L-R: Desta French, Sophie Castillo, JSCA and Milena Sanchez, London’s Jazz Cafe, April 20, 2024

“You just saw four Latinas from London[’s] dreams come true,” Desta French shouts to the sold-out crowd at The Jazz Cafe’s Latinas of London event. Joined by Sophie Castillo, JSCA and Milena Sanchez, they had just finished singing a medley of Selena classics including ‘Como la Flor’ and ‘Amor Prohibido’, to which the audience went wild, singing along and cheering in turn.

During each number, each impeccably outfitted woman took a turn with the mic to solo part of the song, with the others shoring her up, at one point literally, as French knelt on the floor and pointed up at Castillo while she was singing.

This moment encompassed the whole point of the event: Latinas supporting Latinas, a theme evident throughout as each woman’s set blended seamlessly into the next, placing no one above the...