Pan Caliente: Reverse Crossover Playlist

Sure you can have more and more radio hits and fan favorites. You can tour the world over and over. But what could a bigger challenge be?

If bands that gain prominence singing in other languages are faced with the gut wrenching test of making that, “crossover” English language record that will be marketed to American audiences.

Would it then be possible to say that for certain American bands that wish to further connect with their worldwide fans, making a “reverse crossover” album is a major feat and milestone as well?

We think so.

So today we bring you a playlist by American bands familiar to the KCRW audience, that see the bigger trend at large.

And we applaud them for catering to and attempting to make fans out of the other 400 million or so people on earth that speak Spanish.

FYI: We threw a Portuguese song in… well… just because)

Reverse Crossover Playlist (Stream on Spotify below)

The White Stripes – Conquista – Spanish Version

Rilo Kiley – Dejalo

David Byrne – Desconocido Soy

Gogol Bordello – Mala Vida

Brazilian Girls – Me Gustas Cuando Callas

Pixies – Isla De Encanta

Adam Cohen – Take This Waltz (Toma Este Waltz)

Puscifer – The Undertaker (Spanish Fly Mix)

Beck – Que’ Onda Guero

Devendra Banhart – Mi Negrita

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – Kisses Over Babylon

Calexico – No Te Vayas

Little Joy – Evaporar

The Mars Volta – L’Via L’Viaquez

Bonus Song: White Rabbits – I’m Not Me” (Spanish version)

— Jose Galvan