“July, July, July, July/July, oh me oh me oh my…” Billy Paul, wasn’t it? On that profound note, here are some new singles and EPs in the hope that they’ll ramp up the fun all summer long. Kaleema... Read Article
Almost 100 years ago, after a wretched night at the hippodrome, Alfredo Le Pera gathered his remaining pesos, faced the always windy Buenos Aires river bank, went home and wrote, if not the biggest, one of the most... Read Article
Sheffield DocFest returns for its 29th edition from 23-28 June in Sheffield and online, and features a number of Latin American documentaries under new Head of Programmes, Raul Niño Zambrano.
Clara Pinto is a fashion and textile designer from Argentina. She creates fabrics with unusual materials such as leftover bones, animal hair and degradable bio-plastics. After completing her training in Buenos Aires, she immediately moved to London where... Read Article
The S&C writers have been tasked once more with picking out some of their favourite new songs, and here is what they came up with, a diverse grab bag of new sounds from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Mexico... Read Article
Welcome to a brand new regular feature, Nunca Tarde, our column for rounding up any albums that almost passed us by. The world moves so quickly that it’s important we remember to look at the recent past, because... Read Article
There is a certain hour in Havana’s evenings when you can’t avoid it — an omnipresent wind like an invisible snake leads you slowly, almost without intention, to the Malecón, where night and music always fall together. This... Read Article
Seven dogs (Siete perros) is a small story, which narrates a moment in Ernesto’s life. Ernesto is an old man, he lives alone in Córdoba City, in a messy and dirty apartment, he frequently attends his dialysis sessions and has... Read Article
The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) annual international film festival, Frames of Representation (FoR22) returns to London for its seventh edition this 5-12 May and will feature 14 films from four continents including three Latin American films. Dedicated to... Read Article
The first release from Timebeing, Uji’s upcoming visual album, “Oropo”, is familiar yet unexplored territory at the same time. Uji, a musician, producer and ethnomusicologist, is well known within Latin America’s experimental electronic scene, and “Oropo” is certainly... Read Article
From magical realism and first-person fever dream-like novels to fascinating true crime non-fiction, these are five of the best books written by female Latin American Authors that have been published in recent months. Our recommendations include the new... Read Article
What was that I was saying in my February round-up about an apparent dearth of post-Christmas releases? I’ve been truly hoist by my own petard, because there’s now such a rich variety of singles arriving from all over... Read Article
