As you know from last week, Zune had a solid presence in Houston this week celebrating the Latin Grammys . First up, congratulations to all the Grammy winners this year.* Here's what we were up to: Zune created an exclusive venue, Zune Houston, to host several events throughout the week. The first event on Tuesday was a music showcase, Zune Música: Celebrating the Nominees, with Grammy-nominated artists Ximena Sariñana , Circo , and Kudai . Zune Originals artwork by Catalina Estrada...

Welcome, dear blog reader to the sixth edition of: So HOT Right Now: what the Zuneinsider Editors are Listening to (right now) . Check it: Justin : " Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head . Because sometimes we make mistakes, and sometimes we make decisions knowing they are mistakes. You can blame it all upon a rush of blood to the head." Matt :"I hadn’t really given Nas ' new album, Nas , a real hearty listen until the last week or so. While it’s not as powerful as...

Welcome to episode 3 of the Zune Insider Podcast! This episode was recorded in conference room 1430 in the Zune building on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, WA. Topics covered this week include: New TV Show and Podcast releases in Zune Marketplace, Guest interview of Javier Farfan, who is a Zune Senior. Manager of Product Marketing, focusing on reaching our Hispanic audience, he will discuss what Zune is doing in Latin culture and why Zune is making a big investment in Latin / Hispanic culture and...

A few weeks ago, a few folks on the Zune team made a trip out to NYC for the Latin Alternative Music Conference . LAMC, as I had noted in my last post , LAMC is the only major conference geared toward Spanish-language alternative music, now in its ninth year. As top-level sponsor, Zune put on a few different shows, including the Celebrate Brooklyn show, featuring Brazilian Girls, Chicha Libre, Ticklah: And Zune presented the Pepsi Blue Carpet Bash, featuring Tony Touch, Raul Campos (KCRW), Toy Selectah...