And it’s a 10,000 hours type of flow with him, the voice of a guy who’s put in the work until the hard stuff looks easy. Puerto Rico’s musica urbana scene
, and her set at Tuesday’s Canela Music showcase made it clear why Bad Bunny has singled her out as someone to watch. The singer’s alternative blend of R&B, jazz, and trap influences kept the audience on their toes, firing them up when she reached for her saxophone for a quick solo or invited a fan to dance on stage with her. Deftly switching between slower, sultry songs and confident perreo bangers, she had the crowd at Parish eating out of the palm of her hand.
“I’m so sorry, this one’s gonna be really slow and soft,” Canadian singer-songwriter Lauren Spear, who performs as Le Ren, told the crowd at Swan Dive on Monday night. She gestured beyond a disco ball and hanging houseplants to the noisy bar on the other side of the room.“ I wish we could compete with that, but we simply can’t.
You have to time travel to the 90s for any SXSW highlights now that it’s the grotesque corporate circus that it is today.