Nobody is strange to the fact that Ana Tijoux‘s music is very political. Ever since her tenure in Makiza and the “En Paro” track they made with Epicentro, she has defended the mapuche, the desaparecidos and now her fight is also... Read Article
Musicians from past generations often continue to inspire and guide us in the present, sometimes even many years after their passing. So it is with the Chilean folk singer Victor Jara, a visionary poet who realised the power... Read Article
In the history of Latin American culture there are few figures as important as Victor Jara. Not only was he a great singer/songwriter – helping to define nueva canción – but he was an important theatre director too.... Read Article
During the early 60’s, the Nueva Canción movement (‘New Song’) was born on Chilean soil. With singer-songwriters paving the way with their socio-politically-fuelled folk tunes, it was a revolutionary spirit that was deeply embedded in the Latin American... Read Article
Naomi in Blue is a post-country project by British-Chilean songwriter, Naomi Larsson Piñeda. London-based Larsson wrote the song while living in Chile during the autumn of 2019, a period of intense unrest where massive protests broke out against... Read Article
Months of lockdown and weeks of protests against a proposed tax hike by the Colombian government and a president in hiding, have seen Colombia descend into scenes of chaos in recent weeks, reminiscent of the country’s turbulent and... Read Article
The documentary Santiago Rising (2021, dir. Nick MacWilliam) looks at recent protests in Santiago de Chile and the government response that sent shockwaves across the world. What started as a student demonstration against a hike in metro fares... Read Article
Netflix six-part documentary series Break It All (Rompan Todo) has revived all the music that was, as a Colombian born in the 80s, the soundtrack of my adolescence. With footage of a time when the now infamous MTV... Read Article
For this week’s Con Alma Mixtape, we have an hourlong special heralding the Christmas season, put together by the UK’s most colourful Brazilian export: Nina Miranda. Born in Brasilia, DF, the UK-based singer, songwriter and visual artist is... Read Article
Netflix is currently awash with Latin American cinema and television, commissioning brand new projects and also offering popular shows and films that often don’t find their way out of Latin America. Here is a selection of 12 films... Read Article
Protest for social inequality in Chile haven’t stopped, even after efforts by the government to calm the airs. There may be a “change of faces” in the cabinet but there are no signs yet of a change in... Read Article
Jenny Cardenas is a Bolivian protest singer, alongside her academic work as a researcher of sociology, history and musicology, which can be found in her published books and papers. For over four decades, she has spent her life... Read Article
