Achy Obejas

Listen to Macondo Stew, Ricardo Lorenz's wonderful and expansive orchestra, and you'll hear tangos and boleros, charangas and sones -- but not to dance to so much as to listen....

Albita No se Parece a Nada (Epic) (star) (star) Albita was the queen of the Centro Vasco, the Little Havana club where her impeccable salsa band didn't deny its Cuban...

When Peter Cook and Clayton Valli take the stage to perform their American Sign Language poetry, they'll be carrying on a tradition that's already more than 100 years old. To...

There's a whole lot of shakin' goin' on in town. Here are some highlights and some news from some of our favorite performers around town: - When "Double Happiness" was...

Various artists Sif Safaa: New Music From the Middle East (Hemisphere) (star) (star) (star) 1/2 "Sif Safaa," a collection of Middle Eastern pop hits, isn't about discovering roots or preserving...

They're no Green Day or Rancid, but Voodoo Glow Skulls hopes its speed-ska music becomes punk for pochos -- assimilated Mexican-American kids who don't speak fluent Spanish. The Riverside-based band...

Encarnacion Teruel cuts quite a figure. A dark, handsome man, Teruel dresses in black, wears his charcoal tresses long and exudes a mischievous pansexuality. Which makes him a perfect performer...

When Bill Close and his cohorts in the MASS Ensemble play the long bows, their bodies arch and swoop from one end of the instrument to the other. The long...

They are designed to shock. "Deathtripping: The Cinema of Transgression" is a collection of films by underground artists such as Nick Zedd, David Wojnarowicz, Tommy Turner, Cassandra Stark Mele and...

The young voice booms into Charmers on a balmy night -- it delivers a single word, cutting and ugly. The doors open and slam shut -- both doors, including the...