Akire, Shakira, y mas Pop Music

Shakira video, The megastar is coming to Guadalajara October 15. Everyone is very excited.
(After all these years, we just thought Shakira and Akire just had similar stage names in common...now being in Mexico we can really understand the full force that Shakira has over the musical megasphere!) In the D.F. last week she played a concert over 3 1/2 hours long, with great reviews, making the cover of most local newspapers. Shakira was born in Columbia and her musical success didn't happen overnight. Guitar legend Carlos Santana is one of the featured musicians on her latest album. Muy Pop!

"Sussie4" is also a band we have discovered in Guadalajara, pop electronica. This band has a variety of different vocalists who add different dimensions to the band.

Natalia y La Forquetina we saw this band's video 'Casa' in a cafe in Tlaquepaque. The video was very thoughtful and fun to watch. This would be my recommendation for mexican lounge pop mas bonita, you can dance along.



More musical exploration leads us to banda, which is like extra bombastic polka, and the teenagers like to do something like dirty-dancing to it (very high speeds). Very entertaining and very mexican (don't forget the german influence!) THE place to see it live in our neighborhood was La Hacienda Tlaquepaque...While it's the mainstream in Guadalajara, this sort of thing won't be quite the same in the north country.

Stay tuned to Mexican Submarine for more music and videos!