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Four Artists Lead Charged Urban Fest in the Chilean Capital
A few kilometers from the burning barricades of Santiago’s central protest point, Plaza Dignidad, four of Chile’s most prominent urban... Read ArticleMusic
We’re Going Through a Period with No Subtleties: An Interview with Jorge Drexler
The last time I spoke to Jorge Drexler it was following the release of Bailar En La Cueva (2014), an... Read Article
The Various Paths of Itamar Assumpção – A Review of PRETOPERITAMAR
Itamar Assumpção was a free artist. A Brazilian artist. A genius, avant-garde, visionary. But he was also misunderstood, considered marginal,... Read Article- Colombia / PREMIÈRE: The Whole Body Moves on ‘Manos’, Latest Video from Colombia’s Mente Orgánica
- Venezuela / Up-Close Encounter with Angel Rada
- Caribbean / REVIEW Various Artists – Cadence Revolution: Disques Debs International Vol. 2
- Colombia / Vinyl Lovers: Henry Manyoma Gil – Radio Host, Cultural Investigator, Collector
- Prezident Markon’s New Year’s Honours List
- Basy Tropikalne’s Essential Latin Downtempo Mix 2019
Film
Taking Iacanga
If the US and Britain had their Summer of Love in 1967, then Brazil had to wait a little longer.... Read Article
Brother’s Keeper: A Q&A with Playwrights Gabriel Furman & Javier Molina
While diversity has been increasing onstage on Broadway in New York City in recent years, it can sometimes feel like... Read Article- Colombia / REVIEW Monos
- Chile / I Want Chile To Improve Through My Films: An Interview with Patricio Guzmán
- Brazil / REVIEW Amazônia Groove
- Brazil / Queen Quelé – The Queen of Samba; Interview with Clementina de Jesus Documentary Makers
- Cuba / REVIEW Que Vola?
- Cuba / New Mini Documentary ‘Cimafunk: Electrifying Havana with Afro-Cuban Funk’
Arts & Books
‘When You Cut a Tree, It’s Like Putting Down a Man’: This French Artist is Projecting Brazil’s Deforestation Dilemma
Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest is burning at a record rate. In 2019 an unprecedented amount of forest fires have struck the... Read Article
Ladylike (CASA Festival)
It might have been 2 years since we were last blessed with CASA Festival’s presence, but Ladylike, an interpretive dance... Read Article- Brazil / Allen Thayer – Tim Maia Racional Vols. 1 & 2
- Mexico / Enrique Tellez Fabiani – Preludio
- Meet the Inspiring Poets of London’s Upcoming FLAWA Festival
- Brazil / Bryan McCann – Getz/Gilberto
- Chile / Alia Trabucco Zerán – The Remainder (Translated by Sophie Hughes)
- Chile / Reclaiming A Future: Discussing ‘The Remainder’ with Chilean author Alia Trabucco Zerán
News, Columns & Blogs
Alta Fidelidade: Chance Encounters of the Random Kind
“Life’s like that, isn’t it? Only the other day…,” I was sitting on a coach bound for Paris, on my... Read Article
OneBeat Colombia Mixtape and Videos Give Glimpse of Colombian Music’s Versatility; Applications for OneBeat 2020 Now Open
In Spring earlier this year musicians from Colombia, Venezuela and the U.S. convened on Colombia’s Pacific coast to “write new... Read Article- New music: ‘Una Vida’ by Natalia Lafourcade & ‘Plata Ta Tá’ by Mon Laferte with Guaynaa
- Brother’s Keeper: A Q&A with Playwrights Gabriel Furman & Javier Molina
- New Music: Uproot Andy, MAKU Soundsystem, & LPT
- First Artists Announced for La Linea 20
- Mexico’s Ed Maverick on First U.S. Tour
- On Our Radar: A Salsa from Philly, a Corrido Urbano from Mexico, a protest song from Colombia, and more