I’m not big on Kumbia Kings, but how can you make Selena sound bad? Her voice in the new setting gave me the chills.
I was able to listen to the first of those songs, a cumbia version of “Soy amiga,” originally released as a ballad on Alpha (1986), her third album. More than remixes, these are reinventions of 50 songs Selena recorded when she was 14, 15, and 16 years old. Quintanilla III (Kumbia Kings, Kumbia All Starz). In some uplifting news, Capitol EMI Latin and Selena’s family will be releasing five albums of remixes done by her brother A.B. All the proceeds go to Steve, as they should.
COMPLICATED SONG SELENA FULL
Hoping for the best, his bandmates will join Sclera, Old School, Not Well, and Above My Enemy for a benefit show and silent auction of artworks August 5 at Full Throttle Bar ($5, 8pm, 6820 Ingram, 18 & over). Not bad enough? Did we mention that Steve Lewis, bassist from Monkeysoop, was recently diagnosed with cancer? Like most musicians, Lewis has no medical insurance. (Check my notes on my visit to the station at .) Something resembling the old KEDA will continue for another week, but the new KEDA (with a building on Callaghan and Babcock) will mount AM and FM signals with only a couple of DJs and lots of computerized playlists. The sucking continued when KEDA Radio Jalapeño (at least the Radio Jalapeño as we know it) died on July 29. We hope for the prompt return of the stolen items and/or eternal hellish tortures involving a skipping Britney Spears album and genital bear traps for the culprits. Fortunately, fundraiser shows were organized July 30 and 31 at Pedicab, allowing Vincent Vega to take the stage with Belukhas and others.
After a recent Vincent Vega show at the Pedicab, some jerk or jerks broke into some cars to steal a mixer, two mics, a backpack full of cords, several pedals, a Fender amplifier, and a Fender Stratocaster from VV’s Alyson Alonzo and Jeff Escamilla.
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