REVIEW Plaza Francia Orchestra
Hearing how Plaza Francia have evolved in just over three years since their debut, A New Tango Song Book, is... Read Article
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REVIEW Orlando ‘Cachaito’ López – Cachaito
World Circuit Records has been reissuing on vinyl various jewels from its trove of world music recordings. Their latest release... Read Article
Music
REVIEW Dengue Dengue Dengue – Semillero
“Semillero is music that moves souls, allows imaginations to flourish and the feet to follow”. As Pete Buckenham’s African-inspired electronic label On... Read Article
MIXTAPE Empresarios’ End Of Summer Mixtape
Summer might be winding down, but the Empresarios are still bringing their self-described “Tropicaliente” style to DC and beyond! This... Read Article
- Argentina / REVIEW Panchasila – S/T
- Argentina / REVIEW Las Sombras – Crudo
- Brazil / Ecuador / Ataw Allpa & DJ Nirso – Sonora Post Digital
- Exotica’s Imagined Origins
- Brazil / Love and Music: 10 Essential Tracks from Maria Rita’s Family Tree
- Ecuador / REVIEW Huaira – Ñuka Shunku
Film
Chile Named Guest Country for London’s Raindance Film Festival 2018
Geographically diverse, culturally rich, politically-charged and diasporic, Chile is a country of stubborn nationality. Chilean film has been internationally recognised... Read Article
REVIEW El Angel (The Angel)
Thirty-odd years into a life sentence one would imagine that the mind begins to wander. And so, around this time,... Read Article
- Brazil / REVIEW Baronesa
- Venezuela / REVIEW La Familia
- Colombia / Mexico / REVIEW X500
- Brazil / REVIEW Human Beings Can Be Transformed: Discussing Neon Bull with Gabriel Mascaro
- Peru / REVIEW Rosa Chumbe
- Mexico / REVIEW Los Adioses
Arts & Books
Mario Delgado Aparaín – No Robarás las Botas de los Muertos
The infamous ‘War of the Triple Alliance’ (1864-1870) constitutes a watershed moment in the history of South America. The Brazilian,... Read Article
Ropa Sucia: Rolando Rodriguez’s Magical Renditions of El Salvador, L.A. and Self
Rolando Rodriguez’s solo exhibition Ropa Sucia at the Jean Deleage Art Gallery at Los Angeles’ Casa 0101 Theater was a... Read Article
- Argentina / Challenging Falklands/Malvinas’ Veterans In The Present: An Interview with Lola Arias
- Dominican Republic / Rita Indiana – La Mucama de Omicunlé
- Paraguay / Catching Up: The Evolution of Street Art in Paraguay
- Brazil / Tarsila do Amaral: Inventing Modern Art in Brazil at MoMA
- Colombia / Comuna 13: How Medellin’s Most Infamous Community Reinvented Itself
- Mexico / Against the Wall: A Political Critique by Pedro Rios Martinez
News, Columns & Blogs
One Year After Hurricane María, Cultural & Healing Events in NYC Aim to Uplift
If art is healing, then this Saturday, the 15th of September, may provide some warmth, solace and reflection, for those... Read Article
NEW MUSIC: Plu Con Pla Offer Up Jamaican Take On Colombia’s Pacific Coast Sound
If you’ve been reading this site for a little while now you might have gathered that there is something of... Read Article
- Get Ready For Brooklyn’s New Latin Wave Festival 2018 With Pana Li’s All-Female Latin Playlist
- Listen To New Experimental Album From Chile’s Javier Moraga On The Modismo Netlabel
- New Music: ‘Mad Blood’ by Daniel de Jesús
- PREMIÈRE: Fértil Discos Release Remixed Version Of Pol Nada’s ‘La San Llamarada’
- PREMIÈRE: Chicagoan Pianist Stu Mindeman Teams Up With Ana Tijoux On Emotional Ballad
- Eck Echo Release Tropical Berlin Documentary + WIN New Dengue Dengue Dengue 12″