail arrived in the inbox yesterday afternoon from a friend. Hablamos un poco español, pero necesitamos ayuda con los detalles... Hola amigos, Después de tantas borracheras (el año nue ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 6, 2010

    Uno, Dos, Tres, Exercise!

    Image ViaA scene from last year's fish fry at St. Cecilia​Time for a Spanish quiz Gut Check readers. This e-mail arrived in the inbox yesterday afternoon from a friend. Hablamos un poco español, pero necesitamos ayuda con los detalles... Hola amigos, Después de tantas borracheras (el año nue ... More >>

  • Culture

    November 18, 2009

    Featured Review: In the Heights

    Image ViaA scene from last year's fish fry at St. Cecilia​Time for a Spanish quiz Gut Check readers. This e-mail arrived in the inbox yesterday afternoon from a friend. Hablamos un poco español, pero necesitamos ayuda con los detalles... Hola amigos, Después de tantas borracheras (el año nue ... More >>

  • News

    October 21, 2009

    Dinner and a Show: Why do Mexicans whoop it up for mariachi bands?

    Image ViaA scene from last year's fish fry at St. Cecilia​Time for a Spanish quiz Gut Check readers. This e-mail arrived in the inbox yesterday afternoon from a friend. Hablamos un poco español, pero necesitamos ayuda con los detalles... Hola amigos, Después de tantas borracheras (el año nue ... More >>

  • News

    June 3, 2009

    Muy Caliente Summer Edition: The Mexican explains why salsa (the music and the sauce) is so bland in America

    Image ViaA scene from last year's fish fry at St. Cecilia​Time for a Spanish quiz Gut Check readers. This e-mail arrived in the inbox yesterday afternoon from a friend. Hablamos un poco español, pero necesitamos ayuda con los detalles... Hola amigos, Después de tantas borracheras (el año nue ... More >>

  • News

    April 29, 2009

    ¡Ask A Mexican!: Special drinko por Cinco mariachi cheat sheet edition

    Image ViaA scene from last year's fish fry at St. Cecilia​Time for a Spanish quiz Gut Check readers. This e-mail arrived in the inbox yesterday afternoon from a friend. Hablamos un poco español, pero necesitamos ayuda con los detalles... Hola amigos, Después de tantas borracheras (el año nue ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2009

    Is There a Mariachi Band in the House?

    As might be expected, I receive some pretty great text messages from random folks in town, either looking for show times or wondering what's going on at night. However, I received one last week that took the cake for random:"you don't happen to know any local mariachi musicians, do you?"And for once ... More >>

  • News

    April 1, 2009

    Ask a Mexican!: Play That Funky (Spanish) Music: What songs do mariachi bands like to play most?

    As might be expected, I receive some pretty great text messages from random folks in town, either looking for show times or wondering what's going on at night. However, I received one last week that took the cake for random:"you don't happen to know any local mariachi musicians, do you?"And for once ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2008

    The Year in Music: 2008's Top Ten Latin Songs

    Americans who still think of Latin music as mariachi bands and gyrating Ricky Martins and Shakiras might want to lend a closer ear to the genre. This country's Hispanic population isn't just growing, it's growing more diverse. More and more unique musical styles are being gobbled up, and that shoul ... More >>

  • Dining

    July 18, 2007

    Que Pasa's House Margartia

    Que Pasa Cantina, 10150 Watson Road
    Crestwood, 314-909-9898

  • News

    June 6, 2007

    Ay, Papi-in-Law!

    Did I accidentally insult my daughter's Mexican husband?

  • News

    May 16, 2007

    Cinco De Mayo

    (Saturday, May 5, Cherokee Street)

  • News

    May 16, 2007

    Turn Down the Damn Trumpets!

    Why do Mexicans crank their music up so loud?

  • Calendar

    November 15, 2006

    Tropicalia Bacchanalia

    Why do Mexicans crank their music up so loud?

  • Dining

    March 22, 2006

    Frozen Strawberry Margarita

    El Mariachi, 1934 Zumbehl Road, St. Charles; 636-946-7600.

  • Calendar

    November 23, 2005

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Week of November 23, 2005

  • Music

    February 9, 2005

    Domenico+2

    Sincerely Hot (Luka Bop)

  • Music

    June 23, 2004

    Jazz Hands

    Nineteen "monsters" of music come together in the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra

  • Film

    September 10, 2003

    Pirates of the Refried Bean

    In Once Upon a Time in Mexico, the outlaw Johnny Depp saves the day

  • Music

    August 20, 2003

    Cibelle

    Cibelle (Six Degrees)

  • Calendar

    July 9, 2003

    Intl. Fun Bomb

    Introduce the kiddos to international music and dance -- and learn a thing or two yourself

  • Music

    April 30, 2003

    Ibrahim Ferrer

    Buenos Hermanos (World Circuit/Nonesuch)

  • Music

    March 19, 2003

    Calexico

    Feast of Wire (Quarterstick)

  • Music

    December 11, 2002

    Brave Combo

    Saturday, December 14; Blueberry Hill's Duck Room

  • Music

    September 5, 2001

    Ozomatli

    Thursday, Sept. 6; Pageant

  • Music

    July 19, 2000

    Bebel Gilberto

    Tanto Tempo (Ziriguiboom/Six Degrees Records)

  • Music

    June 28, 2000

    Gypsy Soul

    Acoustic Internote brews St. Louis music fans a heady, exotic blend

  • Music

    June 14, 2000

    Rail-roading

    The incredible expanding Calexico takes to the highway in support of its new album, The Hot Rail

  • Calendar

    June 14, 2000

    Fiesta, Then Siesta

    Ay caramba! Union Station's Latin American Festival promises fun, food and frenzied footwork

  • Calendar

    May 24, 2000

    It Takes Two

    Argentinean tango masters Nito and Elba Garcia trip lightly into town

  • Music

    May 17, 2000

    Various Artists

    Caipiríssima: Batucada Electrônica (Caipirinha Records)

  • Music

    March 29, 2000

    Cuban Galaxy

    The Afro-Cuban All Stars are one Havana export it's perfectly legal to enjoy

  • Music

    November 10, 1999

    NORTENO EXPOSURE

    Soaking up the Latino-music sounds at La Onda

  • Music

    August 18, 1999

    SON-STRUCK

    A walk down memory lane in search of vanishing Cuban popular music

  • Music

    August 18, 1999

    CUBA LIBRE

    A local couple brings the long-forbidden culture of Cuba to St. Louis and vice versa

  • Music

    July 28, 1999

    QUICKIES

    Kudos to club Karma for bringing "percussive bliss" to town in the form of Ozomatli; be on the lookout for upstart country band Ashtray, coming soon to the Hi-Pointe

  • Music

    July 21, 1999

    OS MUTANTES

    Everything Is Possible! (Luaka Bop)

  • Music

    July 14, 1999

    Ozomatli

    Tuesday, July 20; Karma

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