Latin music has been in my blood since the early 90s.
* El Show de Johnny Canales introduced me to 'Selena y los Dinos' before she was played on the radio here. Johnny Canales is now off of the air.
* For Vallenato and Cumbia, Canal 3 de Barranquilla (Colombia) introduced me to artists like 'Pipe Pelaez' who eventually gained popularity outside of
Colombia.
Gaining access to a variety of on-air Latin music is a challenge in North America, but thanks to channels like Ritmoson, the good stuff gets aired
regularly (and frequently). I subscribe to XM, but the variety there also lacks.
Here's a contemporary rock band (Los Bunkers) that holds their own that gets regular rotation on Ritmoson:
Vallenato doesn't get much (if any) exposure outside of Colombia, and Central America - Pipe Pelaez gets lots of exposure on Ritmoson during their
'Raices' (Roots) early AM program:
Reggaeton gets a lot of rotation at Ritmoson's competing channel HTV, but Ritmoson curates a different level of Urbano than HTV. Here's a
red hot example:
How about those 80's classics? Tonight, Ritmoson aired some real classics!!
I have also seen this Argentinean 80s/90s - Vilma Palma e los Vampiros on Ritmoson a few times:
Perhaps the biggest Spanish-language rock act also from Argentina also gets occasional play on Ritmoson:
What Ritmoson offers in variety - HTV, Telehit, and Bandamax fail to meet on several levels. Long live Ritmoson!!ehall - 11-28-2015 at 06:05 AM
Hey ken. I watched the first video. Nice beat but couldn't understand a word.
