Jessie Reyez to Appear on “Music Inspired By The Film Roma” Album

Jessie Reyez is switching tongues…

The 27-year-old Colombian-Canadian singer appears on Music Inspired By The Film Roma, an album based on Alfonso Cuarón’s Oscar-nominated film.

Jessie Reyez

The album features artists from across the globe, including Reyez, Beck, Billie EilishEl-PIbeyiLaura MarlingPatti Smith and Unkle

Assembling a mosaic of sounds, Cuarón sought out some of his favorite musical artists to create songs that were inspired by Roma, a black-and-white film that follows the story of a young domestic worker for a middle-class family in Mexico City.

The track listing for Music Inspired By The Film Romaincludes Reyez’s Spanish-language single “Con El Viento.”

Other noteworthy tracks include”Tarantula,” Beck‘s reimagining of the song by 1980s English electro-band Colourbox, “Psycho” by Bu Cuarón, the director’s daughter; Laura Marling’s cover of Mary Hopkin’s “Those Were The Days,” “Cumbia del Borras” by Sonido Gallo Negro, and “La Hora Exacta” by Quique Rangel.

The album will be released on February 8, and is now available for preordering.

Here’s the full track list:

“Tepeji 21 (The Sounds of Roma)” – Ciudad de México
“Wing” – Patti Smith
“Tarantula” – Beck
“When I Was Older” – Billie Eilish
“Psycho” – Bu Cuarón
“On My Knees” – UNKLE featuring Michael Kiwanaku
“Con El Viento” – Jessie Reyez
“Marooned” – El-P & Wilder Zoby
“Cumbia del Borras” – Sonido Gallo Negro
“La Hora Exacta” –  Quique Rangel
“Cleo Who Takes Care Of You” –  Ibeyi
“We Are Always Alone” – DJ Shadow
“Between These Hands” – Asaf Avidan
“Those Were The Days” – Laura Marling
“Roma” – T Bone Burnett

Carbonell to Star on A&E’s New Series “Bates Hotel”

Nestor Carbonell is about to go psycho

The 44-year-old Cuban-American actor has joined the cast of A&E’s upcoming series Bates Motel, a prequel to the Alfred Hitchcock horror classic Psycho.

Nestor Carbonell

The series is set to examine the twisted relationship between the project’s serial-killer-to-be Norman (Freddie Highmore) and his mother Norma (Vera Farmiga).

Carbonell, who most recently appeared on the CW’s short-lived series Ringer, will play Sheriff Royce Romero, who has something almost sinister about him.

His other notable projects include ABC’s Lost and the Melrose Place reboot, as well as the blockbuster hit The Dark Knight Rises.