Meet Miercoles - Starring Natasha Izquierdo - a new webseries coming to gen n in 2011

tune by Martina Topley-Bird - shot and chopped in the 'leah!

Kaña Cuban Coffee - Is as good as Cuban Coffee gets

We're comin' in hot for the holidays and we're announcing a partnership with Kaña Cuban Coffee Roasters - don't let the name and the gorgeous art work fool you - this isn't some cutesy thing - this is the finest roast Cuban Style coffee that $ can buy - and you're going to see all the details about it as we launch our partnership this Monday - in time for the holidays. In the Meantime, check out their site (Just click on one of the girls) and familiarize yourself with the Hialeah, Havana, Matanzas, Varadero, South Beach, Orlando and Maria's Madness Blends. They're unique, and they're hands down the best Cuban Style Cafe out there. You can pick 'em up at the Fresh Market or you can order 'em online like we do - we're part of their coffee club and get 'em in the mail. Alright we're excited - a colar cafe!

The Hialeah Social Club - Coke, Antiques, Pearly Queen

Manuel Mato did a very cool thing he put out a CD in '07 cataloging the cool 70s sound of the Cuban-American Bands that were setting it off in Miami then - At M & M Records in Hialeah, THIS story by Amy Dirscoll tells the tale. She writes about capturing the raw beauty of the emerging sound on his Sound Triangle label. “It’s the story of Miami, the story of Hialeah and the music of the exiles,” Mato proclaims. “A beautiful story.”

Below is an excerpt

“It’s an unadulterated, first generation of bicultural mixing,” he said. “You can hear a mishmash of things within the same album, this huge dichotomy of styles that seems very rough around the edges,” said Raul Murciano Jr., who teaches “Introduction to Cuban Music” at the University of Miami.

Sweet Home Hialeah

Courtesy of Enrique Santos and Joe Ferrero of 98.3 FM La Kalle , you gotta love it. And it's only 20 minutes from F.I.U.

Ay Jose!

Arielle Castillo in the Miami New Times has the straight dirt on Jose El Rey. He gives out Pastelitos and Malta at his shows. He hangs at the Jamaica Motel and Piccadilly Cafeteria in Hialeah and ¡ñoooooo Que Barato! It's a goof on Freestyle and that bad 'ol 80s, 90s, stuff. Except, it's sooooo good, he can't be joking.



Jose's myspace.