Jai Rodriguez, best known as the "culture guy" on the hit TV series "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," is also a long-time club head. A veteran of the New York music scene, he's currently working on new project to reintroduce himself as a singer.
nocheLatina: What do you think of the current state of clubland in NYC?
Jai Rodriguez: Clubbing...
Check the scenario: Anthony Santos, his cousin Henry Santos, and brothers Mikey and Lenny Santos, four boys from the Bronx, grow up listening to both their parents' Latin music and the Boogie Down's hottest Hip-Hop. And out of this fusion emerges something new -traditional Bachata melodies over Hip-Hop's staccato beats. While...
On a warm Los Angeles afternoon five years ago, Colombian singer/songwriter Juanes sat down at a neighborhood Latino café, tears streaming down his eyes, and considered the terrifying prospect of failure.
At the time, I was interviewing Juanes in connection to the upcoming release of Fijate Bien, his debut as a solo artist. The future was a...
Salsa had Hector Lavoe and Willie Colon. Hip-Hop has Nas, Common, and countless others. Reggaeton has Tego Calderon and Voltio. And Latin hip-hop (or hip-hop en Español) has Malverde. What do they all have in common? They make music that is commercially acceptable commercially and brings awareness to the people it represents. The Los Angeles...
La Quinta Estacion is ready for the big time. A couple of weeks back the Spanish trio celebrated the release of their third album, titled El Mundo Se Equivoca with their first trip to New York. With their promotional tour in full swing the band didn’t have time to sightsee, but they were revved up to share their new music with their fans....
In the much anticipated film El Cantante, real-life super couple Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony portray salsa legend Hector Lavoe and his wife Puchi. A large part of that hype is because there’s a certain stigma that has followed Lopez since Gigli, in which she starred in with her then love-interest Ben Affleck. There is no doubt Lopez is an...
Mala Rodriguez commands attention. She has an uncanny way of making people stop and focus solely on her. It might be that she beholds the “it” factor or because she’s an attractive woman. Whatever it is, as soon as she takes the stage, all eyes are on her. Everyone waits for her to speak.
In a recent gig at the Bowery Ballroom during the Latin...
Ethan Hawke finally brings his first novel, titled The Hottest State, to the big screen, ten years since it was published, explaining the simplistic way two people fall in and out of love through the heart of a passionate man and the words of a practical woman.
Twenty-year-old William (Mark Webber), also the narrator, says right off the bat that...
Feel The Noise, produced by Jennifer Lopez, shows R&B singer Omarion Grandberry as a Harlem aspiring rapper who gets in touch with his Latino side and gets exposed to the world of reggaeton in Puerto Rico.
That storyline might sound a little off key, but it’s not so extreme that it can’t be pulled off by a well crafted cast. Regrettably with...
To tattoo or not tattoo – that is the question. Especially when you’re a girl. With terms like “tramp stamp” making the rounds, it’s hard to decide whether or not you really want to put something so permanent on your body, especially if it will cause others to think you’re less than lady like. Good thing it’s 2008. And good thing we have more than...
