New Sounds of Chile #2
Continuing to shed light on the popular and contemporary musical landscape of the long and geographical diverse country of Chile,... Read Article
Latest
A Johnny Pacheco Playlist
Alas poor Johnny, we knew him well… But perhaps we knew the dearly departed Dominican flautist more as a composer... Read Article
REVIEW Dom La Nena – Tempo
She is young, soft spoken; her vocals are zephyrous, her lyrics without guile, her arrangements demure, and she plays the... Read Article
Music
MIXTAPE CON ALMA 24: Johanna
The shape-shifting electronic music that JOHANNA (aka Joana Yamaguchi) makes is informed by the intersection between her work – anthropology... Read Article
MIXTAPE DANZ ON 15: Entropia-Entalpia
Entropia-Entalpia is a multi-instrumentalist and producer from Recife, who, following a two-year stint in Angola, moved to São Paulo, becoming... Read Article
- Chile / Mexico / Mon Laferte Releases Banda Version of “Se Me Va A Quemar el Corazón”
- Argentina / PREMIÈRE: Kaleema’s “Circulo De Arena” is a Balm for Body and Soul
- Peru / REVIEW Nicolás Duarte – Relatos del Aislamiento Social Obligatorio
- Paraguay / The Sounds of South America’s Cities Become Music on ‘Remezcla Tu Ciudad’ Project
- Brazil / REVIEW Antonio Neves – A Pegada Agora é Essa
- Colombia / New Colombian Music Vault #4
Film
REVIEW Alelí: A Father’s Death Sends His Heirs into a Downward Spiral in this Uruguayan Comedy
In the opening scene of Alelí (2019, dir. Leticia Jorge) a notary reads out loud the details of a sales... Read Article
REVIEW ‘Babenco: Tell Me When I Die’: A Touching Love Letter to a Cinematic Giant
Héctor Babenco, a renowned Brazilian-Argentinean filmmaker, passed away in 2016 at the age of sixty, after struggling with cancer for... Read Article
- Chile / Chile’s Social Uprising: An Interview with Nick MacWiliam, Director of ‘Santiago Rising’
- Argentina / REVIEW ‘The Sleepwalkers’: Female Resilience at the Centre of an Argentinian Family Drama
- Argentina / REVIEW ‘The Funeral Home’: Argentinian Horror Fails to Build Suspense
- Venezuela / REVIEW ‘Once Upon a Time in Venezuela’: Venezuela’s Oscars Candidate is a Compelling (and Frustrating) Documentary
- Brazil / In Conversation with Daniela Broitman, Director of ‘Dorival Caymmi – The Sounds of Life’
- Chile / Sixth Mapuche-Wallmapu Indigenous Cinema Festival Takes Place Online
Arts & Books
‘Torto Arado’ by Itamar Vieira Júnior: The Fight for Land Rights in Brazil’s Northeast
On May 13th 1888, Brazil became the last nation in the Americas to formally abolish slavery. Over 130 years later,... Read Article
Alphabetizing Childhood: ‘How to Order the Universe’ by María José Ferrada
María José Ferrada, who has historically written children’s novels, published Kramp, her first novel aimed at adults, in her native... Read Article
- Uruguay / “Language is the Crucible of Power”: An Interview with Carolina de Robertis
- Brazil / An Interview with Damian Platt, author of ‘Nothing By Accident: Brazil on the Edge’
- Chile / ‘Theatre of War’ by Andrea Jeftanovic: A Restless and Engrossing Read
- Uruguay / ‘Crocodile Tears’: A Dark, Funny Adventure Set in Montevideo, Uruguay
- Colombia / In conversation with Juli Delgado Lopera: ‘Fiebre Tropical’, the Politics of Language and Representations of Maternity and Puberty
- El Salvador / ‘Slash and Burn’ by Claudia Hernández: Exploring the Brutal Impact of the El Salvadorian Civil War
¿Qué Más?
EmpoderArte Uses Film to Empower Peruvian Women
This article was originally published by Sounds and Colours’ partner, Latin American Bureau. You can read the original here. Social... Read Article
A New Book Honours Female Resistance During Brazil’s 21-year Dictatorship
This article was originally published by Global Voices. You can read the original here. Marli witnessed a military policeman killing... Read Article
- Nine songs we’re playing this Valentine’s Day weekend
- An Interview with Damian Platt, author of ‘Nothing By Accident: Brazil on the Edge’
- Stretch & Bobbito + The M19s Band: ‘Que Bonita Bandera’
- Latin American Books: 2020 Highlights
- All I Want for Christmas is a Classic Cover by Amigxs All-Stars
- Sounds of Mexico #2