protect ya neck
daily dos
wed 3/12/2008
Shakira, Ricky Martin, Juanes, Alejandro Sanz and Miguel Bosé are scheduled to perform at a concert for peace on the border of Colombia and Venezuela.
wheels and deals
daily dos
thu 8/30/2007
Juan Luis Guerra, Miguel Bosé, Calle 13 and Ricky Martin were the top nominees for this year's Latin Grammy Awards.
get what you give
daily dos
mon 4/16/2007
Miguel Bosé will add "writer" to his resume with the release of his first novel at the end of 2007.
Miguel Bosé vs. Alejandro Sanz
versus
thu 4/12/2007
| name | Miguel Luchino González Bosé. | Alejandro Sánchez Pizarro. |
| hometown | Madrid, Spain, born in Panamá. | Madrid, Spain. |
| birthdate | April 3, 1956. | December 18, 1968. |
| style | Jet-set pop. | Flamenco-tinged pop. |
| breakthrough video | Amante Bandido. | Pisando Fuerte. |
| musical influences | David Bowie and Bryan Ferry. | A childhood spent listening to bluerías, farrucas and martinetes. |
| the look | Always in tune with the latest fashion, no matter the decade. | Went from slick teenybopper to rugged thirtysomething. |
| side projects | Actor and philanthropist doing charity work for Oceana. | Photographer and philanthropist doing charity work for Infancia Sin Fronteras. |
| gossip | Is he or isn't he? | His five-year-old lovechild, from an extra-marital affair, was revealed last year. |
| most recent release | Papito. | El Tren De Los Momentos. | numbers | Twenty-one albums, 10 million sold worldwide and no Grammy Awards. | Ten albums, 21 million sold worldwide, 15 Latin Grammy Awards and one Grammy Award. |
| the critics | Allmusic.com says that Bosé defies “the contemporary formula for pop success.” | Blender says that Sanz “builds songs from earth, fire and reality — not fizz.” |
| webprops | 1,985 friends on fan-made MySpace. | 186 friends on fan-made MySpace. |
| best video moment | Playing matador and lady-killer. | Urban messiah preaching honesty to the kids. |
Shakira & Beyonce, Miguel Bosé, Moenia, Young Buck and LCD Soundsystem.
the music press
wed 3/21/2007
- Shakira and Beyonce's Beautiful Liar is heating up the charts. “This is no Mariah Carey vs. Whitney Houston duet,” proclaims Billboard.com, “where either appears interested in bulldozing the other.” The clash of divas may not be stunning, says About.com, but the collaboration "does have its charms.”
- Spanish singer Miguel Bosé celebrates his 30th anniversary in the music biz with Papito, a duets album that features Julieta Venegas, Shakira, Juanes, Paulina Rubio, Ricky Martin and Michael Stipe of R.E.M. The greatest hits package is described by Esmas.com as a “rhythmic fusion where Bosé's experience plays alongside his collaborators particular styles.” Los 40.com heralds the album as “one of the most ambitious projects, in recent years, in the Spanish pop world.”
- Moenia's Solar album has recently been released in the U.S. La Opinión Digital's take on the Mexican trio's latest is that its synthpop sound is less prevalent this time around with “intense guitars that reflect a more Latin rock sound”. Two blogs, Stochastic Adventure and Popsynth.com, declare it to be simply “awesome”.
- G-Unit rapper Buck Marley, better known as Young Buck, returns with his sophomore album, Buck The World. Down-South.com gives the album four stars for “Buck's best performance to date.” Lamenting the recent downturn in sales from G-Unit members, XXLmag.com is confident that Buck's latest shot “will be heard around the world.”
- According to Rolling Stone, the tracks that make most of LCD Soundsystem's Sound of Silver album “could be lost late-Eighties dance classics.” The BBC is even more enthusiastic about the band's second effort, which “manages to translate harsh, neurotically discordant punk-funk values into a contagious dancefloor commerciality.”
heppy nu jeer
daily dos
mon 1/1/2007
Julieta Venegas to record a track with Miguel Bosé for his upcoming duets album.
