By Edna Gundersen LOS ANGELES -- Gustavo Santaolalla has spent the past 40 years pushing the boundaries of Latin music, long defined in U.S. culture by Ricky Ricardo stereotypes and Ricky Martin slickness.

By Associated Press LOS ANGELES -- Mexican alternative rock group Cafe Tacuba scored six Latin Grammy nominations Wednesday, including album of the year. The group's "Sino" album also was nominated as best alternative album.

The Mexican rock group Cafe Tacvba leads the field with nominations for six Latin Grammy Awards, the Latin Recording Academy announced. Juanes and Gustavo Santaolalla Garner earned five nods apiece, while Andres Calamaro, Kany Garcia and Julieta Venegas each received four nominations.

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The 9th Annual Latin GRAMMY(R) Awards nominations were announced today at a press conference attended by national and international media at the House of Blues Sunset Strip.

By Larry Rohter As a pop-besotted teenager living in the suburbs here in the 1960s, Gustavo Santaolalla was so intent on becoming a musician that he even designed a logo for the record label he dreamed of owning.