Free & Legal Music From Ibero-America At CancioneroAzul.org

December 28, 2011

Cancionero Azul [Blue Songbook] is a website that gives you free and 100% legal music downloads from all over Ibero-America. And that includes Uruguay. Artists that I hope to review in 2012 such as Ismael Collazo and Martin Barea Matos have all made their albums publicly available on CancioneroAzul.org. You can download Ismael’s “Rincones” [Corners] [...]

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“Llévame” By Laura Chinelli (Video)

December 25, 2011

The best song from Laura Chinelli’s “Historias De Invierno” has now got its own music video. Shot in Paysandú, the clip for “Llévame” has Laura trying to hitch a ride on a road, only to end up succeeding in the most unexpected of ways… The video has been directed by Salomón Reyes for Saladero 19.

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Merry Christmas!!

December 24, 2011

A moving clip of Dan Fogelberg performing his signature “Same Old Lang Syne” live on Soundstage in 2003 to start making Christmas a little more special. Enjoy! Merry Christmas everbody

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“Normal” By La Medio Siglo (Video)

December 23, 2011

La Medio Siglo’s first music video. The song is “Normal”. From their debut EP, “Altos Con Rulos” [Tall And Curly] It’s a wry look on consumerism and transcendentalism. It comes with audience participation at the end. It’s on its way to dethroning Michel Telo’s “Ai Se Eu Te Pego” on the charts. And you watched [...]

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StoryAmp – The Place Where Musicians And Journalists Meet

December 20, 2011

Name: StoryAmp URL: http://www.storyamp.com This new site brings together musicians and PR agencies in a grand way. If you’re an artist, you can turn to StoryAmp.com to create dispatches by uploading your music, bio, photos, videos and concert links. These dispatches can then be shared using any of StoryAmp’s press lists, and brought into the [...]

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SpotMeUp – Upload Your Music To Spotify

December 18, 2011

Name: SpotMeUp URL: http://www.spotmeup.com The war between Spotify and Google Music rages on, and (by the looks of it) the European startup is the one that holds the upper hand. It’s not that Spotify has become a household name, but the last year’s been pretty spiffy for the music streaming service, what with a brilliant [...]

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Turning Your Gameboy Into A Musical Instrument

December 14, 2011

And here I was, thinking that making music with a Gameboy could only be taken this far: It turns out someone did try and improve the Gameboy’s audio capabilities quite recently.  Just look at this Kickstarter project. It added a resonant low pass analog filter into the classic Nintendo Gameboy that became all the rage [...]

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Have Your Voice Featured On “The Dark Knight Rises”

December 10, 2011

With “Batman: The Dark Knight” having become one of the most popular movies of the last decade (it currently ranks ninth on IMDb’s list of the Top 500 movies in history), Warner was sure to milk the final part of the trilogy for all it’s worth. And that’s exactly what has happened, with teasers and [...]

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Robert Dede (PumpYouUp) – Interview (Part 2)

December 7, 2011

This is the final part of the interview with Robert Dede (of PumpYouUp fame). In this installment we talk about the music that he loves, and which inspires him the most. And in case you haven’t read it yet (why?!), the first part of this interview is found here.   PART II MUSIC & YOU [...]

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Robert Dede (PumpYouUp) – Interview (Part 1)

December 6, 2011

What goes into creating and launching your own startup? This interview with Robert Dede from PumpYouUp (just featured on MusicKO) answers that question like little else. I’m sure it’ll give the ones among you who are thinking of taking the entrepreneurial path a hefty dose of determination. Thanks a lot for your time, Robert! Full [...]

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