EL GÜERO Y SU BANDA CENTENARIO NOMINADOS AL GRAMMY® COMO MEJOR ÁLBUM BANDA
December 4, 2010
May 25, 2010
What’s ups boy and girls! Quess what/ Latino Hit Street blog is going on it’s FOURTH YEAR on-air. For those of you who are new to this blog, welcome…bienvenidos! Right here it’s all things Latin music. Coming out of Austin, Texas, it’s all we do and pass that passion along to you guys!
Here are some of what we are into right now…
DJ Dus Interview: SXSW 2010
May 8, 2010
ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE SPINNER:
http://www.spinner.com/2010/03/10/sxsw-2010–dj-dus/
With a strong connection to the artists that have paved the way for DJ’s like himself, Dusty, aka DJ Dus, combines a respect that runs deep with his ancestral roots which run even deeper. Combining hip hop with Cumbia, DJ Dus brings a sound that not only reflects his culture, but holds appeal to the masses. Spinner spoke with DJ Dus about his music and his upcoming performance at SXSW.
Describe your sound in your own words.
Cumbia crunk – hip hop mashed up with cumbia. It has an underground sound. I take stuff from everywhere, stuff like Jamaican dancehall, old Colombian rhythms, all kinds of influences. Then I throw hip-hop into it and put it together into a DJ set.
How did your band form?
It pretty much fell into my lap. I started DJing when I was 12, back in 1992. I wanted to be a scratch DJ. Then I got into making beats, and now I’ve been producing for the past 15 years.
What are your musical influences?
I come from hip hop production, so of course I like DJ Shadow, J Dilla, people like that. Even guys like Will.I.Am and Rick Ruben, they’re all dope producers. Now that I’m doing the DJ thing, though, it’s a different sort of game. I’m the artist now, versus producing tracks to give to someone else to play.
How did you come up with your band name?
I was never the kind of guy to have a DJ name. People have been calling me Dus [short for Dusty] since I was a little kid, so I decided to go with that.
What’s in your festival survival kit?
My laptop and turntables, and sometimes I work off of a APC40 Ableton controller. I want to start incorporating that more into my set.
Who was your first celeb crush?
Definitely Billie Jean.
What’s your musical guilty pleasure?
All that goofy new electro. Those huge David Guerra-type tracks. If you don’t like ‘em, you’re a jerk.
What’s the craziest thing you’ve seen or experienced while on tour?
Nothing I’d want to put in an interview [laughs].
What’s been the most influential piece of advice you’ve received?
Learn beats. There are so many rhythms coming from Africa, Colombia, all over the place, and a lot of them have been around for hundreds of years. Traditional beats work for a reason. If you learn your beats and know how to put them together, people will respond to it.
If you were to create a meal inspired by your music, what would you be eating?
Cilantro and lime on spicy chicharrones, barbacoa, bacon and refried beans.
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Emilio Navaira returns to the stage
April 15, 2010

He left the building immediately after the song and did not comment.
The surprise appearance came at the end of a 45-minute set by Walker, who sang for a fundraiser for the Miracle League of San Antonio, a nonprofit organization that runs a baseball league for children with disabilities.
Navaira suffered a lifethreatening brain injury when he crashed the tour bus he was driving from a Houston club date March 23, 2008, and was ejected through the windshield.
In October, Navaira’s son Emilio Navaira IV told the Express-News his father was singing at home.
“We have a little studio at the house. He goes in there on his own. It sounds great.”
According to the May 2009 article, Navaira was suffering from memory and motor skills problems, and he still wore headgear to protect an area where a piece of his skull had been removed.
“I know there will be a day when he will be back on that stage. He’d just rather wear a cowboy hat than a helmet,” his son said.
— Richard A. Marini
TOP 3 Austin Latin Music Lists, 2009
January 1, 2010
Que onda raza, feliz 2010!!! There’s always Top lists of everything with every new year that passes. So we here at LatinoHitStreet are making our own. Some are more Latino-oriented than others.
TOP 3 Latin Club
#1 Club Carnaval
#2 OK Corral
#3 Gruve
TOP 3 Music Events
#1 Premios Texas
#2 SXSW
#3 ACL
TOP 3 Places to Eat
#1 La Playa
#2 Mariscos Bar & Grill
#3 Chipotle
BEST JARIPEO:
Los Inquietos del Norte at Plaza R3
BEST DISAPPOINTMENT at a JARIPEO:
El Chapo de Sinaloa at Plaza R3
Nortec Collective Presents Tijuana Sound Machine
December 24, 2009
It’s been a while since I posted a music video, enjoy this video from Bostich+Fussible of Nortec Colletive.
Backstage during premios texas 1009
August 28, 2009
Cristián de la Fuente es el conductor de
August 26, 2009
Premios texas is in da house
August 12, 2009

















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