Amanda H. Chartier Chamorro

Posts by Amanda H. Chartier Chamorro:

From the Colombian Caribbean: Edna Martinez’s Sounds of the Picó Embrace Us

By Amanda H. Chartier Chamorro 20 November, 2020

Through the rest of November, we will have the opportunity to tune into, and be embraced by, an explosion of... Read Article

Defining Cumbia with ‘El Libro de las Cumbias Colombianas’ + Classic Cumbias Mixtape

By Amanda H. Chartier Chamorro 27 October, 2020

What is cumbia? A musical genre? A dance? An event or celebration? A rhythm? In truth, it’s all of these... Read Article

La Sonora Mazurén Release Debut Album and Los Rulos Get Psychedelic in Latest Edition of Ungovernable Cumbia

By Amanda H. Chartier Chamorro 22 July, 2020

Colombian powerhouse La Sonora Mazurén release their live-recorded debut album, and all-female music lovers Los Rulos Vinyl Club head out... Read Article

The Tender Pain in La Muchacha’s ‘Canciones Crudas’

By Fabián Páez López (Translated by Amanda Chartier Chamorro) 21 July, 2020

Exposed to nightmares such as land dispossession, water privatisation and low-paying jobs, it is natural to feel jaded. But there... Read Article

REVIEW Biomigrant – Las Américas

By Amanda H. Chartier Chamorro 07 May, 2020

In February of this year, before this global confinement madness, music producer Biomigrant was preparing us (probably without knowing it)... Read Article