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    Enter The 'Infiernos': Our Favorite Latin Songs This Week

    Haydée Milanés links up with Ibeyí, Alih Jey digs into her Dominican roots as an acoustic folk music troubadour and Panteón Rococó continues to be a Mexican institution.
    by Felix Contreras May 29, 2019 3 minutes
    Panteón Rococó (top), Alih Jey (lower right) and Haydee Milaness with Ibeyí (lower left)

    This week, new music came in from the around the globe and it settled on our weekly playlist. And as you would expect, they are stylistically all over, but in a very good way. Buenos Aires, Havana, Mexico City and Santo Domingo are all represented, with the sounds of folk, reggae, pop and Cuban guaguancó.

    Dig in and enjoy!

    Haydée Milanés, "Identidád (feat. Ibeyí)"

    Pablo Milanés, the great Cuban songwriter, had a moment in 2017 when his daughter released , an album of is one of the more inventive covers on the album. This version highlights the Afro Cuban rhythms of the original, beginning with a Yoruba and a steady conga, then weaving the classical Cuban jazz piano with the three women's ethereal harmonies when they sing, "Ay, con tus besos en el aire / Con tus manos en la calle." Independent of her father's legacy, Haydée Milanés is an inspired artist in her own right, and is creating her place in the canon of Cuban women reinventing the island's traditional musics.

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