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Ballet Manguinhos: Providing Hope and Empowerment in a Rio de Janeiro Favela

By Julia Garayo Willemyns 15 April, 2021

Ballet classes in a Rio de Janeiro favela are helping empower a generation of dancers and bring hope to a... Read Article

Under The Influence: Carwyn Ellis

By Russ Slater 13 April, 2021

In 2019 Welsh singer and musician Carwyn Ellis released Joia!, an album unlike any other in that it was heavily... Read Article

REVIEW Bejuco – Batea

By Jenna Mackle 13 April, 2021

Batea is the first studio album from Bejuco. Hailing from Tumaco in the South Pacific region of Colombia, Bejuco have... Read Article

MIXTAPE CON ALMA 29: Guacamayo Tropical

By Joe Osborne 12 April, 2021

Colombian-Spanish duo Guacamayo Tropical are audiovisual artists who focus on rescuing and spreading Latin-American tradition worldwide. Their live sessions are... Read Article

The cover of Aphasia by Mauro Javier Cárdenas

‘Aphasia’: An Exciting Experimental Novel by Mauro Javier Cárdenas

By Serena Chang 11 April, 2021

Reviewers of Aphasia by Mauro Javier Cárdenas described the book as “innovative”, “monumental”, “a vibrant modernist novel” and one that... Read Article

A still from the film 'Things We Dare Not Do'

REVIEW ‘Things We Dare Not Do’: A Heartwarming Coming-of-Age Story with a Twist

By Charlotte Mackenzie de Urrea 10 April, 2021

Things We Dare Not Do (Cosas que no hacemos, 2020) is a heartwarming coming-of-age story with a twist. Mexican cinematographer... Read Article

MIXTAPE RARO 13: Ale Hop (Female Pioneers of Electronic and Electroacoustic Music in Latin America)

By Joe Osborne 09 April, 2021

Lima-born, Berlin-based Ale Hop (Alejandra Cardenas) is an experimental instrumentalist and researcher whose mammoth body of work includes multi-channel installations,... Read Article

New Sounds Of Peru Playlist #15

By Ana Claudia Bendezu 09 April, 2021

We’ve lost so many friends that we longer want to keep count. A whole year later and we are exactly... Read Article

REVIEW Mon Laferte – SEIS

By Brunelle Moreau 09 April, 2021

SEIS is a shift in Mon Laferte’s career. Impregnated with a Mexican aesthetic and dramatic singing this album is an intimate journey into traditional Mexico and Mon Laferte’s universe.