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Post by tortuga on Oct 14, 2008 1:48:28 GMT -5
I'm not sure how to describe this song but its kinda cool. This girl has also been acting in some novelas as a child. She has a lot of haters because of that.
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Post by kinglouiexviii on Oct 17, 2008 12:14:38 GMT -5
Yeah, I had heard this song; it's nice. iTunes also offered another one of her songs, "normal", as one of the free singles of the week a while ago. I downloaded it onto my iPod, and it's good too. iTunes compares her to a cross between Fiona Apple and Natalia Lafourcade, but I'm not sure I agree with this. She has neither Apple's vocal chops and lyrical complexity nor Lafourcade's eccentric style.
Ximena has a nice voice, but her music borderlines on the boring: at least the stuff I have heard so far. |
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Post by looptiluz on Oct 22, 2008 20:37:04 GMT -5
My first post! Regarding thinking Ximena is boring - I would say when I first heard the record, I would have agreed. Then I saw her live a couple of times and it completely changed my opinion about her music. I heard the album in a new light. She has this jazzy thing going on about her too which I like. Did you guys ready this in the NYtimes?: www.nytimes.com/2008/07/12/arts/music/12latin.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=ximena%20sarinana&st=cse&oref=sloginAnyhow - not sure if she's performing live much in the US yet...but when she is - check her out!  |
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Post by tortuga on Oct 22, 2008 21:57:38 GMT -5
Nice article looptiluz. "Latin alternative" is one of my favorite genres and while there may not be many females in the scene, the numbers are growing thanks to girls like Ximena, Francisca Valenzuela, Natalia LaFourcade, and Sara Valenzuela (not related to the other girl).
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Post by kinglouiexviii on Oct 25, 2008 12:20:03 GMT -5
Nice article looptiluz. "Latin alternative" is one of my favorite genres and while there may not be many females in the scene, the numbers are growing thanks to girls like Ximena, Francisca Valenzuela, Natalia LaFourcade, and Sara Valenzuela (not related to the other girl). To that list, you can add Florencia Ruiz. She's an Argentinian singer/songwriter whose song, "al fin" was a single of the week on iTunes a while back. I always download these in order to discover new music; if I don't end up liking them, I erased them. But I liked "al fin" except I did not find a video on youtube to share it with you guys.
Yes, the list of female songwriters from Latin America seems to be growing by the day. |
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Post by kinglouiexviii on Oct 25, 2008 12:23:20 GMT -5
First, welcome to the board; we desperately need more Latin posters! Second, thank you for the link: very interesting article. I did not know Julieta was American born. I thought she was originally from Tijuana.
Back to Ximena, I guess I have not heard enough by her; but, usually I do like jazzy pop. She's nominated for best new artist at the Latin Grammy's; if she wins, she may start performing in the US a lot more. |
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Post by tortuga on Dec 18, 2008 0:22:06 GMT -5
Oh, I really like the album especially "Mediocre" and "Normal". Good stuff.
I'm surprised at how well her album is doing in Mexico.
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Post by kinglouiexviii on Jan 19, 2009 17:36:58 GMT -5
I'm surprised at how well her album is doing in Mexico.
Yeah, me too. I think it may have to do with the fact that she appeared in several teen movies before focusing 100% on her music. People really knew her by the time her album came out. That's my guess anyway.
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