What I've heard of the new Grupo Niche album (which is most of it) tells me it is the best new salsa album I've heard for several years. I'm wondering if some or all of these songs are remakes, however. I don't recognize the songs, but what I can make out of the Spanish language comments on youtube makes gives me the idea there might be some remakes. Plus the quality is unusually consistent from song to song. (I love Grupo Niche, but I don't think I've ever heard an album of theirs that was really very consistent.)
Not very Ringoesque, but at least it's not Pitchfork hipster bait, and I think Ringo would approve of some Latin music showing up on a forum devoted to her.
This old Cesar (Pupy) Pedroso song just popped up on youtube. I'm not much of a fan of contemporary Cuban music (and timba in particular) at all, but this is the shit, especially when the bass-heavy coro kicks in. Ugh, can't really hear how heavy that bass is on this rip, but trust me: