Jorge Drexler is from Uruguay, but he seems to belong to all of Latin America. The dozen albums he has released since 1992 are revered throughout the Spanish-speaking world and in aggregate show the ...

Sitting alone on a riser center-stage at Disney Hall, with just his guitar, some effects pedals and boxes and a music stand, Jorge Drexler didn't appear to be much different from the usual run of ...

MADRID (AP) — Capitalizing on an impressive moment in Spanish-language music, Uruguayan singer-songwriter Jorge Drexler is embarking on his first tour of Europe. "Even Don Quixote didn’t get as far as ...

For his latest album, Uruguayan singer-songwriter Jorge Drexler wanted to do something different. Instead of writing from the perspective of ideas and emotions, he wanted to write “from movement – to ...

Uruguayan singer-songwriter reflects on his Record of the Year win for "Telefonía," and why he wants no part of anti-reggaeton prejudice Drexler’s win left many viewers scratching their heads. But it ...

The World Music Institute announces its 29th season with an incredibly diverse array of artists spread over 4 concert series and 3 weekend festivals. Offering its signature breadth and depth of world ...

We live in an age of scarce subtlety, which is part of what makes listening to a gentle iconoclast such as Jorge Drexler such a pleasure. Drexler — a half-Jewish former doctor from Uruguay, via Israel ...

When you have only 15 minutes for a phone call with the Uruguayan singer-songwriter Jorge Drexler about his decades-long career, you better make it count. You have all sorts of questions, but the one ...

The Skirball Center, a sober cultural institution on Los Angeles’s ritzy Westside, was unusually alive on January 27. Music journalists, record executives and South American diplomats with an array of ...

Jorge Drexler's songs have been called introspective and literate. He's been compared to Paul Simon. But a couple years ago, the Uruguayan musician began to wonder what it would take to write ...

After three decades of making albums, the Academy Award-winning songwriter is still blending science and poetry, still reaching out to younger artists and still learning. By Jon Pareles A recent video ...