Luiz Gonzaga was the First Brazilian Pop Star: An Interview with Jorge Du Peixe
In 2017, Jorge du Peixe partnered with the legendary drummer and singer Wilson Das Neves (who died in 2017) to... Read Article
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Farewell To Two Legends of Colombian Music, Abelardo Carbonó and Michi Sarmiento
It’s with huge sadness that we’ve discovered not one, but two, legends of Colombian music have passed away, barely a... Read Article
On Our Radar: New Music from Maribel Tafur, Cameio, Susobrino, Deekapz and Rizomagic
As someone who listens to music all the time – rarely is there not a vinyl spinning, a headphone in... Read Article
Music
Templo Animal Announce Third Volume of ‘Emerging Electronic Music from Latin America’
Templo Animal Records continue going from strength to strength, having just announced Volume 3 of their Templo Animal series, a... Read Article
Get an Afro-Cuban Musical Education with Daymé Arocena
Cuban singer Daymé Arocena stopped by New York City’s (le) poisson rouge on November 11th for a show with the... Read Article
- Brazil / Still Going Strong: An Interview with João Donato
- Mexico / Sounds of Mexico #11
- Brazil / Chile / Colombia / Diaspora / Mexico / Prezident Markon’s Singles Round-Up (El Dusty, Locos Por Juana, Céu, Desta French, San Cha, Black Uhuru And More)
- Diaspora / How Strong Love Can Be: An Interview with Xenia Rubinos
- Cuba / REVIEW Cuba: Music And Revolution (Culture Clash In Havana Cuba: Experiments In Latin Music 1973-85 Vol. 2)
- Diaspora / Mexico / Estereomance Create A Romantic Alternative Reality in ‘Think Of You’
Film
REVIEW Genre-Twisting the Migrant Experience: The Dazzling ‘Lina from Lima’
‘Lina from Lima’ is a dazzling, genre-bending musical comedy with a unique take on the migrant experience. The film screens as part of this year’s London Migration Film Festival which runs from 25th November to 1st December.
REVIEW ‘Medusa’ Makes a Political Statement with Horror and Humour
Medusa (Medusa, Brazil 2021) is a dystopian satire of how right-wing politics in Brazil – with its extremism and patent misogyny... Read Article
- Bolivia / ‘Cinema Is A Human Language’: Bolivian Film ‘El Gran Movimiento’ Dissects Personal Cost of Capitalist Labour
- Mexico / REVIEW Netflix’s ‘Maya and The Three’ is an All-Star Animated Romp Through Mesoamerican Mexico
- Mexico / REVIEW ‘A Cop Movie’ Looks at What it Means to be a Police Officer in Mexico City
- Argentina / “Upper middle-class families could have a son or a daughter who had also been ‘disappeared’.” – Andreas Fontana on his Argentine Thriller ‘Azor’
- Mexico / REVIEW Thinking With Other Senses: Sense-Searching Unaided By Film Conventions in Three Short Films
- Argentina / REVIEW ‘Azor’: An Unsettling Political Thriller Set in Military-led 1980s Argentina
Arts & Books
‘Hades, Argentina’ by Daniel Loedel
Tens of thousands were estimated killed or disappeared during Argentina’s dirty war and Daniel Loedel’s Hades, Argentina explores the fates... Read Article
‘Elena Knows’ by Claudia Piñeiro: A Revealing Tale of Chronic Illness and the Toll It Takes
Elena knows that her daughter, Rita, did not commit suicide and is intent on finding the culprit, even if her... Read Article
- Brazil / OSGEMEOS’ ‘SEGREDOS’ Brings To Life The São Paulo Twins’ Vibrant Colourful Universe
- Cuba / ‘Havana Year Zero’ by Karla Suárez: Revealing Portrait of Cuba’s Special Period
- Colombia / In Memoriam: Antonio Caro
- Uruguay / The Beauty of Simplicity: Idea Vilariño, One of Uruguay’s Most Important Poets
- Brazil / Ballet Manguinhos: Providing Hope and Empowerment in a Rio de Janeiro Favela
- Ecuador / ‘Aphasia’: An Exciting Experimental Novel by Mauro Javier Cárdenas
Social & Environmental
How Climate Change and Gang Violence Intersect in Honduras
Last November, Sara looked at the storm-damaged wreckage of her home near San Pedro Sula in Honduras and considered quitting... Read Article
Despite Green Pledges, Argentina’s Renewables Stall While Fossil Fuels Expand
Just a week before the Argentinian government announced new fossil fuels subsidies, president Alberto Fernández gathered many Latin American presidents... Read Article
- Mexico / Surviving on the Periphery of a City of Earthquakes
- Brazil / Illegal Logging Reaches Amazon’s Untouched Core, ‘Terrifying’ Research Shows
- Colombia / After Two Months of A National Strike In Colombia The People Don’t Give Up Hope
- Brazil / Brazil’s Amazon is Now a Carbon Source, Unprecedented Study Reveals
- Brazil / REVIEW ‘Pelé’ Looks at the Life of Brazil’s Legendary Footballer Both On and Off the Field
- Colombia / Fear, Intimidation and Brutality: The Role of Music and Culture Amid Colombian State Terror
¿Qué Más?
Relive Lincoln Center’s Summer Performances—on demand!, plus NPR’s #ElTiny for Hispanic Heritage Month
A funny thing happened to us on our way to work this morning. We left our flat dressed for fall,... Read Article
On Our Radar: Music (& Eats!) for a Hot NYC Summer
New York City is quite hot and rainy this summer, and the music keeps coming from our friends who call... Read Article
- Colombia / On Display in NYC: ‘A Place For Us’ by Iván Argote
- Colombia / Arte Para No Morir: Artistic Solidarity with Colombia
- The Rights of Nature Movement
- Chile / Climate Change and Capitalism Are Forcing Chilean Farmers to Abandon Their Land
- Brazil / Will Climate Change Litigation Save the Brazilian Amazon?
- Brazil / Audio Rebel: How an Alternative Studio in Rio de Janeiro is Surviving the Pandemic